giveaway winner + hair clips

First things first :

the winner of the January giveaway is:

And what do you know, it looks like she also sells some pretty darling baby bracelets.

Like these two silver ones.

I like that they are sturdy, but still dainty. I’m so glad to have come across Nikki’s shop.

Anyway, congratulations to miss Nikki {please send me a note and I’ll get your package of wintery goodies sent out}.

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Second, thank you so much for your support of my new shop. It is always great to hear nice feedback so I thank you also for your kind words.  My munchkins were particularly into playing legos yesterday afternoon so if you placed an order yesterday, you are in luck : it is printed and will be shipped today.

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And now for a simple {but very practical} tutorial.

I’m all about a baby girl wearing a flower headband {those will be added to the shop at some point}, but there are times when a simple hair clip does the trick. Finding plain clips is not always the easiest, so I just make my own.  This technique is certainly not original but the clips are awfully cute and I think worth sharing.

So here is what you’ll need:

:: metal single prong hair clips {purchased at the beauty supply store}

:: ribbon

:: fabric glue {you can use hot glue but it gets a bit bumpy when it dries}

:: scissors

You can use any type of ribbon – grosgrain, velvet, satin. I find that for the single prong clips 3/8″ ribbon works best. All of these are from May Arts or Midori.

STEP ONE: cut a piece of ribbon to size

For my clips just under 7 inches was plenty to wrap all the way around.

STEP TWO: add a line of glue

STEP THREE: attach to clip

Press the clip to open, place the ribbon on the inside of the prong and wrap around the end, adding more glue to adhere.

{oh dear, please excuse the chipping polish}

Now add more glue and continue wrapping, pressing the ribbon into the springy part.

wrap all the way, pressing the ribbon together to adhere.

and you’re done.

It’s as easy as that.

Pardon the blurry photo. It is the best I could get of this squirmy babe.

If you’d like to embellish further, you could add a mini flower

If you find a clip in my Target that looks just like this one, it is Audrey’s. She likes to pull them out, chew on them for a bit and then drop them.  I don’t really like that about her.

These make darling gifts when you package them all up together – very simple, personal and inexpensive.