Hair Clip Organiser Tutorial

I thought I'd blog about something which caused a lot of comments on my stall on Saturday, (mostly "Oh what a good idea - I could make that") so I thought I'd show you and tell you how I made it.

Its a hairclip organiser!

 This is one I made one originally for my daughter, as every morning we have a frantic search at half past eight for school hair clips (preferably two that match) no matter how often they are replenished seem to vanish into thin air never to be seen again.

This is the one I made for my stall on Saturday.  Its so easy and you can probably see immediately how its made, (so it feels a bit silly calling it a tutorial!).

Find a nice frame, this one used to be gold I think, and paint it your colour of choice. I like to use spray paint or Annie Sloan paint.

Take the backing board and add some wadding to pad it out slightly, then staplegun your chosen fabric and the ribbons to hold the clips onto the back of the board.

Cover up the back of the board with some felt, (I glued this) and that's it!

A pretty solution to the hair clip problem!

If you'd like one but don't feel like making one, I will be putting this one for sale in my Etsy Shop!

Sally xox

Summer Holiday Bunting!

Hello again! We're back. We've just returned from a fabulous week in Devon, it was so sunny it felt like we could easily have been somewhere in the mediterranean!

An unfortunate accident the week before the school holidays with our poor caravan, meant we weren't able to go for our intended two week break in the caravan to a family site near Brixham, and instead we enjoyed a fantastic week in a beautiful hotel just down the coast from our planned location. Oh what a treat! Breakfast cooked for us, fantastic evening meals and a beautiful pool. What more could you ask for in the sunshine, we were thoroughly spoilt. I spent a lovely time sitting by the pool crocheting (heaven!) whilst the children swam all day long. We had a fantastic time, here are a few pics.

Covering our toes on the beach

The famous afternoon tea!

Just look at that view from the dining room!

Whilst we were away I took some crochet (of course) and whiled away the sunny hours by the pool whilst the children swam crocheting these granny triangles which I made into bunting, and put into my Etsy shop today!

(Just for those of you that I've already mentioned the poor caravan too, all is not lost, its not written off and is going to be repaired and we are looking forward to hopefully getting her back in September!).