Hair sticks

  Today I am showing some of my handmade hair sticks. I’ll show a few more pictures and then explain the uniqueness of this project.

What are they made of you might ask? Not chop sticks and not dowels.

 

  They are made from cuticle sticks from Sallie’s Beauty Supply. They cost about $9.40 for a gross.

  I use a pencil sharpener on both ends of each stick to get a double point (making sure I keep each set the same length). You will still need to do a light sanding. I paint the sticks and add beads. Wide hole beads first then follow with smaller hole beads. The glitter work is once again from my new favorite craft supply described in my purse accessories post. The twine is a waxed bead cord. When finished a couple shots of sealer and let dry. I glued my beads in place with super glue. 

   The reason I don’t use chop sticks are they tend to break uneven and they take too much sanding. Dowels are hard to cut and sharpen. Cuticle sticks are just right. Will try making some more once I get the super glue off my paws. I will also be trying some with charm dangler's. They could be put on a jump ring and the jump ring could be glued between beads still giving them free movement. Another thing I will be trying is making some more plain ones and decorating the sticks with those tiny water decals used for nails,(yep found a big bag I have kept since my pretty nail days). I hope you enjoy this post.  Have a great week, with love from the Victorian Rabbit.

Fabric Flower Hair Barrettes

  Sometimes you see a craft that is just so cool you have to try it. These are origami folded fabric flower Barrettes. Yep guess by now you have figured out I am a kind of hair person (no I don’t mean hairy). I just like lots of little pretties as I wear my hair up Monday through Friday at work. And only let it down at night and on weekends (Silly job requirements). But it gives me the chance to try out lots of up do’s and the chance to show off lots of my handmade hair items. I hope you enjoy.

 

 

  This is another version, I call Flower on a stick. No just kidding These are hair pins. 

With love from the Victorian Rabbit

Hard Rock Candy Hair Combs

   Tutorial for Hard Rock Candy Hair Combs

  These are the things you’ll need:Super Glue, Stretchy Cord, any kind of small beads, and a hair comb.

  First tie a Knot in the first eye of the comb and leave a four inch piece of cord hanging instead of cutting off. I usually use about twenty inches of cord total, because you will wrap all the way across two times.

  On the long end of the cord, string a bunch of beads you’ll need three to four beads for each tine of your comb.

  Next you’ll pull (in this case ) three beads over the front and thru the first tine. Then continue doing this thru each tine always pulling over the top and thru the next tine.

But wait your not done yet. Now take the long cord minus any beads and start wrapping over the top going back towards the first knot. You want to wrap the cord snuggly in between each  bead set. This will help to position all your beads and keep them from moving.

  When you have worked the cord back to the first knot tie it off with the four inch piece  you left at the beginning. Once your final knot is made put a couple drops of super glue on knot. When glue is dry cut off excess cord and you are done.

  Now you have probably noticed that some combs have  mixed beads and metal charms ect.  The metal pieces I have ordered off EBay. I love the ones that look like sprockets. You can usually order as many as four hundred parts for under two dollars. The cheapest place I have found to buy combs is Walgreens. They sell six sets for $3.99. I only buy beads on clearance. But I also reuse a lot of beads I have bought second hand. I break the necklaces, and store the beads. One of my “cheapy” friends calls this harvesting. Most of my beaded combs cost about $1.50 per set. I am asked constantly if I sell them or if I could make someone a set.

  The banana Clip shown is sold by Walgreens in their dollar bin. Process is the same just do it two times.  I hope you enjoy this project.  

Netted Hair bows

  The next project I would like to show you is how to make netted bows. They are made with number 10  crochet cotton thread and minimal crochet skills. Stop back for the tutorial of this project.