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June 2012 Art Show KBAF Booth

Hairbow Rainbow Wall and "buckets" of magic wands.

 The rainbow wall again ( I really loved this and it made the booth seem so bright and happy)!

Crochet Clips

Princess Crowns/Veils & my  new banner...wanted to actually have the costume there but it was way too windy and Melanie broke :(     I will have to find a new one now.

Lined Clips w/ no slip grips

All the embellished snap and alligator clips- plus embellished bobbi pins.

Mini Korker Bows

The luggage tags made another appearance.

Crayon ClipsDays of the Week embroidered hair clips. Embroidered Snap Clips - I LOVE the swirl design!

Full frontal...check out that banner! I am so obsessed with embroidery!!

Close up of my custom

"KISSED BY A FROG BANNER"

that I made with my new embroidery machine.

My CUSTOM (made by me) banner to let everyone know that I am "SPECIALIZING IN CUSTOM ORDERS" complete with my little frogs!

My next show is not until September and we have plans to make more boy items (that are absolutely adorable). Plus, I will have more one-of-a-kind costumes and embroidery. Hmmm, maybe I need a bigger booth. HA.

Hope you all enjoyed the pictures. Now you know where I have been for so long.

Hopefully, over the next few weeks I can figure out how to get my etsy shop in order.

HUGS~

Jenni

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss Giveaway

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. SEUSS! 

 LUCKY YOU THERE IS A GIVEAWAY TO CELEBRATE AN AMAZING AUTHOR!

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The princess headed off to school in style today sporting her new Seuss-tastical shirt and headband.

I did design the headband and bling all by myself! All credit goes to me this time. WOOHOOO!

I sent pictures via text (I always do, I bet some of my friends wish they could delete me) to my friends and family. AND guess what...one of them actually asked me to make her a headband. I, of course, jumped at the chance to use my embroidery machine more. And here is hers... 

 So what do you think? Do you love it? I digitized the "hat" myself and the paisleys are a free design (I feel terrible but I do not know where I got it. Most of them say but this one does not. I should have typed it in when I saved it.)
ANYWHO, my friend asked that I make her a little thinner than Syd's. Which actually worked out great because then I could repeat both designs and make 2. Which means, I just so happen to have an EXTRA on laying around now.
I smell a giveaway!
Please make sure to be a frog follower via GFC to enter:
1. Share this giveaway on FB and/or Twitter. (1 entry for each)
2. I want to make some new friends so leave a comment here telling me about yourself. Please make sure to include your email address so if you win I can reach you.
3. I am getting my hair done in the afternoon. SO, help me pick which color to do. Just leave a comment with which hair color you think is super awesome (and not too over the top).
Option #1

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Option #2 (I love the pink)

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Option #3 (A little less dramatic)

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Just leave a few little comments to enter and this Seuss-tastical Headband could be all yours!

Giveaway ends 3/9/12 around noonish (I would give a more specific time but it seems I always get sidetracked). Open to you all! Have fun!!

HUGS~

Jenni

Turkey Hair Bow Tutorial

On Thursday, I will guest posting over at Lady Bird Lane with the wonderful Miss Carlee. She is doing an entire series dedicated to turkeys and guess what?! I, of course, went all out with my turkeyness. Here is a sneak peek of the of one of the projects I did to go totally turkey.

A turkey hair bow.

There are a ton of other things the kids and I did for our turkey post but this little Tom is my favorite and I am gonna tell show you how to make it. And PLEASE let me apologize now for my picture quality but our camera broke when we were on vacation. (Yes, you read that right. I went on vacation over Halloween weekend! We had a blast!! Did not get many pics since the camera broke the first night we were there but we had a great time! I will post pics some time soon!!)

I, most literally, had scraps of ribbon for this project. I hope you do to because then this little guy gets even cuter because he will cost you NOTHING! I wish I had been able to add some purple but could not find any "scrap" purple ribbon.  

This is a ruffled edge ribbon, I just did a simple running stitch down the center. I think it was about a half yard long maybe a little more.

Then "ruffle" it.

After you tie off or secure the thread on both ends grad a scrap piece of felt (or a left over felt leaf from the wreath you made earlier this year.) Glue one end to the center.

Just "wrap" the ribbon like  you would if you were making a rosette and glue as you go.

Now cut a little piece (about half an inch) and glue like a half figure 8.

Then fold in half to make a beak. See all that hot glue. I read this tip in an email from fav crafts the other day...use your hair dryer to get rid of hot glue webs. IT TOTALLY WORKS!

Then cut a teeny tiny square of red ribbon about the size of your pinkie finger tip. Make sure to heat seal the ends of this one. 

Glue the beak to whatever you determine to be the head and then glue the red square to the side.

I tried to get some pic of this but they are horrible. I apologize!  

I glued on a couple of googly eyes that I also had on hand.

He is starting to take shape.

Cut one 4 inch strip of orange.

Fold it in half like a hot dog not a hamburger.

And cut the ends into a "V" shape.

Now fold it in half like a hamburger and dab a little glue to hold it into place.

Then glue it to the bottom of the turkey body so that he has some little feet.

Cut the rest of your ribbon into 6" strips (no need to be precise, I wasn't).

Make half figure 8 with all of your strips...

Layer them like you would like and then glue them on to your felt base.

TAAA-DAAAA!! ALL DONE!

Totally Free little Tom.

Now attach to a clip or headband and you too can be a wild turkey with me!

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