Headbands and hair clips

I made a couple extra mother's day gifts for some friends. Lovely felt flowers on headbands and hair clips

I stole the idea from two different sites:
Mrs. Priss 
Oh My Handmade Goodness

 I won't even begin to explain how I made them, just check out the awesome tutorials above. I adapted them by using the base layer from Oh My Handmade Goodness and adding a second layer like on Mrs. Priss.

 I glued and sewed to make them durable and then added a lovely button. The blue flower is on a headband.

(this is my youngest son, modeling the hairband for you)

The pink flower is on a hair clip

Mother's Day gifts

 For mother's day I made my mom, grandma and mother-in-law book tote bags.

Most of the fabric used is vintage/used or found. The appliques are made with fun spring fabrics. And each one has random buttons on it. So cute. So simple.



Flowers.

Songbird

Owl

Mother's Day

I made bags for the moms in my life, just like Sara. Surprised? We found this fun fabric in the clearance section. The outside of these bags are thrift store fabric. A giant piece, maybe 2 meters, for 50 cents. Yup! What a deal. I've got tons left. The handles are that cotton stuff that some belts are made of. 50 cents a meter, I think. So dang easy and looks great. The bags are almost the same. Different pictures and different lining. Very cute. The mom's loved them. Inside I put bright yellow tulips from our garden. Awesome bag tutorial here.

Look! Breakfast in bed! Matthew spread the jam by himself. So cute. After church, all my boys took me for sushi (my fav) for mother's day lunch. Hubby's parents and my mom were there too. After lunch, I spend a lovey 3 hrs downtown with Sara. Just walking around and popping into fun stores that we'd never get to visit with our kids in tow. We visited a quilting shop that I'd never been to and I bought a big bag of novelty fabric scraps for $10. Can't wait to see what I'll create with those.

Happy Mother's Day!