Hair Bows!

Yes, I do something other than cook. This morning, we had our Mom's Coffee time at my house, and Beth brought over her basket of hair bow making supplies. Of course, I had to get my stuff out, and since that is half the work, I actually sat down and got several flowers and bows made for the girls for the upcoming holiday season! Yippee! We had been wearing the same 4 flowers and didn't have any cute Christmas bows, so I got down to work. Here's what I made:


The "Parts" - I either take apart store bought flower stems (the dollar stores are a great place to find cheap flowers) and I also found containers of patterned or solid fabric flowers at Hobby Lobby for $10 for 50 pieces.


The finished flower clip. Pick your colors and sizes, layer, and use a small dot of hot glue between each layer. Add a jewel, fun brad, button, or pom pom to the center and a hair clip to the back.


All in a day's work


The ribbon bow parts. Cut pieces of ribbon and loop to make the size you want and then glue in a "X" pattern. After stacking and gluing blue ribbon, the I looped the white ribbon over the top to give it a finished look on the front and back. A bright jewel and clip complete the bow.


The completed bow


The makings of the flower/bow combo. I took a long piece of the green ribbon, looped it so the center was open and wrong side up and glued between each layer. I then just assembled and glued the small flower in the center. Kenzie helped with this one and wanted to model it for me.


A flower & bow combo clip