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How to Make Stacked Hair Bows

by Lindsay Ballard on February 13, 2014 1,827 Comments

How to Make Stacked Hair Bows via MakelyHome.com

I have eleventy billion things to do around my house – shelves to hang, walls to paint, furniture to overhaul.  But sometimes, you just need a little project to make you feel like you got one entire project completed in a single hour, right?

Meet my newest obsession – over the top hair bows.  I have had a bow in Emma’s hair since the moment she had hair, but as she gets bigger, her bows are getting bigger, too.  I’ll use any excuse to put a bow in her hair.  Actually, I don’t really need an excuse.  I just do it.

Today’s “excuse” is to match a team t-shirt.  My son, Zack, is involved in a creative competition through school, and his team has matching t-shirts to wear.  Because my husband, Tom, and I are the coaches, Emma has a shirt, too (the team calls her their mascot).  I decided to make coordinating bows for all of the girls on the team (plus Emma) to wear on competition day.  What a great excuse to make four bows!

I learned how to make these stacked hair bows from a fabulous set of videos on YouTube that makes tying the bows SO easy.  I’ll show you the steps I went through to make this one, and link to each video that I used to make each part.  I bought all of my ribbon at Jo-Ann.

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How to Cut Shapes From Duck Tape

by Lindsay Ballard on February 11, 2014 33 Comments

How to Easily Cut Shapes from Duck Tape via MakelyHome.com

Back in the fall, I found out at the last minute that my son had to have a Duck Tape costume for an event he was attending.  I mean, I’m sure I was told before the last minute, but I didn’t remember until it was almost too late.

The costume party theme was “Defy Gravity,” so Zack decided that he wanted to be a space shuttle. Using a white tee shirt and black sweat pants as a base, I made him into the best little space shuttle I could come up with.

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About Makely

Lindsay Ballard is a former college mascot turned political geek turned roller derby playing, DIY fanatic.

Lindsay chronicles her projects, design ideas, and lifestyle tips here at Makely, where she shares tutorials and inspiration. Her DIY designs are bold and graphic, while her spirit is fun and full of color.


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