Hair clip hangers for Mia and addie

This week has been a crazy week - Kiah is being christened on Saturday and with both sets of grandparents living 6 hours away we have had a house full and this weekend is bound to get crazier with sisters and brother in law arriving tomorrow. We will have 8 adults and 6 kids in a 3bedroom house ! Anyway it will be crazy but all worth it as I love having everyone around. I will be having my 4 and 7 year old nieces stay and they have just had a birthday and I always give them something 'handmade'. Not wanting to break the tradition I made these quick and easy hair clip hangers to hold their hair clips on and so that they can hang them in their room and keep everything neat and tidy.

This is for addi - ( the 4 year old )

This one if for Mia ( the 7 year old )

Not great pictures - but the ribbon in the middle is straight it is just attached at the top, middle and bottom so they can loop through any ribbons or hair elastics.

I am sure I won't be psoting anything over the weekend - but will be back to share christening photos and a debrief of the weekend !

Hair clip hanger # 2 and bee block

Today I am working on another hair clip hanger - still not loving the overall design. I think this one will also be destined to be given as a gift:


Luckily another niece has a 'pink and aqua' themed room, so this should go with her decor. Her birthday is in July so I will be a tad busy by then so this will be put away until then.


Also on the agenda today is marlynn's block in the 'Bee in my bonnet' bee. She has asked for a block - any style to be used in a baby blanket - she is also expecting any day.

I am loving the fabric, it is a gorgeous soft flannel.

I haven't gotten out of my pajamas today, I figure there are not going to be many more days like this in the future so I am just taking it easy, relaxing and having time to myself !

Hair clip hanger and an early mothers day pressie

Now that I am able to do a lot more with Isabella's hair it drives me crazy with all the little clips that she has. I have just put them in a little basket in her bedroom, but I can never find the right one when I am dressing her in a certain outfit. Plus she likes to 'help' and ends up tipping the whole basket out and just making a mess.

I have been looking on the web for a 'hair clip holder' or 'hair clip hanger' and have found a lot of people cover a canvas and use ribbon to store and display their little girl clips. I don't have much room on Isabella's dressing table and a 'canvas' type board was going to be too large.

So..........I came up with this one. I can hang it up, I can see the clips, it's out of reach for little hands and it tidies everything up.

My pictures aren't great but I think you get the idea.

The ribbon in the middle can be used to loop hair elastics through and ribbons when her hair eventually gets long enough. This is still in 'prototype' mode so it will probably be given to my niece for her birthday in a few weeks until I perfect my design. Also I will make Isabella's out of the 'Moda Basic Grey' range so it matches her quilt and pillow.

An early mother day present arrived in the mail yesterday. I have been interested in this book for a while and love working with Oliver & S patterns. I have earmarked a few things to make and will let you know what I think !