Back To School Accessories

I’ve had so much fun this summer coming up with accessories for my girls’ new school clothes. 
When we shopped for new school clothes I see that accessories are everywhere!  And they are expensive!  So, I sought out to get them plenty of accessories that looked just like the ones in the stores, but for next to nothing (the ones that I made were from supplies that I already had on hand).  I don’t want to have a heart attack when they break or get lost and since I spent next to nothing on these I wont care!
That is just a portion of what my girls have acquired this summer.  Some of the items I picked up RIDICULOUSLY cheap at street fairs. 
Some were given to me (the white bracelet in the middle was made by my little sister for me). 
The rest were made by me. 
I made a bunch of those cute flower clips.  These can be used as a barett or clipped onto a headband. 
I tried to use as many different materials as I could.  There is a green and white braided headband in the above picture.  It was made from nylon weaving loops!  I also used cording, leather, beads, ribbon, and embroidery thread.
Do you remember friendship bracelets?  My kids and I have been making them all summer.  Some of the bracelets are those that my kids have made.  They know about 4 different kinds of friendship bracelets now!
  I went through each outfit and made sure it had an accessory or two (or three) to go with it.  Their outfits are all ready to go, hanging in the closet like this.  The accessories are clipped onto the outfit that they go with.
I really had so much fun coming up with these accessories for my girls.  Next on our list are polymer clay jewelry!  Fun fun fun!
Rebecca

Something Pretty-Giving A Little Extra Love

My daughter had a Daddy Daughter Dance.  She chose to wear her pretty white dress with the two different shades of pink polka dots.  She looked adorable.  She timidly asked if she could wear a pair of my dangly earrings.

I told her that she could and her eyes lit up!  The day before the dance I told her that I had a surprise for her for her Daddy Daughter Dance, but I wouldn’t tell her what it was until the day of the dance.

I whipped up this pink/pink circle jewelry to go with her dress.  She got not only dangly earrings that matched perfectly, but two bangle bracelets and a necklace to boot!
She was so delighted that I did this for her.  I was so delighted that she cared!  It’s the little things sometimes that mean the most.  We both thought she looked so pretty, she because of her jewelry, me because of who she is!

Rebecca

We are joining the fun by linking up to the following parties; Making The World Cuter, The Girl Creative, Persimmon Perch, Twice Remembered, Skip To My Lou, Keeping It Simple, A Soft Place To Land, My Frugal Family,  Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Trendy Treehouse,

Polymer Clay Gifts

I made these gifts for Christmas but these are perfect for any time of the year. I think all of us have those friends who are hard to shop for and so making jewelry always seems the best way to go.

This pendant was surprisingly easy to make. Polymer clay is really great to use (you just need an exacto knife and a pasta roller). I have always wanted to use the blender method to make my own colors and it turned out wonderfully!

You can buy the black cording at a craft store (like Joann's) and it already came with the closures on it so I only had to attach the pendant to it using jump rings. Sooo easy!

The next gift I made is this snazzy bracelet. I made one also in blue, but wrapped it before I got a picture. The bracelet is a little more complex than the pendant, but also very manageable.
The only materials I needed were the black, yellow, and white polymer clay, stretchy cording and some random beads that were used as spacers. All in all, these gifts took about a day to make. Not too shabby!

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