My January in Pictures

I did a really fun challenge this last month called "January Photo A Day"Challenge that I heard about from the blog:  House of Smiths.  It gave this list of pictures to take - one a day for the entire month:

I wasn't always great about taking the picture on it's assigned day but it was easy to catch up...  the challenges aren't anything extravagant like some crazy scavenger hunt where you're running around town looking for some obscure item to take a photo of.  The pictures were simple things but you could think out of the box too.  Maybe this will help me with my photog skills?!

Here's a look back at my month of January:

I also found this cool App to use: my365. The pics above:
Day 1: you
Day 2: breakfast
Day 3: Something you Adore

Day 4: Letterbox

Day 5:  Something You Wore (in FL!  It was cold that week...)

Day 6:  Makes You Smile (a date night with my hubby - dinner theater!)

Day 7:  Favourite (some of my fabric stash faves)

Day 8:  Your Sky

I misplaced one photo - Day 9 is "Routine" - I took a pic of my steering wheel.... I'm ALWAYS driving so looking at my steering wheel in my car has DEFINITELY become routine!  :)

Day 10:  Childhood (a charm bracelet my Mom recently found and sent me)

Day 11:  Where You Sleep (I don't get nearly enough time in here...)

Day 12:  Close-Up  (check out those lovely bags under my eyes)

Day 13:  In Your Bag

Day 14: Something You're Reading (some light reading.... )

Day 15:  Happiness (look at those CHEEKS!!!)

Day 16:  Morning (an early trip to the park)

Day 17:  Water

Day 18: Something You Bought (these great little birdhouses for my little to paint)

Day 19:  Sweet

Day 20: Someone You Love (my awesome husband)

Day 21:  Reflection

Day 22:  Your Shoes (my absolute favorite pair)

Day 23:  Something Old (this was given to me by my Grandma - it's the last piece from my Great-Great Grandmother's bridal tea set - check out the date!  1888!!!)

Day 24: Guilty Pleasure  (Pinterest)

Day 25: Something You Made

Day 26: Colour

Day 27: Lunch

Day 28: Light

Day 29: In Your Fridge

Day 30: Nature

Day 31: You. Again

Linking up to:

Valentine's Headband Tutorial

I posted this pic a little bit ago on Facebook and got enough positive feedback that I thought I'd share a little 'how-to' here on the blog!

Materials:

Fold Over Elastic (FOE)

Felt Stickers or Flower Embellishments

(I bought these at JoAnne's in the Valentine's Section under 'card making supplies' - they were $2.99 for a bag and were 40%. You can also find paper flowers, embellishments, etc. 

in the scrapbooking section of Michael's or JoAnne's.)

Felt

(you don't need much so the 8x10 squares from any craft store work GREAT!)

Other supplies:
Hot Glue
Sewing Machine (optional)
Measuring Tape
Pinking Shears/Scissors

Step 1:  Determine how big you need your headband. You can either use a measuring tape and measure the circumfrence of your baby/child's noggin...

...or you can use an old headband that currently fits said baby/child and use it as a guide.  Cut the FOE a little bit shorter than the actual circumfrence - you want the headband to have the desired amount of stretch so it will stay on their head.

Step 2:  'designing' the headband.  Play around with your different felt stickers/embellishments - here are a few examples that I came up with....

Step 3:  Glue stickers/embellishments onto the felt.  You can either remove the backing on the sticker and glue or you can leave the backing on.  

For this particular headband - I chose to remove the paper backing and then glue onto the sticky side.  (I thought maybe it'd provide extra hold?)

Step 4:  Use pinking shears (or standard scissors) and cut the felt around the stickers - try to get as close as possible to the edge of the sticker.  I like the look that the pinking shears give to the design but a straight edge would look great too.

Step 5:  Make the 'band' - you can use a sewing machine and sew the two ends together (overlapping a bit) or you can use your hot glue (as I did here) to glue them together.

Step 6:  Glue the embellishment to the band.  Using your hot glue, make a squiggle line down the length of the embellishment in the area where your FOE will go.

Press down, making sure the correct side of the band is facing out (in this case, the shiny side of the FOE will face outwards)

Step 7:  Once again, using your pinking shears; cut a strip/rectangle of felt to cover the FOE on the backside of your embellishment.

Step 8:  PROJECT COMPLETE! Congratulations on creating a SUPER cute Valentine's headband for your little lovely to wear on February 14th (or any day of the year)!

Here are a few other examples:

Love this one - black FOE with paper flowers that I found at Michael's - goes with LOTS of outfits!

Bottom to Top:  Red Felt Flower with Leaf on White FOE, another Valentine's Felt Sticker  arrangement on light blue FOE, Crocheted flowers on white FOE

Detail - these crocheted flowers were found in the scrapbook section at JoAnne's!  Perfect colors to go with so many of the pink outfits my baby girl has and the rhinestones are fun too.