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buttony things

July 21st, 2008 · 14 Comments

I made these fabric button hairbands during the school holidays. My favourite is the deer one

Tags: craft · fabric button hairbands

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  • 1 MrSquib // Jul 21, 2008 at 10:33 am

    I wish I still had me long hair so that I could wear one in a pony tail.

  • 2 squib // Jul 21, 2008 at 10:38 am

    …as Samson said to Delilah

  • 3 Kelmo // Jul 21, 2008 at 2:41 pm

    Hi squib - long time reader, first time comment(er)! am loving your blog but felt compelled to reply to this one… i almost replied after the miniature birthday theme and to your great music reviews but didn’t (e-shy?!) - but these are extra strength cute and i MUST have some immediately! i am handy in so many ways but not in the using punctuation & grammar while typing nor in the crafty to impress my littlens type way… may i ask that i have some instructions (although i’m sure the pic is supposed to ‘illustrate’ what to do but it’s as clear as a map to me!) or can i live vicariously thru you and you send me some - i will pay handsomely with money order or directly to you, you clever clever chicken!
    here’s hoping :wink:

  • 4 squib // Jul 21, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    Hi Kelmo, nice to hear from you. These are dead easy to make. I will post a photo tutorial this week and info on where to get the ‘ingredients’ , OK?

  • 5 Kelmo // Jul 21, 2008 at 2:56 pm

    you say ‘dead easy’. i see ‘bleeding fingers and my children’s mother trapped in metres of wire’
    i look forward to the challenge!

  • 6 MrSquib // Jul 21, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    Bang goes my early retirement plans….

    (MrsSq – Kelmo was going to pay you HANDSOMELY for your buttons)

    Doh…!

  • 7 lill // Jul 21, 2008 at 10:04 pm

    They are adorable! I’ve got a little pile of fabric all ready for you that I’m going to add to over the next few days, as I clear up some of the fabric clutter that has taken over the dining room. Thanks so much for the photos. I’m with Mr Sq - sell them!

  • 8 squib // Jul 22, 2008 at 9:53 am

    Thanks Lill! I haven’t sent the SAE yet because I ran out of hair elastics on the weekend

  • 9 warthog // Jul 22, 2008 at 10:48 am

    Very nice. How much are the scissors and those handy little tweezers?

  • 10 squib // Jul 22, 2008 at 12:10 pm

    They are jewellery wire cutters and needle nose pliers, about $8 each… why?

  • 11 lill // Jul 22, 2008 at 10:54 pm

    You can get packs of five different small pliers for making things with at Dick Smith, only about $20 I think. There’s a wire cutter and all different pliers in a little case. Very useful for making jewellery etc.

  • 12 squib // Jul 23, 2008 at 9:46 am

    Wish I’d known that. I sent the SAE yesterday Lill BTW

  • 13 Matilda // Jul 23, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    Oh, those are sweet. I like the little Japanese girls in kimonos the best. The two youngest stepgirls are really into Japanese stuff and Anime.

    I’ll have a look at the instructions and see if its possible to make them on the weekend with the girls without anyone getting stabbed or doing damage with the scissors.

    Did I tell you about the time I was wrapping a Christmas present late on Christmas Eve? I was cutting the wrapping paper and cut right through my delicate, ultra-sexy negligee (oh alright, I cut a bleeding great hole in my flannel granny gown). I’m not that great with scissors…

  • 14 squib // Jul 23, 2008 at 4:47 pm

    and you didn’t think the wrapping paper was getting a bit hard to cut?

    :smile:

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