Oh gosh, where to begin?!?! Today was a wonderful day as we celebrated Ellie Christine’s 3rd birthday. She began the weekend with lots of fever but she held on strong to have a truly wonderful party. I have honestly never seen her so thoroughly happy…I think she may a little bit of her mother’s Party-Love in her. Oh well, she’ll always manage to have a good time with a crowd, that’s for sure!
After a long day and a good hot bath, I sat down to make a fun headband for my jogging adventures this week. I like those elastic headbands that have the rubbery stuff on the back – they’re skinny and hold on tight. Problem is – they’re NOT CUTE! Not, that is, until you add….A COVERED BUTTON, OF COURSE. And they’re even cuter when you add THREE covered buttons!
Below, you’ll find a brief photo blog of how to assemble them….plus a few shots of today’s party – Memaw made the trip down from Dallas after spending a week in the hospital, so I wanted to show off a couple shots of her! Thanks, mom, for bringing her down! I had a great time with y’all!
Materials: elastic headband, buttons to cover, twine, scissors, scrap fabric
On the back piece of the button, pull out the metal loop with your scissors leaving 2 holes.
loop twine around the elastic headband and into the two holes
twist the twine - tightly encasing the headband and securing the button back. Trim the twine close with your scissors.
cover your button as usual...add as many as you want!
Time: about 6 minutes.
Cost: 7/8″ covered buttons are about $1.25 for 4. I used 3, so let’s round up to $1. I had all the other supplies on hand, so total for me $1. If you bought everything new, I’d guess this would cost you about $3..but you’ll have that twine roll around for a long time and you’ll usually get about 5 headbands in a pack, so you can make lots more of these with no extra cost! So get to it!
And now, for the shameless birthday photos…
Jonathan with the little "bakers"
Ellie (in the middle) with a glimps of Owen on the right.
Can you believe MeMaw is 93!?!? No way!!! I want proof!
a beautiful moment with two beautiful gals!
Adorable headband and adorable family!
Happy Birthday Ellie & Yay (!) for your cut Memaw!
Love it, the photo’s os you, Memaw and Ellie are priceless