CRAYON BARRETTE

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This was an entry for the "Pencil and Crayon Hoopla" over at Craftster where you used a pencil or crayon to create something.  I made hair accessories and in addition to this I made the Skully Hair Stick out of a pencil and used pencil to make the face of the skull.

For a step-by-step on how to make, please see the tutorial over at Cutout + Keep.

Denim Flowers Barrette

Upcycle an old pair of jeans scraps into a flowerly barrette. 

Items used:

• Jeans scraps (5 12 x 12 inches square pieces)
• Scissors
• Pen
• Cardboard
• Needle and thread
• Hot Glue Gun 
• Barrette blank

The scraps were taken from one of the legs of this pair of scraggly old jean.

The principal for making the flowers here is the same as the rolled paper flowers here:
http://craftsandcreationswithkathy.blogspot.com/2009/12/rolled-flowers.html

For the two outer flowers, I cut 2 12 inch x 12 inch squares from one of the legs and stacked them on top of  each other, right sides up, flipped them over and on the wrong side of the fabric drew a spiral like the one below on where the spirals were about an inch wide.   For the center flower, I only used one layer of fabric.
















I then cut out the spirals and rolled them starting with the inner spiral outward and would stitch the layers loosely with a needle and thread. Here is the bottom view of the rolled flowers.

I put the barrette blank on a piece of cardboard and drew around it with a pen, making it slightly larger than the barrette and then cut it out.

I put the flowers with the 2 layers on each end and the one with 1 layer in the center, scrunched them together then glued the bottom of the flowers to the cardboard.

I then glued the cardboard to the barrette blank.

WARHOL '60'S INSPIRED BARRETTE

Quick and easy and cost less than 50 cents to make.

I made this to go with a pair of shoes with same theme.

http://craftsandcreationswithkathy.blogspot.com/2009/07/retro-warhol-60s-inspired-shoes.html

Items used:

• Barrette blank
• Cardboard
• Felt
• Photo
• Packing tape
• Craft Glue or Hot Glue Gun
• Amazing Goop or Hot Glue Gun
• Ruler
• Scissors

Measure a square on the cardboard that is 3 1/2 inches wide and 1 3/8 inches tall and cut out.

Glue down the piece of cardboard in the center on the felt cut to proximately 7 inches wide 2 3/4 inches wide, then apply glue to the top of the cardboard and along the center of the felt on each side.

Fold the edges over vertically.

Apply glue along the length of felt and fold the edges over.

Apply the packing tape to the top of the part of the photo you want to use and then glue it on top of the felt piece.

Apply Amazing Goop or hot glue to the barrette, the secure it to the bottom of the felt.

NAUTICAL BEJEWELED HAIR BARRETTE

Quick and easy and under $1 to make! Items used:

• Stone or jewel
• 24 inches of rope
• Barrette blank
• Hot Glue Gun and glue.

Tie a knot in the center of the rope.

Make two more knots then place jewel in the center, then make three more knots on the other side.

If it looks how you want it to you are ready to glue it to the barrette, if not, you can undo the knots and redo it and/or make more or fewer knots.

Put hot glue around the circumference of the jewel.

Push it in on the underside of the knots and glue around the edges to secure.

Put a line of glue across the length of the knots and jewels and then place the barrette on top of the glue and allow it to dry.

Tie knots in the ends of each piece of the rope.