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Speaking of being crafty lately, I decided to try my hand at something new using my sweet god-daughter Zelie’s 2nd birthday as my motivation and make some hair bows. I’ve never made hair bows –well aside from my scrunchie business back in 6th grade. I found these instructions for making mini-clips. I actually cheated a little and found some clips at Hobby Lobby that were pre-covered with ribbon so all I had to do was add the other ribbon on top. These are incredibly easy to make, even though I still made a few mistakes–at least it’s obvious these are hand-made. 
These were so easy and fun to make I might to have to make some more! Any other easy and cute hair-bow-making ideas out there?
While I was at Hobby Lobby, some glittery tulle in the same colors as the hair bows caught my eye. Originally I thought of buying a tutu from my friend Sarah’s sister to support her new MollieMaes Crazy Days business. But when I saw that tulle I couldn’t resist at least trying on my own. Mine was definitely not as professionally made as Marie’s but I like how it turned out. The joyous grin on Zelie’s face when she tried it on made it all worth it.
For the tutu, I simply cut up some strips of the tulle and then tied them in loops on some elastic…
and voila!
The only downside to this tutu is the amount of glitter it sprinkles everywhere! I sprayed some hairspray on in hopes it might make the glitter stick on better. Oh well, it’s pretty much impossible to have a girl and not have glitter in the house at some point, right?
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That glittery tulle gets EVERYWHERE! I have even bought regular tulle that was next to the glittery bolt in the store and it was covered in glitter. I love the rainbow colors!
Hi Marie! I was going to ask you if you had learned any tricks for the glitter–let me know if you ever do.
How’s the new business going? Sorry I decided to make my own this time but I’ll definitely keep you in mind for the time I can’t do it on my own. 
Awww, I love the bows and the tutu. So adorable
The idea of your 6th grade scrunchie business made me chuckle.
Zelie really, really loves her bows- she would happlily wear ALL of them if I didn’t keep them put up. And the hairspray on the tulle has worked amazingly well, no glitter mess to speak of yet.