DIY Projects - How to make a No-Sew Tutu Skirt / Dress

Making Tutu Skirt or Dress is easy and inexpensive, everyone can do it only if you are willing to spend few hours on it.

After learning the basic techniques that I showed in my other posts How to make a No-sew Tutu Dress, you can customize the color, the style or add any decorations on it, specially design for the child's fairy dress up party, Halloween costume, Christmas party, Birthday party.....

DIY - How to make Rhinestone Headband by using Paracord technique

As I mentioned in my older posts that I make hairbows to sell, and at the same time I will custom made hairbows, hairclips and headbands for my two sweeties. As long as they tell me what style they like, I will try to mix and match the materials.

In couple times, I followed my thoughts and ideas to make something for them, even I am very satisfied on what I made but I found out that they like it and not really use it.

Like it because that is mom handmade for them.
Not use it because in deep down, the stuffs that I made for them not really suit their style.

Now I learn that only if they speak out or tell me, means they really want that.

This time my sweetie told me that she likes to wear headbands but not the elastic one. And she likes the headbands sparkle, just like tiara, she wants to be a princess all the times. SO I use......

1) Plain headbands, no pattern on it
2) Purple rhinestone (she likes purple)
3) 1mm cord or thread (I use rainbow-color)

Actually, I made one that just glue the rhinestones on it but after wear couple times, it is quite easily fall apart. I glued it again, it fell apart again after wear.

By using the basic paracord techniques (refer to my post on basic paracord bracelet), I tied the rhinestones with cord to make it really firm that it won't fall apart. IT WORK!!!!

First, using the super glue to glue the rhinestones on the headband.

Second, starting paracord! Just make sure in each knot, you have to adjust it to fit into the rhinestones and headband, it need to be tight.

DIY Projects - How to make a Princess Cape and Tiara

How to make a Princess Cape and Tiara

See What I made for my little daughter..........

Princess Cape made by tulle and ribbon. Tiara made by pipe cleaners, pom pom and some rhinestones.

She always said she is a princess. She is extremely happy and excited when she gets the cape and tiara, of course I am really really really happy that she loves it.

Handmade crafts materials shouldn't be too expensive and it is better to use and think about materials that we already have, at least this is what I always tell my kids about crafting.

This time I only use what I have and only takes me about one hour to finish BOTH.

DIY Projects - How to take care of Tutu Skirt / Dress

Once you start making your first tutu, you learn the basic skills, and most likely you will making the second, third, fourth...... tutu, also you may start adding different elements in it.

At the same time, many questions start coming out.....how to keep the wrinkle out? how to wash it? how to store it?

I would like to take this chance to share my way to handle or care with the tutu that I made for my little princess.

• Better hang the tutu away from other items to avoid wrinkles. What????

DIY Projects - Hair Scrunchies - Idea from tutu dress

During Christmas, my daughter got a box of x'mas crackers. After she opened one by one, suddenly she got an idea, 'Mom, can we use these ribbon to make some hair accessories? it's quite beautiful to put them on my hair.' She is right, so I keep all these ribbon and make a hair scrunchie for her. And I use it in her ballet hair bun, it looks really good, just like a snow princesses!

Materials need:
Wow, it's really simple, only elastic hair band and ribbons.

What you need to do is untied all the ribbons (as these ribbons are tied both end of the X'mas crackers) and you can see that they are already little curly.



How to make Hair Scrunchies