Pearl Ears

Have you noticed that decorative cat ears are now a thing?

Taylor even wears some in her 22 video.

I got the inspiration to make my own from a tutorial on Cut out and Keep.

It's pretty simple really; bead some wire into ears, thread on beads, attach to a hair band by wrapping around ribbon.

It took me ages to find both beads and ribbon that matched and were the right size.

My ear turned out a little wonky but I don't mind.

It adds character.

New skillz

I have learnt a new skill.

Macramé knots.

I learnt it here. 

This is the first bracelet I made using the technique.

For the centre cord I used a piece of black elastic so I wouldn't have to bother with working closures.

This is the set up I use.

The laptop playing 4od is very important.

And you see the green bead? I move it left to right so I don't forget which order I'm knotting, because when I'm watching 4od, it's easy to lose track.

I also tried knotting around a thin metal bangle with beads on the edges, which turned out well.

I think it looks like Christmas.

And I knotted around an elastic hair band which is pretty cool.

Now I have to stop myself from looking at things and wonderful if I could Macramé knot around them.

Friends, I will be cutting back to 2 posts a week for the next for weeks because with my degree show piece being one long project I have less new things to blog about.

Denim Bow

Just when you think I can't make any more bows; boom. Here's one made out of denim.

Which is a tricky fabric since it's so thick.

But I got it to do what I want.

Usually I attach big elastic hair bands to the bows I make but I didn't have one the right colour so I left it for a long time.

And then I had a lightbulb moment.

I put a regular small hair band through the bow and now I can wear it with a ponytail.

Or with a messy bow.

Voila.

And I can also slip the bow onto an existing metal hairband and wear it that way if I feel so inclinded.

All these possibilities just opening up to me. Whoah.

Good news; new hairband

 I made a new hairband.

But what kind of fabric is that?

Let's take a closer look.

It's newspaper print fabric!

I bought some Image Maker and used it to transfer text.

I'm a maverick.

I like that it prints the reverse because it gives the look of news print without having actual readable words, because I wouldn't want people reading my head when I wear the hair band.

Nobody wants that.

The hair band is made the same way as these ones, but with a cute bow for added interest.

Has anyone dabbled with the wonder that is Image Maker?

More hairbands

Things I need more of :

Words on my dissertation.

Things I don't need more of :

Hair bands.

So guess what I did this weekend...

Made more hair bands!

Yay!

Well, assembled more hair bands, rather than 'made'.

I just took some of the butterflies my Mum crocheted and attached them to some new elastic hair bands that I bought.

I've used these butterflies to make necklaces before, some of which you can find in my Etsy shop.

*cough* shameless promotion *cough*

Here and here.

Is ombre hair still on trend?

I hope so, because I'm never on trend but as my dyed hair (that I dyed well over a year ago and was supposed to be semi-permanent!) grows out it's kinda looking that way. Aces!

And welcome to new followers!

And of course hello to y'all who have been with me for longer.

Thanks for being here.

I wish blogger had a better way to reply to comments to we could actually have a proper, like, conversation.

Or as we say in the art school world 'start a dialogue'.

Simple hairbands

I used these discarded ties from a dressing gown and a dress to make some simple headbands. I think they were my sister's, she doesn't know I used them. She will now.

The style is based on some similar ones my Mum made when she was younger.

I could easily go crazy embellishing them, just give me time.

I could definitely see this one with some added bling.

Since the fabric was already in a tube all I had to do was cut a suitable length, fold the ends in and sew the elastic on.

They're a simple way to dress up my short hair.

Curtain ring hair band

This hair band comes to you courtesy of vintage curtain rings.

Well, I don't no if they can be considered vintage, they're just old.

It's pretty much just elastic, chain and then chain that I took apart and put curtain rings in between. Simples.

And it doubles up as a necklace. Handy.

Have any unexpected items made their way into your craft supplies?

New hairband: Pinwheel

Since my last hairband reminded my of a seaside pinwheel, I decided to make one that actually was a pinwheel.

Well, a felt pinwheel.

I used this tutorial from eighteen25 except I made mine slightly larger to make more of a statement and I attached it to a hairband as opposed to a hairclip.

Summer anyone?

New hairband: Sequins

I was still in a sequin mood after making my jumper's shoulders sparkly so I made a hairband out of sequins.

I used the big circle sequins that don't really get used for much and sewed them to a circle of felt.

It kind of reminds me of one of those shiny pinwheels you get at the seaside.

It turns out I was in a sequin mood about this time last year too. Take a look.