**SALE!!**

If you came to our Holiday Shopping Party, I probably told you I would put the items I didn't sell in our shop... Oops. I totally dropped the ball on that one! Life got a little crazy... so I'm JUST now getting around posting about the extra items!! I wanted to offer them to YOU first on my blog before I set up shop again!

Here's how it'll work:

-I have the prices posted underneath each item. (And they are all on SALE!)

-If I can figure out a way to just get the item(s) to you, I can take cash or check when we meet up! (Basically, if we know each other and will be in the same area in the near future!)

-IF you just WANT the item shipped to you, we can work out a transaction through PayPal. (Shipping will be $2)

Items will go to the first person to COMMENT AND LEAVE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS!!!

3 Lace-covered chiffon (in mustard yellow) Yo-Yo's headband - $10

3 Double Georgette (in grey) Yo-Yo's headband - $10

3 Double Georgette Rolled Rosettes (in blue-green) headband - $12

Frayed Double Georgette (in grey) & Tulle Bow -$8

Chiffon Bow with sealed edges (in mustard yellow) - $8

3 Lace-covered knit (in olive green) Yo-Yo's headband - $10

4 Mini White Lace Rolled Rosettes headband - $12

3 Canvas Yo-Yo's (in Mustard Yellow) - $10

2 Green-swirled and off-white Yo-Yo clippies - $4

2 mustard yellow chiffon rolled rosette bobby pins - $4

2 mustard yellow Yo-Yo clippies - $4

2 Light Blue and Off-white cotton Yo-Yo's on alligator clips - $6

2 Mustard Yellow Canvas Yo-Yo's on alligator clips - $6

2 Lace-covered Knit (in olive green) Yo-Yo's on alligator clips - $6

2 Olive Green cotton folded flowers on alligator clips AND brooch pins - $6

Large Mustard Yellow chiffon rolled rosette clip- $4

**SOLD**

Large Grey Double Georgette Rolled Rosette Clip - $4

Large Green-Blue Double Georgette folded flower clip - $4

If you have any questions, leave me a comment with your e-mail address! I will get back with you ASAP!

Thanks!

Easy Fabric Flower!

It's hard to turn down new accessories. It's even harder to turn it down when it's free. If you can make it yourself... best case scenario. Let's get down to it...

What you need:

Lace Trim (or long strip of ruffled fabric)

Coordinating felt

button(s)

velcro

scissors

glue gun

Headband/hair clip/bobby pin/etc.

Get an idea of how big you want your fabric flower. Start with a small dab of glue and press the end down. Place a skinny strip of glue in an arc and begin to press down the lace trim in little folds to give the flower texture. Keep gluing small lengths at a time and spiral the lace inward. The closer together you glue the layers (as you spiral inward) the fuller your flower will be!

Once you reach the middle, cut the strip and glue it down. Don't worry too much about how it looks when you finish it off because it will be covered!

Just a finished view of the flower:

Next, carefully cut around the felt on backside of the flower, and glue one side of the velcro to the middle of the felt. (Not pictured)

Choose a button (or a group of buttons) to glue in the middle, and if you realize your flower is way too big... trim off some of the lace!

Once the glue on the velcro is cool, attach your flower to a headband...

or a pin...

...and pin it to your jacket or cardigan (or purse)...

...or attach it to a hair clip!

Obviously you could just glue the flower directly to a clip or headband or whatever, but I found it fun to be able to change it up!

If you felt the need to make it "classier" or you have a longer amount of time, you could always use a needle and thread to create your fabric flower!

I made mine pretty big but you could also make a couple of smaller ones and group them together. I would love to see yours if you try it out!!

Happy accessorizing!

Sneak Peek!

Rox and I are working on updating our shop R+J Handmade!! So I thought I'd give you a little sneak peek at what I've been making...

Fabric flowers galore...

New style of headbands...

A couple new necklace styles...

Anyway, check back soon for our update! Remember that Christmas is ONLY a few months away, and we would love for you to take a look at our shop for gift options!! :)

More Items in the Shop!!

Our shop has been neglected... but I have a couple new things to entice you back!!! I've added hair clips, three pairs of earrings, and a bunting banner!!! Here's a quick glimpse of some of the new goodies:

Hair clips in pairs or by themselves and bobby pins!

Fabric rosette earrings

Who loves bunting?! I do! I wanted to see if this is something people are interested in... let me know what you think! Would love requests of colors and color combinations for future banners... I need feedback!

