DIY hair tie bow ring

Ok this is my first ever DIY post so I hope it turns out alright! Its really really simple and something you can just throw on easily. I tried to take pictures of every step which was actually a lot harder then I imagined. Please excuse the image quality, I have a very very crappy camera.

Materials:
- small square piece of fabric
- even smaller rectangle piece of fabric
- needle/thread
- small elastic hair band


*** find a small stretchy hair band that you don't need. I have really thick hair so the hair tie showed below is too small for my hair but (when wrapped around once its a little loose but once I attached the bow I wrapped it around my finger twice) it fit on my finger.
1. get a square piece of fabric, you don't want it too big because it's gonna be a ring, so just eyeball it to see what size you think would be best. Since this was kind of a test run for this project I used fabric from an old shirt and didn't really cut it too well hahaha

2. fold the top and bottom evenly to the middle

3. fold the left and right sides to the middle so that it's a small square

4. grab the square from the middle and pinch it so it shapes into a bow

5. I put a pin to hold it in place, this is optional but helpful with a bow that's so small.

6. For this step I didn't sew the bow together to hold it in place, but you could. I'm not an experienced sewer so I just wrapped the thread around the middle tightly to keep it in place. (sorry the picture for this one is kinda hard to see)

7. get your small rectangluar fabric and fold it in half and sew the ends shut

8. wrap the fabric around the bow AND the hair tie, cut the excess fabric then sew the pieces together so that its wrapped around the bow and hair tie. It should be pretty firm.
That's it! Enjoy!
p.s. - I realize that the blue hair tie/pink fabric isn't the most attractive combo but its all I had :D Hopefully yours will be a lot prettier!
xoxo

monday inspiration

One of the great things about window shopping is that you get tons of ideas. I have a folder with tons of pictures of things to create and things I love. One day, I'll post a picture of my inspiration wall when it fills up. For now here's a few of the things that I get inspiration from:

(http://lookbook.nu/look/512289-Notebook-inspired)

1. lookbook.nu - who doesn't love lookbook? this a great place to find cute clothing inspiration and whenever I "can't find anything to wear" looking at this site helps me whip up an outfit.

2. forever21 - I know alot of people get their inspiration from sites like polyvore.com but I can't visualize clothes without seeing them actually on someone, so forever21's "shop by outfit" section is my haven. It's updated fairly often and has cute wear-able outfits.

(image via tumblr)

3. headbands! - I used to hate headbands, now their my go-to DIY projects. There so easy to make and cheap. So now a good majority of my internet time is spend looking for headbands to recreate.

(image via tumblr)

4. quotable pictures - I love pictures that give you inspiration, not only for crafts or fashion, but for life. There are tons of images online that are go-to pick me uppers. Save a handful of these on your computer and they can instantly put a smile on your face.

(image via weheartit)

5. other blogs- i get the majority of my inspiration from other blogs. There's soooo many great blogs out there that i really admire, like yesandyes and lovemaegan. find great blogs add them to your google reader and enjoy :D