DIY Life

I've seen lots of cute barrettes. Spring has sprung, and I wanted to craft up some barrettes that might represent the season.

I really love all of the flower and butterfly barrettes that are out and about now. While making up some of my own, I thought, why not birds too? I remembered seeing little birds used in flower arrangements at my local craft store. Turns out they are the perfect size! You can also find butterflies in the same department.

You really don't have to have a lot of crafting skills for this project, so it's good for beginners, as well as crafters who've been at it a while.

You'll need bobby pins, french clips, alligator clips, or snap clips, whichever you prefer to wear, thread, sewing needle, E6000, and an assortment of fake flowers, buttons, birds and butterflies.

Follow me through the break and I'll explain how to make a few different barrette styles.

To make the flower barrettes, take out the center plastic part of the fake flower and throw away. Take a coordinating button, place in the center, and sew into place. Then, glue your flower with sewn in button middle to your barrette piece. Allow the glue to dry at least one day before wearing.

To make the bird and butterfly barrettes, just choose your butterfly or bird, and whichever barrette part you prefer to wear, and glue it on!

If you have an edgier style, you can use skull beads or buttons in place of the regular buttons on the flower barrettes. Or, you can even create a "skullerfly" barrette by gluing a skull bead onto the butterfly's head!