Good Health, Good Ballet Hair and Good Golly look at Rudolph!

As I suspected - we were all struck down with a horrid flu - poor Loughie was hit the hardest but we are all on the mend now. And now that I feel a modicum of energy flowing back through my body I hope you are all ready for a big week ahead! First up expect big things with pigtails - I have set myself a little pigtail challenge. Also hopefully time for some new bows - time for a bit of a Bowznstuff Buzz I think and lots of sewing going on too so might have a thing or two to show there!

But that's all in the coming week, what about today I hear you ask impatiently. Well today I have some ballet hair to show off AND a rockin' Rudolph set to share.

Plus plus plus a FABULOUS giveaway at Girly dos - absolute must enter with THREE prizes to win! Do NOT forget to tell her I sent you :)

So first up ballet hair.
Start with a narrow T-part -so that the two ponies at the front are only small.

Then criss cross these over and add them into two piggies. Simple but adds some interest.

Then time for two Princess Lea Buns. I wanted mine nice and big so I didn't twist the hair much before winding them round and kep them nice and fluffy. If you poked them you would feel that though they are big they aren't very solid. Usual drill, wind them round and secure with one pin. Angle the pin in so that in makes a V with the head and then pull in back so that it is parralell to the head as you slide in through. Pop the bun net over and then secure with pins, using the same V-parallel action.

Looks good huh?And with some bows and marabou...

Also today, one of the most popular Christmas sets from last year - Rockin' Rudie. You can see more here.

Also so war es - Wir sind alle erkältet gewesen und zwar die ganze Woche lang! Aber das ist jetzt vorbei und jetzt daß ich wieder voller Emergie bin, gibt es was neues bei Bowznstuff ! Zuerst eine neue Frisur. Diesmal wieder was für Ballet. Und es gibt auch diese Woche hoffentlich neue Haarspangen und ich fange wieder mit dem Nähen an - also hoffentlich gibt es da auch was zu zeigen. Aber heute eine Kombi von letztem Janr. Mehr kann man hier sehen.

Braided Climber challenge

Right tee ho - I am back from the land of the long white cloud aka New Zealand and have drunk enough coffee and talked at my dear friend to last me for a few months at least - tee hee. So now I am home with a mountain of sewing but before I get started on that I wanted to post the results of Jenn's challenge - to find something to do with the rest of the hair after a headband with climbers hair do at the front. The fundamental problem for me was having enough energy to do anything at all with the back of the hair after completing the braided climbers at the front but I took it in stages and we got there in the end! So I started off with a varation on the climbers making them tiara style rather than fully woven. So I did one pony (red elastic) in the centre of the head then divinded it in half and braided it into two ponies either side. (green elastics) Then I braided these and brought them together in a small pony at the centre back of the head (orange elastic) . Then I did some messy criss cross ponies up the back of the head - when I say messy I mean I pulled the shorter bits of hair out of the ponies for a softer effect. So at this stage I had two piggies and one small orange pony in the middle of them. So I divided my orange pony and added half the hair into each of the piggies. And THEN I flipped each piggie under and through but only pulled it half way through rather than going for the full flip.

You can see where the little orange pony is divided and fed into each of the piggies making a diamond shape at the top of the head.

You can see the half flip in one of the piggies here.

Ich bin wieder hier! Neu Zealand war schöööööööön. Wir haben so viel Kaffee getrunken und so viel geschwätzt. Es war richtig schön Zeit mit meiner Freundin zu verbringen und ich bin so dankbar, so einen Urlaub machen zu können. Alles war sehr last minute und deswegen irgendwie schöner! Und jetzt gehts wieder los mit dem Nähen! Heute habe ich nicht genähtes zu zeigen aber eine neue Frisur reichts oder. Diese sieht richtig komplizert aus aber so kompliziert ist die nicht aber die nimmt viel Zeit im Anspruch. Man fängt an mit 4 kleine rautenförmige geflochten Zöpfe. Und dann hinter macht man die Vorner die kreuz und quer Zöpfe. Dann, als man zwei größe Zöpfe und eine in der Mitte stehende kleinere hat. Dann teilt man die kleinere in zwei Teile und fügen sie den größeren Zöpfe hinzu. Schließlich machen mal einen halben Schnipser und fertig! Tut mir leid, wenn das ganze schwer zu verstehen ist. Mir fehlt vielleicht den richtigen Haarwortschatz. Wenn ihr Fragen habt, bitte sagt mir Bescheid und ich kann vielleicht weiter helfen!

Hair styles, Hair fun, being little girls

Kann sein, daß ich davon besessen bin - das passiert mir oft und dagegen kann ich nichts machen. Am Freitag habe ich auf eine Freundin von Hettie aufgepaßt und am Ende des Tages wollten die zwei sich frisieren lassen. Sie wollten sich auch schminken und so weiter und sofort. Also mir hat es richtig Spaß gemacht und die zwei Mädels ebenso. Heute habe ich auch eine neue Frisur probiert.

Okay so I am a liiiitle bit obsessed! However, there is simply nothing to be done about it, just better to go with it. I looked after Hettie's little friend on Friday and we rounded off the day with a totally girlie session -puffy braids AND criss cross piggies - looks pretty cool hey! Hettie meanwhile sported puffy zig zag part braids. And today I thought I'd try out a braided crown that I saw here but ended up going a bit mad and rather liked the crazy result! I started off by parting at the centre and then stood behind Hettie and started braiding on the right hand side across the back of the head. Once I got round near the left ear I began just plaiting without the full french braid and then resumed the french braid once I had plaited enough to go over the head and then braided right down the side and across the back - kinda Heidi gets funky!

