braided headband tutorial

i made this headband for my outfit yesterday.  i think it is really cute!  i love how big the braids are and i love how it is fraying!  just in case you were wondering, this is my beautiful sister Kelsie!  she is the one always behind the camera.  thanks to her i have so many cute photos of my outfits on my blog!  shes older than me by 5 years and most people think that im older than her. hahaha...she doesn't like it.  this one time she went into the nursery at church with her kids ( she has two) and the lady in there asked her what her brothers name was! haha she wasn't very happy about that haha.

don't you love her shorts??  they're cute huh??  they used to be blue jeans!  we both bleached our jeans...mine still have some bleaching to do but when they're done i will most certainly share!  so anyways here is the tutorial!

 you will need  some fabric, elastic, and a pair of scissors

 first measure your head and cut a strip of fabric long enough for your head and wide enough to braid.  then cut that strip of fabric into thirds, but when you get to the end leave some fabric uncut

 then braid the fabric.  i did two sets of braids

 then cut a piece of elastic out and sew the braided end that is cut to it. trim off the extra fabric

 once it is sewn and trimmed, take the other braid with the uncut side...

 and wrap it around the other braid so that you cant see the messiness anymore

then sew it on.  do this to both sides and you're done!

fashionista friday (on saturday)- my BIG yellow bow

this is my big yellow bow that i made yesterday!  i wore it with my owl t-shirt.  i thought it was pretty dang cute! haha even the owl on my shirt had a big yellow bow...twiners!  this was really easy to make and it literally took  me three minutes!  all i did was take some fabric and measure it to the size of my head, then i cut it and sewed the seams together.  then i  tied a bow around the seam!  it was just that easy!!  i think it would go really cute with a floral shirt and some shorts.  i think mustard yellow is now my favorite color! and by the way school gets out at the end of this week i am so excited!!!  and yesterday i filled out my very first job application and i also made my very own resume...that was also a first!! haha.  im growing up!  happy Saturday everyone and thanks for visiting!

stretchy tulle headbands

 to make the green flowers i cut a whole bunch of circles out and cut slits into them... the purple flowers are burnt circles also but i didn't do anything fancy to them.  all i did was fold it in half and hot glue the tip...

 then for the green flowers i burnt the edges and hot glued them together

 for the base i used tulle.  i cut it to the size of my head and folded it in half twice.  then i cut out two different types of ribbon and bot glued them to the tulle.  i buy my ribbon at Hobby Lobby.  they have bags of ribbon for around $2!!  its a great deal people!  after the ribbon i hot glue my accent flowers and jewels on

 after i had everything glued on i sewed a hair ban onto the ends of the tulle to make it stretchy

the braided tight headband

this is my headband that i made out of some tights that i thought were cute at the store, but when i put them on they made me look like a cat!  haha so i never wore them and so i decided to put them to good use and i made a headband!  this project took little time and no money and its super cute!

 

first i cut the tights into strips so that i could braid them.  all together i cut 9 strips all about 1 inch each

 then i started braiding them.  before i started braiding i tied all of the strips in a knot at the end to secure the braid.  after i had all 3 braids finished i sewed them all together.  bam!  its just that easy!

a tight headband

my beautiful model is my niece sydney!  she is still lovely even when she is drooling when im trying to take pictures! haha thanks Sydney...the headband looks sooo cute on her!

her mommy left me to babysit and i decided that we should take pictures of my headband that i made out of tights!  i think she likes it! hahaha we even have matching jean jackets!! precious!

tulle headband

 this was really easy!!  all i did was cut a strip of tulle out and i pinched the middle and sewed it, then i sewed some pearls in the middle.  then i hot glued some leaves on and put it on a stretch headband.

her eyes are sooo pretty!!!

burnt flower headbands tutorial

 for this headband i cut up some tights and attached the flowers to it.  i like using tights because its super easy and it stretches to your head.

i also used tights for this one

 for this one i just used a fabric that is semi stretchy.  this works too except the tights sometimes give me headaches if i have been wearing them all day because they're so tight but this one doesn't to that

 you will need a candle. all you do is hold the edges over the flame and it will make a nice melted edge.
to get the crumpled look i held the piece of fabric a couple inches away from the flame.  be careful because if you put it too close it will put a hole in it!  you could also use an embosser instead of a candle. they do the same thing

 this is the fabric i used. i also used tulle and lace in between the other fabric.  it looks a lot cuter if you put different colors and fabrics in.

i sewed the bottom layer on just to make sure that it doesn't slide around.  then i just hot glued the other layers on.

fun headbands!!!

this one is my favorite!!!! so cute!!!

for this one i just used tulle!

savanna was a beautiful little model for these! (even though she was a grumpy pants) haha. thanks savanna!  if you like these they will be on my etsy account...it depends on what i have in stock. i only have one of each so if you like it you better hurry over there!!!