Check out our shop R+J Handmade for my new goodies OR to check out headbands, button earrings, key chains, and tea towels!!

New Items in the SHOP!

I'm FINALLY adding the headbands to our Etsy shop!!!!!!! You can find them HERE. IF YOU ARE LOCAL, please message on Etsy or Facebook or give me a call to place an order! I would LOVE to take custom orders, too, so don't hesitate to ask for a specific color or style if you don't see what you're looking for!

Grey Ruffles

Mums in Antique Gold Chiffon

Triple Rosettes in Blue-Green Double Georgette

Please check back with us for hairclips and necklaces! I promise they are coming soon!

Oh, and don't forget to check out our other items in the shop. Button earrings, tea towels, and keychain wallets are still available!

A'Fair Hernando!!

Who's ready for the A'Fair????? Rox and I are! R & J Handmade will make their first appearance at the A'Fair in Hernando this Saturday. We have a bunch of fun stuff to share with you so we hope you will come out and have some fun! I hear there will be about 400 booths to browse through! We are booth #338 (you can a map here...we are near the library). I wanted to share a few fun things I'll have out there...so here they are:

A variety of headbands!

Necklaces!

Fabric Flower earrings!

A plate of fabric flowers... I know that's what it looks like.. they hair clips!

And...this one's just because he's cute... Park-man!

Anyway, if you see something you like, don't wait to come check it out! You don't want to miss out! Check out some of Rox's stuff here! (For those of you who can't make it, we plan on putting the items we don't sell in our Etsy shop! )

We hope you'll join us!

Hernando A'Fair

On the Square

Saturday, May 21st 9am-5pm

Things to come...

Headbands galore...

Triple Rosette in Plum Chiffon

4 Rosettes in Antique Lace

4 Rosettes in Grey Double Georgette

4 Rosettes in Antique Gold Chiffon

Triple Chrysanthemum in Grey Double Georgette

Hairclips and pins in all four colors...I can also make the pressed posies (Grey and Antique Gold flowers with the pearled beads) for a headband!

What's your favorite style headband and hairclip? What's your favorite color? What other colors would you suggest? I'd love your feedback!

My sister and I are working on a variety of goodies for a craft fair in May! R+J Handmade's shop isn't so impressive right now...but we are working on it! Let us know what you would like to see in our shop! :)

Inspired...

My sister recently introduced me to what is now one of my favorite blogs: Kara Paslay Designs. I LOVE her style, she's very talented, and she has quite a few tutorials for you to follow!

I saw her post about her DIY busts and silhouettes, and I fell. in. love. I have loved silhouettes and busts for awhile but haven't had enough inspiration to move forward in making anything...until now! My absolute favorite is her Metal Bust. I didn't have any scrap metal, but i had a wire hanger! I knew I wouldn't be able to manipulate the hanger very well, but it was worth a try. So...here it is:

It's not quite as elegant as hers, but I'm happy with it! I can't wait to paint the base (also inspired by another of Kara Paslay's projects...), and I think it (or she) will find its home on my bathroom counter...

P.S. The fabric flower is a new style of hair clip I'm working on to add to R+J Handmade... our shop is pretty empty right now, but we have plans to change that sometime soon! :)

DIY Lovelies...

Sometime last year, I found a blog/website called P.S. I Made This, and it totally changed what I thought about buying jewelry and accessories. I never really had much jewelry of my own just because I couldn't afford much. I realized that with a little thought and creativity (and tutorials!), I could make some of my own jewelry! Some of Erica Domesek's ideas are a little TOO much for my liking, but it's interesting to see what she comes up with next!! Plus, I've sometimes been able to use her general ideas and change them to fit my style. So here's one of my favorites...

Chunky Pearl Necklace

What you need:

-A couple strings of glass pearl beads (Wal-Mart craft section: $2 a strand)

-Ribbon (I wish mine was thicker...I really like how her's looks with the wider ribbon)

-Brooch (optional!)

Loop a piece of ribbon through the pearl beads...

...tie a knot and repeat on the other side. Within 2 minutes...

...you have a new piece of jewelry!! At this point you can attach a fabric flower or brooch, but I liked it without...

The longer you make your pieces of ribbon the more "drapey" your necklace will be. She suggests to mix and match different shades of pearls, and I loved that idea!! The pink-ish colored pearls would look so pretty mixed in with these...I may try that..

Let me know if you make one!! I would love to see how yours turns out!

Have a lovely day!