One Down, MANY To Go!

I have a pretty decent-sized list of projects I want to do. And that's just ones that I want to do right away... I have a ton of ideas bookmarked that I'm not even going to look through until my first list is done! So I finally sat down, physically wrote out the list of the most important ones (and/or ones I can do without having to order stuff and wait for it to arrive), and designated Thursdays during Ashlyn's nap time as my craft time. I had to set a specific day otherwise I would always put it off to do "important" things like "housework." :P

Anyway, yesterday I completed my first project since designating Crafty Thursdays! For awhile now I've wanted to turn an old Quaker Oats container into a cute, fun container to hold Ashlyn's hair things. Well, at Ashlyn's birthday party this past Saturday, a good friend of mine made Ashlyn the CUTEST bow holder! I put it up in Ashlyn's room and was re-motivated to make this container for all of her ponytail holders.


All I did was adhere some scrapbook paper around it (I used a different, coordinating pattern for the lid), hot glue some cute ribbon along the tip and bottom, and put some stickers on to spell out her name. I had all the supplies lying around already so this was free to make! It's not perfect, but I really like it. And I'm already excited to tackle my next project!

A Twist on the Basic Pigtail

I tried something kinda new with Baby Girl's hair today. It's just a little twist on the pigtails I usually do. I got the idea from Babes In Hairland. LOVE that site. :) You can get great directions on that site, but basically you make a top ponytail and have it a little to the left. Then take the rest of the hair and make pigtails, putting the hair from the top ponytail into the left pigtail.

Now, I did not get it done perfectly whatsoever. Baby Girl was squirmy and wanted to play with everything on the bathroom counter. Her part isn't completely straight or anything, but it still turned out pretty cute. I'll definitely be trying it again. Here she is from the front:

The back:

The top:

I also decided to put in some bows, but she never leaves those in for very long:

I figured I'd be better off taking baby steps. I didn't mean to pull the pigtails out all the way, but oh well. Next time I'll try pulling them only part way like on the website. Next I'm going to find something a little more complicated to try. It may wait until after I get back from Disney because I have a lot to do between now and then. We leave in less than 2 weeks!!!! YAY!!!!!

My Little Lovebug

I know I haven't posted about playing with Baby Girl's hair in awhile but, well.... I lost her comb. OH NO! One night she was playing with it (she likes to comb her own hair - SO cute), I didn't see it after that, and Hubby said he thought he put it somewhere but couldn't remember. After searching and searching it was nowhere to be found!!! We think our cat, Ali, stole it and hid it somewhere. She's a vain little fuzzball and likes to keep herself looking nice. ;) Anyway, do you have any idea how hard it is to make decent looking pigtails with a soft-bristled brush? There were a few sad looking pigtails with crooked parts but mostly I just brushed her hair to the side and put a clip in it to keep it out of her face.

We went to the NEX on Saturday and while we were there we finally got her a new comb which, of course, means that I will probably come across the old comb this week. So of course I had to put her hair into pigtails on Sunday. Nothing new, but I was excited. Oh, but I do have little bow ponytail holders for her hair now that are too cute!

This face is new for Baby Girl. Recently whenever I've asked her to smile she scrunches up her face and looks like this:

She's just so silly. I love her to bits. But I was able to click REALLY quickly and actually get a real smile.

Aahhhh, she just melts my heart. So after I put her hair up I realized how long her hair has gotten since the last time I put her hair up properly. Look at it curl under! So I think it's time to bump her hairstyles up a notch. I'm going to try out a few new things this week and, good or bad, I'll share them with you. Let's hope I don't embarrass Baby Girl too much. :)

Another Hair-Brained Idea

Well, here I go again... I got pretty good with putting pigtails in Baby Girl's hair. I've gotten them to be pretty even and super cute.

She likes to comb her own hair.


I had to catch her off guard for this pic. She doesn't really like to sit still anymore now that she's picking up on this walking business. But look at those big eyes and pouty mouth... can we say "heartbreaker?"

So yesterday I decided to try something different. So I tried doing something like a ponytail. It ended up being more of a half up/half down sort of thing, but whatever.


Her hair is a little short for this yet, but at least it kept her hair out of her face! I eventually just took the second ponytail out. It didn't really do anything for her so I'll try that again when her hair's a little longer.

My Sweet Baby Girl

Recently I got the urge to start playing with Baby Girl's hair. So poor thing has to deal with crooked pigtails and stuff because I have no idea what I'm doing! There are some wonderful sites like Babes in Hairland that have wonderful hair styles for kids (including babies) and I've felt inspired. So I broke out some ponytail holders and a comb and got to work. Come to find out, it's not as easy as it looks! :)

My first shot at doing her hair was on Wednesday. I didn't have baby ponytail holders or even a comb small enough to work with on her so I used her baby brush and two of my ponytail holders to do some low pigtails. I knew it wouldn't turn out perfectly, but it was fun just playing around.


Today I had come across a couple of baby ponytail holders and bought a small comb so I decided to try something more advanced. When that didn't work, I just did different pigtails. The right side of her head looks so much better. She sat patiently and let me work on it. The left side... not so much. She started squirming and wanted to get down. She's thisclose to making walking her primary mode of transportation (YAY!) and had bumped it up a notch today so she didn't want to sit for too long.

That has to be the cheesiest smile I've seen on her!

Anyway, I thought I'd share my craptastic baby hairstyles so we can see if I start making any progress down the line! I don't know, though... I told hubby that she looks a lot older with her hair done like that so I might not do it anymore. lol She's super cute, though, even if they are lopsided. :) Do you have any pictures of hairstyles you've done on your children, whether a hit and a miss? I'd love to see them!