Flower Headband Tutorial

I have been blessed with the opportunity to write a guest post for The Ribbon Retreat!  It was published the other day, and I have it here on my blog just in case you missed it!

Hello! I am Amy from Amy Giggles Designs!

I am excited to be here sharing my flower headband tutorial with you!

Peacock Feather Earrings Tutorial

I am a little behind with these earrings, but I still wanted to share this easy tutorial!  I bought the supplies to make these earrings probably over a year ago.  When I had a break from all my craft projects, I realized I had never gotten around to making these peacock feather earrings!

Parsons Chair Slipcover

This custom parsons chair slipcover is designed to be a desk chair in a girl's room!

Queen Bee Hair Bow Antennae Tutorial

You have to have sweet bumble bees flying around when hosting a Queen Bee themed birthday party, and these antennae are perfect for just that!  This easy tutorial will have all of your guests buzzing around!

Supplies Needed:

30" 1 1/2" width grosgrain ribbon

3" 3/8" width grosgrain ribbon

2" flower

2 alligator clips

1" felt circle

Black headband

2 black pipe cleaners

2 large yellow pom pom balls

Hot glue gun

Needle and thread

Wood Burner Tool (optional)

Paper Pinwheel Tutorial

These paper pinwheels are adorable and super easy to make!  This tutorial will help you create some cute party decorations!

Supplies Needed:

6 x 6" double sided scrapbook paper

Dowel Rod

Thumb Tack

Hammer

Hot Glue Gun

Ruler and Pencil

Pinwheel Template

Queen Bee Second Birthday Invitations

I created these invitations for a sweet Queen Bee Birthday Celebration!

Barn Yard First Birthday: Party Hat

This party hat was an adorable match to the barn yard overalls and bunting I created!

Barn Yard First Birthday: Overalls

The birthday boy got to wear these overalls to his bard yard birthday!  This sweet one year old looked awesome in his themed party outfit!

Bard Yard First Birthday: Bunting Banner

This adorable "One" Farm Party Bunting goes along with the invitations I made!

Barn Yard First Birthday Invitations

I designed several pieces for a special one year old's Barn Yard Birthday Party!  Here are the invitations!

The Little Mermaid Dance Recital Gifts

This year for recital we did the Little Mermaid as our huge ballet production!  We had a lot of fun dancing "Under the Sea" and choreographing our mermaid inspired dances!  Each year I like to get something little for all of my girls for their hard work all year.  I always am looking out for cute favors that match our ballet theme.

These gum ball tubes were perfect and so easy to customize!

Good Luck Gifts

For competition, I made my solo students little metal candy tins as a good luck gift.  I only have four girls who are doing solos at recital, but I wanted to do the same thing for them as my other girls.  Here is my recital edition of this easy gift idea!

Nail Polish Dance Recital Gifts

I teach several lyrical classes at dance and the girls wear shoes that show their toe nails.  For Recital each year, I like to give them nail polish. This way they can all have matching polished nails!

Derby Fascinators

I have been working on my friends' hairpieces for this year's Kentucky Derby, well actually the Oaks.  We had some pretty easy additions that we wanted to add.

I bought my fascinator which is an off white color.  I was planning on wearing a coral dress so I added the coral spring feathers!

The same thing went with my friends; we added the navy spring flowers.  I also made the navy ribbon bow to go in the center and tie in the navy of her dress.

For my other friend, we simply turned a fascinator on a comb to a headband.

I also handmade this clip to match my friend's dress.  The tutorial can be found here!

I love how these turned out and this time of year is so much fun in Louisville!

Kentucky Derby Fascinator Tutorial

My friend wanted a small headpiece to wear to the Kentucky Oaks.  She had a red floral dress with navy accents, so I thought this would be perfect!  I made the flower and added the feathers.  This clippie is small but makes a cute impression!

Supplies Needed:

Red Netting (4" width)

Red Felt Circle

2 Red Felt Strips (1/2" x 3")

2 red feathers (about 6" long)

Navy Spring Feathers

Red Fabric Rose

Metal Aligator Clip

Needle and Red Thread

Hot Glue Gun

Floating Desk

I needed a desk in my room, but I do not have the room to take up more floor space.  I originally saw this desk and knew I wanted a similar one for my room.  Then I came across this desk and immediately knew the two could be combined!