Hair Flower Week - How to Line an Alligator Clip and a WINNER!

Welcome to hair flower week!  I am so glad you joined me!

But before I dive into today's tutorial, we have a winner of the beautiful pearl earrings from Nature's Element's Jewlery!  And the winner is...drumroll please...

freckled laundry said...

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Thanks so much.

I would (obviously) love to win those beautiful earrings!

Jami

Congratulations JAMI from FRECKLED LAUNDRY!  Please email me at simplydesigning@gmail.com with your mailing address and I will forward it to Nature's Elements!

Thanks to all who participated!

So back to hair flower week! 

First off, I will show you how to line an alligator clip.  (sorry about the blurry photos)

All you need is an alligator clip, ribbon (grossgrain works best) and a hot glue gun.

Being very careful, place a small amount of hot glue on the inside of the top prong.  Place the ribbon on it.

Next, use a small amount of hot glue on the top part of the top prong.  Wrap ribbon around tightly and secure in glue.

Place glue on the top and bottom of the end and wrap the ribbon around tightly.

Then place hot glue on the end of the clip and wrap the ribbon around the last part of the clip.

That's it!  You are now ready to add a bow or flowers to the lined clip!
Come back tomorrow for the first of  a week's worth of tutorials on making flowers that you can put on your newly lined alligator clips!


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