stay calm and clip on, aloha

And a collection of Local Sugar goodies by mail.

Aloha,


I'm so very glad you've made your way back to Local Sugar Hawaii.  I sure have missed ya.  Did you go out hunting for treasure this weekend?  No worries if you haven't gotten a chance yet, they are still there and this weekend they will likely be mixed in with an array of brightly colored Easter eggs which are sure to color your world beautiful.  If you have gone out I would love to hear about your finds.  Here's that little flower clip tutorial I promised, just in time for Easter-- 'cause even in Hawaii, land of endless summers, there is something magical about springtime and blossoms seem to be popping up everywhere, so why not in our hair?

Supplies:

1 Yard of Ribbon

Scissors

Needle and Thread

1 Large Barrette Clip

Glue Gun

Beads or other decorative touches, if desired

Step 1:  Cut Ribbon


This is where you decide how big or small your flower will be by cutting ribbon to desired lengths.  I cut about 2 1/4 inch strips for the large flowers pictured above.  I used very stiff ribbon, you may want to tape the edges of any fabric ribbon for ease while cutting, and then seal edges with fray stop glue to, well, stop any fraying.

Step 2:  Cut Petals

Step 3: Thread Needle and Begin Stitch

This is a very forgiving project, I pretty much guarantee they will all be that way here-- forgiving.  Just do an easy "innie-- outtie" stitch on both edges of each petal, yeah I just made that whole "innie-- outtie" thing up 'cause I don't know sewing, but you get the idea right?

Working with one petal at a time... 

... until all petals are strung on the thread.

  

Step 4: Gather Petals


Holding both ends of the thread, you may want to snip the needle off at this point, for safety, trust me on this one, push petals so that they are gathered together in the center. 

Step 5:  Tie Thread


Secure the flower by tying thread tightly in double, triple, even quadruple knots.

Step 6:  Secure Barrette Clip


I used a hot glue gun to quickly and easily secure the barrette to the back of the flower.  If you do use glue be sure to open the barrette and slip a piece of card stock in so that the two parts of the barrette aren't glued to each other-- not that I did that while working on this little tute or anything.  Let the glue set for a few seconds and then remove the card stock so that the glue doesn't get stuck to that either-- yup, made that little mistake too.

If you've got the skill and the patience you could sew the flower on to the barrette using embroidery thread-- but I say whatever gets you back to the beach the quickest is the way to go.

Step 6: Rock It
... like only you can.  

 Okay, so maybe wearing every flower barrette you've ever, ever-ever-ever, made at the exact same time might be a bit much, even for this local girl.  So... I'll take like one, maybe two off before I do the "pick up my eight year old boy from school" routine.  But only 'cause I love him and 'cause he likes his school and, well you know it's third grade and all of a sudden being cool and not being the dude with the mom with six plus flowers in her hair is like important, or something. Laugh lots, and...

live sweet, 

n

Tomorrow, Seanzy and I will hit the beach.  Wanna come?

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