Going back in time... pics of the Streamer Bows

The first three pictures here are of a custom headband I made last year for a Mom wanting to do B&W portraits. I came across these while looking for the others and remembered how much I liked them;) Anyway, I think I might make another to list in my shop...

Usually my hubby thinks that Alex is "over the top" when she models my items, but this one he just loved! He said it had a rather "film noire" feel. Lol, it was pretty cute;)

These next pics are from Alex's 2nd bday. I painted her shirt with a cute little cupcake and then made some streamer bows to match.

Save the little bump she got on her lip, she looked so perfect;)

She also wore this set to the Zoo and got so many compliments! I sold two shirts and 6 sets of bows just from that day;)

Well, hope that helps with what the Halloween streamers will look like. These are a perfect bow for pigtails. They also look super cute on the side of a bun or underneath pigtail buns. Lots of fun;)

I just remembered that a few post back, she was wearing some other streamer clips. Just click the link to see them...

http://tinydiva.blogspot.com/2009/08/twist-and-back-and-twist-and-back.html

The Party's Over! ;)

Lol, okay, so I have to admit that I am relieved to be finished with Alex's bday party;) I don't have any super-fancy hairstyles to post, but I thought I'd share a few pics from the day. But first, I wanted to show some of the bows I listed in my etsy store today. I just started it up, so it is pretty bare and boring right now;) But I promise to add more items and fix up my profile/store stuff soon! Okay, so first is a pair of my streamer clips... And next is a large black and orange satin baby/toddler headband. These would both be cute for Halloween!;)

Now, I did have plans to fix Alex's hair crazy and fun again, even some crimping. However, our Jeep broke down that morning and then she slept until I woke her up after all the guests had arrived. So, she just had a quick little side pull-through to keep the hair out of her face;)

Okay, so these aren't the best pictures, but I didn't really go through them all yet. This was after presents when all the girls were dressing up like rockstars.

And here is the pink guitar... a present from Grandma. Too cute!

Walgreens was AWESOME!!!

So, I got the prints made of the invites and also some wallets to hand out. The lady at the counter was very helpful and kind! It took about 7 minutes to pick out all the prints and send them through. They have a wallet option as well as the typical sizes and they just added a matte finish processing in 4x5.3 size(cool!) and the prices were pretty reasonable. We walked around for 10 more minutes until they were finished printing. We were out of the store within 45min of walking in.... can't complain about that! ;)

The best part of the trip, though?

The clerks asked for a copyright release for the photos! Hahaha! That made me feel pretty darn good;)

Rockstar Invites and Scene Hair ;)

So here is the finished invite, minus personal details;) I was pretty happy with! Now, off to Walgreens to use their photo printer. At 8 cents a copy, these will be really inexpensive invitations! Below are some of the pictures I didn't use for the invite...

This is one of the shots that I posed... she was such a ham yesterday, I could have snapped shots all day;)
Lol! This one was all Alex; I guess she hangs out with her 12yr old cousin too much;)

This shot really shows off the bump we did. I actually took the guitar picks first and then just too the zebra clip from the front and pulled the top of her hair back in the middle. Super fast change and it looked WAY cute!

This was in the middle of our little shoot... she was a little bored I think;)

She was hot(at 102 outside, who wouldn't be?), so she asked to take her jacket off... these are literally just in the moment shots. Hahaha, she's a natural I guess.

And there's that smirk;)

Jonas Brother's hat(she borrowed this from earlier mentioned cousin;) which was at the recent concert in KC and even got foamed!

And the sweet princess smile... she hides all that attitude well, don't ya think?!

On the topic of Sass!

Today I am working on Alex's birthday invitations, so no hair 'do, but I thought I'd share this picture. We were at a private party for Papa's work at a nearby Water park. We were getting ready to leave, but I wanted one more pic of the girls. I asked them to do something cute and Alex gave me this! Lol, I was laughing so hard that this is the only picture I actually got. (long sigh....;)

Twist and back and twist and back... piggies;)

This one turned out so super cute! ;) I think I may do this for her upcoming bday... I think it is one of the cutest I've done and Alex just loves wearing "parkles" and her candy bows, so this was a win-win;)

And, of course a gazillion pics because, well, that is one of my favorite parts of this whole deal... you know, the fun pics of my girl;)
Especially this one... I think she got it this time!!! Lol, too bad I am using my old "baby" digital for close-ups right now. It turned out just a tad grainy...

Okay, so this is the start. I started with a zigzag part, though hindsight what it is, I will tell you an easier way;) I suggest parting the sides out all the way down, leaving what could be a mohawk out. Go ahead and put the sides into elastics.

Next you'll want to take the first two little section from one side of the zigzag and do a twist braid with them, secure with an elastic.

Next, use the end of that pony and the next section on the same side of the zigzag to make another twist braid, secure with an elastic.

Continue this 'til you reach the bottom section and add all of it to the piggie.

Next, I made the piggies messy by teasing(yeah, I've been doing that a lot lately) and then I added those "parkles". This would be the two bottles of spray glitter that are left over from LAST Halloween! Hahaha, we've gotten a ton of use out of these;)

I added her streamer candy clips and that was that! As you can probably tell, she dressed herself again.

This next one is her "cwazy" face!

And a sweet, sweet smile!

;)