Ballet Hair, Rag Doll Dresses and Unicorns.

So here I am, as promised back with lots of news and photos and even a hairstyle! Go me! So lets start with hair. As I mentioned, having survived the shock of Back to School, a little over um 3 months ago I have actually managed to revive my morning hair routine. I've become particualarly partial to rows of knots. I like the knot. I am not so fond of a single knot, but a row of knots, now that is something. First up it is quick and easy - who can't tie a simple knot? Secondly it looks interesting and in a row if you aren't a hair guru you sort of look at it and think...mmmm how did she do THAT - looks complicated! Meanwhile you can chuckle away to yourself knowing all the while that it is just a knot! I like to combine my knots with other little decorative simple styles. My combo style of perference at the moment has been twists. There are so many variations on the knot twist combo that it could keep you busy for weeks! So to start us off, a quick recap on what a knot is.
So you take your section of hair, divide it in half and tie a knot, like so.

Knots are particularly good in damp hair. This is just one knot, to do a row, just keep knotting till you get as far along as you like.

So on Saturday I used the knot twist combo for ballet hair. Usually when I do ballet twists, like most people I do a t-part and do a twist either side leading back into the bun, but really why limit yourself when there is so much more fun to be had. So for this week's style, I sectioned off the back of the hair for a pony tail and then divided the front part into three sections like so.


After putting the back part into a nice tight pony I started with one of the side pieces. You simply twist inwards until you get near the pony and then secure with an elastic.

Repeat on the other side so you have a real Princess line twist going.


And now with the centre piece we are going to knot. Just keep knotting till you get to the pony and secure it with elastics - by this time you will have 4 elastics round your pony. This is perfect for a dance style - nice a secure.

Don't those knots look cool!

So now all is left to do is pop in a ballet bun - you can find instructions here and a bow and voila!

As I said there are so many variations on this style - during the week I had a row of knots on one side and three mini twists on the other like so. You see the possibilities..endless.



Speaking of endless, I have been spending what seems like endless hours at my sewing machine in a bid to clear my custom list. The Bowznstuff List is temporarily closed so at the moment the only way you can get your Bowznstuff is to bid! Two new sets up at the moment...the first is a vintage meets cute Raggedy Ann set - I've been saving that piece of Raggedy Ann fabric used for the knickers forever, I am so pleased to finally reveal it. You can see more here.


And just listed today a Bowznstuff Collaboration between Lula*Bee*Boutique who you can find here and myself. Lula*Bee does among other things the sweetest patchwork skirts and dresses - I love to look at them!
You can find my set here and the matching sister set here.

Knots and the hungry caterpillar

Heute hat es geregnet und war kalt. Was haben wir dann gemacht - nun eine neue Frisuer ausprobiert und Fotos gemacht. Das Idee fur die Frisür habe ich hier gefunden. Es sieht kompliziert aus aber ist im Endeffekt nur Knoten. Und was ist mit dem Nähen....Diese Woche ist die kleine Raupe nimmersatt dran...morgen auf Ebay! Schöner Stoff oder?

oooo today it was cold and miserable....so what did we do - well a new hair do - I found a link on this site and tried out the knots. Very cool. I started by sectioning off the front and then doing 2 ponies down the back and leaving the very bottom section free. I knotted the two ponies and pinned them in place and then did shoe string knots with the front section and pinned them into place too. A bit too elegant for everyday but then thats what being 4 is all about! And also something very exciting on ebay tomorrow - the very hungry caterpillar - SO cool!

Eine neue Zusammenarbeit - Fairies, mushrooms!

Heute auf Ebay gibt es eine neue Bowzntuff Zusammenarbeit. Die Kathy had die Fee für uns gezeichnet und ich habe die applizert. Es war mir eine echte Ehre, mit Kathy zu arbeiten. Das Kleid ist mein eigener Schnitt und die Blätter sind natürlich von Sonja. Mehr Bilder kann man hier sehen und die Tüte von Kathy kann man hier sehen.

Today...another Bownzstuff Collab - the fabulous Kathy drew us a mushroom fairy and I appliqued her - it really was such an honour to recreate her work in this way. I chose the Bowznstuff empire line dress with overskirt as the perfect backdrop. I just could not be more pleased with the way it turned out. You can see the auction with lots more pictures here. Kathy's tote is here, Amy's jewels here and Tanya's fabulous bloom band is here!

Und es ist auch Dienstag - also TOOT TOOT! Ich habe heute 3 TOOTS! Das erste ist für diese Frau hier. Sie hat die Hettie ein Haarband geschickt - sooo schön, ganz praktisch UND die Farben. Sie streicht auch die Wände ihres Nähzimmer. Ist die Farbe nicht herrlich - dafür verdient sie auch ihr TOOT. Wer blaue Wände hat kann gar nicht schlecht sein! Das zweite TOOT hat Frieda verdient. Die "Komme gleich wieder" Taschen finde ich einfach zauberhaft - ich bin ein Fan! Und mein drittes TOOT hat die Gruppe Wisterialane auf Ebay US verdient. Die haben heute soo viele schöne neue Sachen und so viele schöne Zusammenarbeite - finde ich toll, wenn Leute so schön zusammenarbeiten. Es ist zwar Zeitaufwändig aber aber es lohnt sich und wie es sich lohnt!

And of course with all this excitment, it is also TOOT TOOT Tuesday. I've got three TOOTS to give away today. The first goes to the fabulous xoxotova Tanja and her fabulous bloom bands and clippies - I was lucky enough to receive a fabulous little package in the mail from Tanja and those bands are just fab - practical, puuurrty and ooo the colours. Plus she is painting her craft room blue and she who has blue walls cannot possibly be bad. The second toot goes to the most awesome Frieda who has designed these awesome amazing bags!!! I just find them magical - its hard to explain, I look at them and i just feel excited - but then I am a little odd! And the third toot goes to the Ebay group wisterialane for their fabulous guest launch today. So many gorgeous listings plus I just love the way there are so many matches - I KNOW how much time it takes to organize all those matchies but boy is it worth it! TOOT TOOT.