This is what it looks like from the front and then from the back.

Hair styles, Ebay and School Holidays

Diese Woche gibt es bei uns wie immer viel los. Die Kinder haben Schulferien und wir versuchen trotz des schlechten Wetters jeden Tag etwas aufregendes zu tun. Die Hettie macht diese Woche täglichen Schwimmunterricht und nächste Woche macht der Loughie einen Tanzkurs. Der Pete hat heute Geburtstag und das gab uns auch viel zu tun. Geschenke zu kaufen, Geburtstagkarten zu basteln und so weiter und sofort. ... Und natürlich habe ich wie immer genäht genäht und genäht. Meine Ebay Auktionen kann man hier sehen. Ich habe auch ein paar neue Frisurblogs (auch hier und hier) entdeckt und ich habe mich davon inspirieren lassen. Das hat mir sehr viel Spaß gemacht und die Balletlehrerin von Hettie war am Samstag sehr beeindrückt!






This week as always there is lots and lots going on. The kids are on school holidays and we are trying to do something exciting/interesting each day. This week Hettie is doing a swim class each day so that gets us out and about and next week it is Loughie's turn with dancing. It was Pete's birthday today as well so that gave us plenty to do - buying presents, making cards etc etc. And as always I've been a busy little sewing bee - you can see my auctions here. Oh and I've also been having lots of hair fun this week too. My dear Glamsquad buddies pointed out this , rather fine blog (and this one and this one too) to me which has fed merciously into my hair obesession. When Loughie was little he had exactly the same hair as Hettie and it was almost too much to take not to style it. But my restraint was rewarded when Hettie arrived and after months of baldness sprouted exactly the same hair. I cannot tell you the joy I get from doing her hair! And well to show a hair junkie a blog full of funky styles - what is a girl to do but experiment!!!!! Henrietta's ballet teacher was VERY impressed when she turned up with her criss cross piggies, paired with crossed twists and little buns tee hee!

Off with their heads!!!!! Bowznstuff Magical Kingdom Wear - Queen of Hearts

Ahhh Freitag - ich liieeeebe Freitag. Und nicht nur weil es das Ende der Woche ist. Fast 20 Jahre lange habe ich mich am Freitag immer auf Samstag gefreut, weil am Samstag Balletunterricht stattfand. Und heutezutage kann ich mich wieder darauf freuen, da der Loughie und die Henrietta Balletunterricht habe und ich, nun ich kann mit der anderen Balletmütter schwatzen. Gibts nichts besseres . Und und und es gibt nur noch 2 Tagen, bis der Gipsverband weg ist! Freu!!!!! Und nur noch eine Woche bis die Kinder Winterschulfereien haben. Darauf freue ich mich nicht so besonders. Ich finde es immer blöd im Winter 3 Wochen Schulferien zu haben aber so ist es jedes Jahr. Aber ich spreche nur von morgen. Was ist mit heute? Heute bin ich sehr froh, diese Kombi euch zeigen zu können!
Mehr kann man hier sehen.


Ahh Friday. Friday, Friday, Friday! How I love Fridays. And not just because it is the end of the week. For near on 20 years I loved Friday nights because Saturday meant ballet - yaayyyy. and these days I can once again find joy in looking forward to Saturday ballet, not for me but for Loughie and Henrietta - and whilst they dance I can soak in the atmosphere and gabble away to the other ballet mums - ahhhhhhh does life get any better LOL! Plus plus plus just two days until the plaster cast comes off - yippppeeeeeee. But on the downside only one week until dum dum dah daaaaahhhhh - school holidays - I always find it the height of ridiculousness to have THREE weeks of school holidays in the middle of WINTER - and this year obviously just because it peeves me so much the school has decided to make it 3 weeks and TWO days which as another mother said to me with a pained expression on her face - is getting on for 4 weeks! Not that I do not LOVE school holidays - I LOVE us all not having to get rush around and I love to hang out with Loughie and Hettie and do things we wouldn't normally get to do together but really three weeks in the dank dim winter, or rather three weeks and two days - it just peeves me. Why not pop another week or two onto the summer hols or just random week somewhere in the middle of term time. Which just gets me started on why our seasons here in Australia are totally, completely silly. See you guys on the other side of the world, you have it made. In winter, which doesn't in itself have much to recommend itself you have all the excitement of the Christmas season and New Year and I have sampled the Christmas season all over the world and let me tell you Christmas in the middle of summer just doesn't cut it! Heck even your lead up to winter is great, Halloween, thanksgiving, its like a lovely little snowy path leading you through the winter season with lots of fun and distraction along the way. And then in Summer, which really needs no other excitement you have this big long break from school and acres of fun. Its just spaced out much better - all our fun is jam packed into a few months and then NOTHING. We have summer, our big long school break, Christmas, New Years all jammed into December/Jan, then hot on the tail of that Easter and then bleakness, nothing, no fun, no distraction until the next December - I am telling you badly organized - very badly organized!
But I digress - rather badly! What I really wanted to say was that I AM grateful today not just for the fact that it is Friday BUT also for the fact that I have this rather FAB set to show you.
Rock on Bloggers!
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