Long time no chat! I haven't been doing much in the way of nails or reviews. However, on one of my slightly more energetic evenings I decided I was going to try my hand at making some baby headbands. There are several different styles that I would like to make, but this was the first to check off my list. I cannot recall who I first saw these from, but I know I came by it on Pinterest. I think the one I most closely followed was The Penny Parlor.
These are so incredibly simple to make and the variations are endless! This is just my first batch. I'd like to expand the type and color of flowers as well as the center piece in them.
I selected some gerber daisy style of flowers and pulled them apart. This means popping the flower off of the stem, removing the plastic underside of the flower, and pulling apart each layer. Some people keep the plastic middles of the flowers, but I didn't want any plastic left on the flowers. I wanted to just work with the fabric layers.
I hot glued each layer back together and then a white button (for most) into the middle. For the clip portion, I bought some pre-wrapped alligator clips. You can get these at the craft store (which will cost you more), at a hair supply place (Sally's would work fine), Walmart, or even the dollar store at times. If you buy the naked version (aka: not wrapped in ribbon already) you can either leave them as is or buy a thin ribbon and glue that around them yourself. I lazily selected the pre-wrapped kind to cut out an extra step on my first batch. I glued those down to the backside of the flowers. I like the idea of being able to change out the flowers on the headbands, which is why I took the route of clips and not sewing down the flowers.
Tada! Cute flowers that you can clip to any fabric headband! Above and below are the same flower, just on a different band.
