Sugar and Spice

College Girl has discovered a love for all things preppy,  and this includes Lily Pulitzer dresses, Ralph Lauren Polos, hair bows, oxford shirts, riding boots and pearls!  She has a wish list  started, but has managed to pick up a few de rigueur  items for the new semester with her Christmas money. On a trip to some factory outlets she bought a Brooks Brothers top and a Ralph Lauren polo shirt. The other day she came into my scrap room and asked for fabric. Next thing I knew she had the glue gun heating up, and managed to find the hair clips and my bakery string. YouTube has a plethora of videos showing how to make these simple hair bows. Basically, you take a strip of fabric and fold it lengthwise in thirds.

Then you fold the left and right ends toward each other so they slightly overlap in the center, and secure. In this video tutorial, a glue gun was used to hold the fabric together. Click on the video below~

  

College Girl used bakery string to pinch and secure the center of the bow, then covered this area with a matching strip of fabric.

Once the bow is formed you can adhere a clip or comb of your choice with the glue gun or a few stitches. 

These would be fun Valentine's Day gifts and perfect to tuck into an Easter Basket! 

Sweet and feminine, preppy and classic~

I can't decide which one I like best. Seersucker or striped?

I grabbed my camera to take some photos to share with you, but these sweet bows were made start to finish by my preppy College Girl. She even modeled one of them for me!

You don't need much fabric at all. What a quick, easy craft with charming results~

Sugar and spice
and everything nice
that's what little girls are made of
Sunshine and rainbows
and ribbons for hair bows
that's what little girls are made of

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Shimmer and Shine

College Girl is quite a crafty person in her own right; did I mention she has her own scrapbook page gallery and likes to sew, knit and make jewelry? She shared this YouTube video she discovered with me, and I thought you might enjoy seeing it too. A side benefit of being a scrap booker is that I have lots of 'raw' material at hand when inspiration strikes or we stumble onto a fun idea.

Within 20 minutes of watching Ingrid 'glam' up simple wool felt collar necklaces, we were well on our way to creating our own magical Peter Pan style accessories! Following Ingrid's instructions, we gathered felt, scissors, glue and a paper pattern. The link for the pattern is at the bottom of the video tutorial, but you can easily draw your own on scratch paper.(www.sendspace.com/pro/r2c9ho from)

Fold the felt in half and place the collar on the fold. Cut out the collar. At this point, College Girl quickly stitched sheer ribbon to the narrow tips of the collar piece. In the video tutorial, Ingrid simply glues the ribbons to the back, but we wanted to make them doubly secure. Now comes the part where you brush the glue onto the front surface and cover with your choice of product - glitter, pearls, or seed beads. You can also use metallic brads, and in that case you will not need glue. I love using my Judikins Snappy Tray for applying glitter, embossing powder or flocking because it makes it so easy to pour the remaining glitter, etc. back into the bottle.

When we finished the cream collar necklace we made a black one. Oooh! It looks so nice in person! It looks expensive ~

I want to try pearls and silver brads next. These are inexpensive and simple to make, and I bet you know a teen or adult that would love one! I'm thinking one of these would come in handy on Christmas or New Years Eve. If you make one let me know. Meanwhile, we are expecting rain tomorrow and I plan to stay indoors and get crafty again :)

 

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