Friday, October 17, 2008

A Stolen but Oh-so-Cute Idea

I saw this idea for handmade embellished hair pins over at Grace Violet a while back. I thought that they were an incredibly cute and incredibly easy idea. So I stole it. I'm sure she doesn't mind. She has all kinds of cute ideas to steal. You should check her out.

I found these pretty brads at Target in their $1.00 section. What a steal.
The bobby pins are from WalMart. Check out the pic of the pins - not your ordinary bobby pin.
First thing you do is attach a brad to the front, top of the pin. Then use a pair of needle-nose pliers to bend the little metal posts of the brad around the pin. Like this:



Then I applied hot glue to the back just to secure it into place. I got a little carried away with the glue on this one. Nice thing about hot glue is that it can always be cleaned up after it cools.

And that's it. That's all there is to making these cute little hair pins. Look how sweet:

Lily was really excited about these hair pins. She picked out her six favorite brads and those were the ones I used. See, even Lily couldn't believe how fast and easy this project was.

Oh, and she also found another use for these sweet things:

Gotta love my Lily.

7 comments:

Amanda said...

What a cute idea...they turned out darling! Lily is so pretty and I LOL with the picture of them stuck between her toes. :-)

Back in the Day said...

Love that idea! They turned out so cute! Thanks for sharing!

Anonymous said...

Those are too cute!! I love the dollar area at Target! :)

BurttBunch said...

That is such a CUTE and EASY idea! I need to go to Target more often! =) You always find good deals..I need to go shopping with you!
Keep posting your ideas!

Alison said...

Hey Amber~ I was checking out your blog through my friend Amanda...You have some very cute ideas!!I would have never thought of doing something like that..Your kids are adorable!

jeanne @ Inspiring Ideas said...

Cute idea and what a sweet little girl!!

Shannon said...

Those turned out so cute!