Give Away!!!

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Crown with a flip

For some reason I did this crown differently than I usually do, but I actually like the way it turned out better than my usual one.
For my usual one I don't do a part across the middle of the head, I just do a side part and start braiding and it turns out great.
For this one;

* I did a part across the back of her head. Not a very straight part, but a part nonetheless.
* I started braiding above her ear on the left side. I braided under so the braid would lay on top.
* I continued to braid all the way around.
* When I ran out of hair to french braid, I just continued braiding.
* I was going to tuck the braid in and hide it, but Piper said that she wanted to leave it out. At first I was like, '.......um okay, whatever you want!" But, I think it turned out really cute.
* I bobby pinned it in place and added a little flower.
* This took about 15 minutes.

Criss Cross Braids with Piggies

I was originally going for this (one that we love and do often), however once I got the braids in, I thought it would look cute if we did piggies. This was the first day of school, so we wanted to make sure that it looked cute. I think it did.


This only took about 10 minutes.

Patience Braids

Piper named these "Patience Braids," not only because she has to be extremely patient, but so does mom. I think they are pretty self explanatory, so instead of telling you how to do them step by step, I am going to tell you my mistakes so you don't make them too.

* I am so use to braiding under, that it has turned into a habit. The morning after, the top of the braid was crazy, if I would have braided over, this probably wouldn't have happened.
* I tried to get all creative with the parts...don't...just do simple block parts, I think it would have looked nicer.
* I started too late at night. Piper fell asleep. I did the last five or so braids while she was laying down sleeping.
* I did it all by myself. Recruit, recruit, recruit. It would cut the time in half.

I did these on Monday night, when we got ready for the day on Tuesday morning, I tried to straighten out the kinks. I did my best anyway.

Oh, the beads, these are optional, Piper loved the idea though. I know that there are a variety of different ways to finish up the ends, but this is how I did it.
* When I got to the end of the braid, I twisted the rubber band around a few times.
* I put the bead on.
* I folded the remaining hair over the bead.
* Then twisted the rubber band around again a few times.

Oh how I wish this looked better, and it can. And it will next time.



Piper really loved this. She would still shampoo her hair, just carefully. This morning we took them out and Piper ask if we could do it again really soon. However, before we took them out, she had a bath. She tried not to get the braids wet, but you will notice in the next pictures, she did, but we didn't have time to wait for them to dry, and the blow dryer doesn't really work in this situation. We didn't have time to take a picture as soon as we finished her hair this morning when it was really poofy, so these pictures are after a day of playing. Also, I curled the ends under with a flat iron.



This is the side that got wet:

Girly Do's

So, I am the last hair mom to tell you to get your butt over to Girly Do's for her fabulous giveaway.....but do it! Go over and check it out, it really is a good one.

And, I will be doing a hair post soon.

Sorry!

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. Our internet was down for a couple of days and Piper has been doing her own hair.

We did "patience briads" last night, I was going to do a post on them, and I still might, but after she slept on them they are a little crooked. I didn't take a picture as soon as they were done because she actually fell asleep before I finished.

And also, my mind is a little blank, I am trying to come up with new ideas.

My kidlets start school on September 8, so I probably won't be posting as much...Piper's hair can't be too "crazy" for school, we usually do it very conservative, but I will do what I can.

Keep checking!

Braided Flower

Or Teague (my little boy) named it The Roller Coaster.

* Start out with a half ponytail.
* In my mind a flower has five petals, so I did five braids.


* Then you pull each braid through the ponytail holder (I used my Topsytail jr.).
* Make sure that you pull the braids through, so they poke out of the center. So, from the side of the holder that is closest to the head, or farthest from you. (does that make sense?)



Piper felt like she needed to take this picture, ignore the messy counter space.


* After pulling all of the braids through, use a flat iron to curl the ends of the braids and the end of the hair left hanging down, and this is the result.

*This took about 15 minutes.