Puffy Flower Clip

I love how Spare Time Sanity made this puffy flower clip. It could be used for so many different things like hair, bags, clothing and shoes!

See the puffy flower clip.

Chick Hair Clip!

Show Tell Share has a chick clip for those of you who make adorable hair clips for your little ones. Perfect for spring and Easter. See the chick hair clip.

Easter Bunny Hair Clips/Bows

Learn how to make some adorable bunny clips for Easter! Visit Ten Cow Chick to see the tutorial. She has many cute bow/clip tutorials on her blog!

See the bunny clip tutorial.

5 St. Patrick's Day Ideas

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I had an emergency last Wednesday and didn't get to highlight any links from the Whatever Goes Wednesday party. There are a few from that party and a few from the St. Patrick's Day party. I hope you can find some fun last minute ideas.

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This crepe paper flower wreath is gorgeous for St. Patty's Day. (It would be gorgeous in a different color for another occasion too!!!)

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See it at FabuLESSly Crafty.

Read about this awesome St. Patrick's Day party for kids (or families) at Gluesticks! Hurry and pull a party together for the kiddos in your life! I'm going to do some of these activities for my kids!

See the St. Patty's Kids Party.
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Greenbean's Crafterole has so many cute and fun ideas to do with soap. I love this St. Patty's soap!

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See how to make Leperchaun lather.
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Adorn your little ladies with shamrock hair clips for the upcoming holiday! See how to make them at Ten Cow Chick.

. Any little kid would love to make a leperchaun village for those sneaky little guys! This idea from Little Wonders' Days is a fun St. Patrick's activity for old or new birdhouses.

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Check out more ideas from the St. Patrick's Day Party or the Whatever Goes Wednesday Party.

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Caroline G Bows

Welcome Caroline G Bow Boutique!

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Caroline G is a Hair Bow Boutique that was started as a result of a desire to give back and encourage and inspire girls to dream big and reach for their goals. Not only does each bow bought put a smile on the girl wearing it, but it pays it forward with 10% of the total profits going to Girls, Inc. which empower girls to be strong, smart, and bold.

Caroline G offers headbands and a wide variety of hair bows. Caroline G hair bows have been used in family portraits, worn with school uniforms, and been seen on flower girls in weddings.

Caroline G even offers custom orders. Just contact us with what you have in mind and we'll see what we can do about creating a speciality bow for you!

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Visit the Caroline G facebook page for updates and information about discounts and the launching of new hair products.

GIVEAWAY

Caroline G is offering a $20 store credit to one lucky winner.

AND a discount to all others: use someday15 for 15% off

To Enter:

(leave a separate comment for each entry)

1. Visit Caroline G and leave a comment here stating your favorite product.

2. "Friend" Caroline G's Facebook page.

Giveaway winner will be announced next Tuesday.

Whatever Goes Wednesday #53

Welcome to this crazy day of linky love and blog exploration! I love to see what is new out there in blog land. Get started clicking away to view everyone's creations!

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NEW SPONSOR .

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Gender Reveal Party for my new baby! In case you missed the party and the reveal/winners post, you can go back and read them. Thanks to the businesses and blogs who donated the party prizes. Please visit them and see if there is anything they have that is something you want.

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GIVEAWAY

No Giveaway this week! Check back tomorrow for a great giveaway!

MOST VIEWED LINK LAST WEEK!

It's fun to see what everyone wants to view each week. This week this hair post was the most viewed link. Braids are "In." Check out how to do a braided up-do at Eisy Morgan.

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BLOG TIP FOR THE WEEK!

The blog How-To by 733- A Creative Blog this week is:

HOW-TO: Style the "Read More" in expandable posts.

All the big blogs are doing it!!!!

Also, 733 is holding a Knock-It-Off contest for great knock-offs. Head over there to vote for the top ten!

Don't forget to check out the Giveaway Directory tomorrow! It amazes me how few people enter giveaways. This is your chance at free stuff! FYI, this link is only open for one day. If you are going to do a giveaway and want to feature it here, make sure you link it up sometime on Thursday.

I'm still deciding what to do with Categorically Crafting!

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You know what to do. Enter your project (up to 4 links), tip, idea, recipe, whatever. Visit others. Leave comments. PLEASE NO ETSY SHOPS! Come back again in the next few days more projects are added throughout the week. Let the fun begin! (Because blogging is not my full-time job, I will not be able to visit every link. I apologize.)

Paper Flower and Heart Clippy

I've seen many flowers made out of ribbon, but for some reason I'm loving this flower made from paper. See how A Law Student's Journey made this cute hair or shirt accessory!

Make some sweet little heart clippies for your Valentine's princess with directions from Crafting When I Can. Super cute!

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Valentine Giveaway!

