Today I made some hair bows for Ella out of vintage seam binding. She needed some little clips to pull back the front of her hair. There is finally enough hair there to clip back! So, of course, she needed 11 of them. I have to admit, there will probably be more.
I absolutely love the shades of these rich colors. They are so pretty-- and even prettier in person. The aged seam binding is just perfect for ~girly~ little hair bows.
My mom has had these in her stash, and I have had my eye on them for a while now. {Thanks, mom!} I need to brainstorm some other things I can do with them. They almost looks like silk.
I used some of the fun vintage buttons from my stash as embellishments {Don't worry, Ella will only wear these under supervision, and they are well fastened}. I love that people used to pull the buttons off of all of their clothes, once they were too worn, before they discarded them. I can tell that a lot of my buttons were collected this way. Many of them still have the connecting threads in their holes.
Here is Ella modeling one of her new hairbows. I thought the mauve-ish colored one matched the outfit she was wearing today the best. That is another dress I made for her while I was pregnant. I was pretty darn excited to have a little girl!
I think she might be starting to know that I am taking pictures of her because I swear she started hamming it up today while I was trying to get these shots. She smiled and smiled without me even trying... this girl is smart. I think it helped having the dog sitting next to me to entertain her a little, too.
I hope you had a fun rainy day too!
Lex
Ella is SOOOooooo darling in these pics! I love how she is so cheesing for the camera! Cute bows and cute dress she's wearing (in this post and the last one!)