15 minute Headband PLUS Kirigami Boxesby Vicky Alberto

You can make a gorgeous headband that would retail for about $25 in 15 minutes... for less than half the price! This one was actually inspired by a flower girl headband my daughter saw in a boutique - with a whopping $38 price tag. No way was I paying that much for a 3-year-old's play thing, since she is not even in a wedding. All I did was buy a plain faux leather headband, (at my local dollar store) and hot glued some Green Tara lace trim (glue in the very centre only of the lace). I then added the twisted organza pearl trim with fabric glue (over-top the hot glued lace area just in case of future yellowing). Then I added some GORGEOUS silk flowers with Swarovski crystals (3 cream and 3 pink) in an off-centre cluster. My daughter actually chose the pretty flowers and I coordinated the headband and trims to match. We make a pretty good crafting pair (only 34 years difference in age :) I still won't let her wear it out of the house yet though, LOL.

KIRIGAMI BOXES

I have also made 3 cute little kirigami boxes from my tutorial (http://simplypaperandcreativity.blogspot.ca/2011/07/kirigami-box-tutorial.html) using beautiful Pion Design papers and gorgeous Green Tara batik aster flowers plus many of their trims. The two paper collections work so very nicely together and the embellies are just the perfect icing on the cake!

Green Tara Products used:

6.5cm Aster Batik Vintage
CODE: FDS029BatV
6.5cm Aster Batik Sunset
CODE: FDS029BatSS
Lace, 1cm Off White
CODE: L3077OW
Bud n Bow 16mm, Pink
CODE: RB6761P
Loop n Tassel 10mm Pink Champagne
CODE: RB9694PC

I hope you give these easy little boxes a try for any special occasion!

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek,
Vicky