Phase 2 of The House Behind The Trees ~ The downstairs #TeelsBuildaHouse

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So we are starting the downstairs ... I HATE to say basement because we had a basement in our old home, where you opened a door and went down stairs separated from anything else. It was a finished basement complete with a bedroom, craft room, family/game room and we spent a lot of time there ~ our oldest son moved down there in jr high and stayed through high school ... until we finished the master suite in the attic then he moved back up to the bedroom floor with his brother and sister.  So here our downstairs is open to the rest of the house, you can see through to the outside from the top of the stairs going down because we have a wall of windows down there as well.  We really didn't plan to have a kiddo down there but since we are having to do a switch-a-roo with rooms (I'll explain later) he is moving home soon and will be downstairs. Anyhoo, our downstairs will house our main family room, our middle sons room, a full bath and kitchenette.  I thought it would be fun ...
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How to Make Shabby Fabric Flower Barrettes, Clips and Headbands

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Every one is into up-cycling these days and why not ~ it's environmentally friendly and cheap!
We all have flawed or stained clothing, bedding, dish clothes or even stashes of scrap fabric somewhere in our homes so why not turn that unused, unwanted stuff into something we can use again, like hair pretties!
Here are 7 of my favorite tutorials on making hair barrettes, clips and headbands that I wanted to share so you too can get your creative juices flowin' and put that"stuff" to good use again, rather than pitching it into a landfill.
I will also let you know that one thing I did when my daughter was young that saved me money on hair pretties was rather than buying a ton of different headbands I bought (made) some plain, solid color stretchy headbands (you can pick them up at any discount store such as Wal-Mart, Target, etc. already made) and then bought/made bows, flowers, etc. and affixed them onto alligator clips so that I could clip them into the headband,beanie hat or wear them alone. This also works with french clip barrettes as well.
Here we go!














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