With Valentine's Day around the corner, it's time to share some love & have a giveaway! Winner gets to choose from either the

Will You Be My Valentine Wish Necklace (shown above)
or
Love & Kisses hair clip set (shown below)

Ways To Enter:

1. Become a follower of this blog

2. Visit my Etsy shop & share your favorite item

3. Follow me on Twitter

4. Follow me on Facebook

5. Tweet about this giveaway

6. Share this giveaway on Facebook

7. Blog about this giveaway

8. Heart Social Butterflies on Etsy

9. Grab my button and put it on your blog

That's a grand total of 9 chances to WIN!

{Note: Post a separate comment for each entry, each comment will count as 1 entry.}

Rules: Giveaway is eligible to U.S. Residents only. A winner will be chosen at random. Giveaway ends on Sunday, January 30th at 11:59 PM (PST). Make sure to leave your email address in your comment if it isn't available through your blog or profile! I need to be able to contact you if you win!

GOOD LUCK!!!

Unique and fun Party Highlights!

I love to highlight interesting and unique ideas! There were definitely some fun crafts linked up today at the Whatever Goes Wednesday Party! Here are a few!

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I've seen a few different kinds of decoupaged shoes, but I have to say these comic book shoes are my favorite. Check them out at Just A Geek Named Jess.

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Tulle, zippers and feathers together! What a great combination. See this beautiful hairclip at The Peasant Wife.
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This is beyond cool! You've got to see these handmade dodecahedron star lanterns at Mom's Crafty Space! Wow!
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I'm diggin' all the fun framed hearts for Valentine's at today's party. I especially love these framed 3-D hearts at Blooming Homestead! So pretty!

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Check out more links at the Whatever Goes Wednesday Party!

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Flat Iron/ Curling Iron Cozy!

After you open presents tomorrow, you may want to consider making a flat iron/cutling iron cozy for the new gadgets you received (or gave.) Scissors and a Whisk has an easy tutorial for one.

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See the flat iron cozy tutorial.

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Guest Blogger - the30girl - Felt Flower Headbands

Hello Someday Crafts readers! I'm Katie from

the30girl

and I'm excited to be here sharing a tutorial with you and introducing you lovely readers to my blog. On January 5th, I will be celebrating my one year blog anniversary; I started blogging to have a place to inspire and be inspired and to keep a record of what I'm doing here and now. Over this past year, so many opportunities (like a monthly television segment!) and internet friendships have developed through blogging; I can't believe I never started sooner!.

Today I'm here to share a tutorial for making felt flowers that can be used for making a myriad of accessories. I'll show you how to use them to make a headband.

If you've never visited the30girl, I tend to post crafts & DIY projects(with an emphasis on re-purposing/recycling), recipes, outfits, and inspiring things. Lately, I've been posting on holiday-focused for my 30 holiDAYS series. Here are a few of my favorite tutorials.

T-shirt Yarn: A Tutorial

Baby Food Jar Crafts

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one for the season...

Book Page Ornaments

Now for today's tutorial! Recently, I participated in the Spread the Cheer holiday gift exchange and made these three gifts of assorted brooches, rings and headbands.

They turned out so cute and wearable that I wanted to share my simple how-to!

We are making the cream and olive headband today.

Step 1 & 2: Gather your felt (at least 35% wool), circle stencils, disappearing ink marker or chalk, and scissors. Trace around your circles; then, using the trace mark as a size guide, draw an amoeba shape.

Step 3: Cut out your three amoebas, two small and one medium.

Step 4: Cut the amoebas into long spiraled strips. (Note: The first couple of times I did this, I drew out the spiral just to make sure I got the hang of it.)

Step 5: You will end up with three strips of wavy, spiraled felt.

Step 6 & 7: Starting from the inner-end of the spiral, begin rolling the felt and hot gluing it into place as you go. (Note: I always roll it up without hot gluing first to see if I need to do any trimming to the felt "petals".) You see, the wavy spiral makes the petals in the flowers. So simple, yet so cool.

Step 8: After hot gluing each spiral, you will end up with three flowers for your headband.

Step 9 through 12: Using transparent monofilament nylon thread and small beads of your choice, stitch the beads in the center of each flower. (Note: You can use three beads in each flower for a more intricate look.)

Almost finished.

Step 13 & 14: It's time to glue the flowers to the headband. First, I glue the three flowers together. Then, I cut a piece of felt the same size as the flowers, place the flowers face down, spread the hot glue, place the headband and, finally, the backer.

Now it's time to wear or gift your new headband!

I love felt for winter! You can also use this same technique to make brooches, hair clips, rings, and more (I think I'm going to stitch some to a pair of wrist gloves). Feel free to contact me with any questions! Thanks so much for having me, Michelle and I'd love for you,-wonderful readers- to visit my blog - the30girl.

Thanks, Katie! Those felt flower headbands/rings/brooches would be super easy and quick to make for last minute Christmas gifts! I can think of a few people on my list who would love them. Visit the30girl for some great inspiration. I'm drooling over her Peppermint Truffle Pops!

DIY Lace Flower HairPin

The lace & metal combo gives this flower a gorgeous vintage vibe. Get the details to make your own at Aly & Ash