DIY: Hair Clips

In an effort to get my facebook page a little more lovin, if you "Like" my blogs facebook page you will get a sneak peek of my DIY projects before they are posted. So if you had done that already you would have seen this blog post coming.

When my hair gets long, or if I am in that awkward bang stage where they can't be side swept but you don't want straight bangs either I usually pin up some piece of hair or braid those awkward bangs away and pin them with a clip. Now I could go on Etsy and spend $10-$15 plus S+H on cute little bows or I can make my own.

Supplies:

• Plain Hair Clips or Bobby Pins
• Buttons, fabric, jewels, rhinestones, glitter - ALL OPTIONAL
• Nail Polish or Acrylic paint
• Mod Podge
• Hot Glue Gun
• Spray or Paint on Varnish

Cost: $3 (+ other supplies if not already owned)

If you're a pretty big crafter then these should all be supplies that you have on hand. I used flat beads I had left over from another project and I also had all of the other supplies. The only thing I purchased were the hair clips and those cost me $3 at Walmart. You can also use bobby pins for this so depending on your hair needs you may have those as well.

To start, get your hair clips and whatever you plan to decorate them with. I used nail polish on two of them and acrylic paint on the others. One pair I even left the color that it was because I thought it looked better.  Slide the clips onto your envelope or cardboard so you can paint them and then go to town.

Obviously you will wait for said paint to dry. If you don't plan on putting some kind of design on be it glitter, painting patterns then you can begin the next portion. If, however, you do decide to put glitter or patterns on now would be the time to coat the parts you want to attach glitter or rhinestones with modpodge  and apply those. Wait for those to dry.

Once everything is applied spray with varnish. Varnish will keep the glitter from falling into your hair and keep it on the clip. It will also make the clip glossy if all you did was paint it.

Next, get your gem or in my case I used a flat bead in the shape of a feather and then glued the feather onto my clip. At first I used mod podge to glue on the bead but then one some of them the bead came off. I then hot glued them on and their staying power lasted. So if you are wanting to put gems or beads onto your clips I highly recommend hot gluing them on.

Then wait for everything to dry (hot glue takes less time) and once dry you can put them into your hair and you are ready to wear! I wore the above ones to work and then to my court date for my red light ticket. Brittany, my room mate thought I just stuck beads in my hair. :( Guess I'll have to let the whole clip show.