The Beginning

So whenever I tell people about my headband obsession, usually the first question is "How did you start that?" Well it's a funny story actually (well, I think it's funny....)


I love Pinterest and I'm sure you do too. I can spend hours flipping over cookie recipes, outfit ideas, things I'd love to make and never will and dream weddings from top to bottom. I find myself inspecting baby shower ideas and there are no babies in my future. Anyways, (almost) all my friends love Pinterest as much as I do and one day my friend Bonnie and I were talking about Christmas. She had decided that she wanted to make a lot of items for Christmas this year instead of buying everything. This sounded awesome and I began to imagine myself in a Martha Stewart-esque kitchen creating perfect gifts and edible delights that would surely make everyone ecstatic. Since myself and some of our other friends thought this was a great idea, Bonnie decided to have a Pinterest Party. The rules were great, we would all get together and bring a craft for everyone to make. Then we would all be crafting together and leave with presents everyone could give. It sounded awesome but then it dawned on me. I am the least crafty person on the planet. I can't even write a sentence straight across a paper without lines on it. I can't draw anything to save my life. A lot of my craft experiences end up with me uttering "OOPSS!" and sometimes things falling on me. I don't accessorize or decorate well. How was I going to pull this off? So onto Pinterest I went scouring the pages for something I could actually do. Anything with freehand painting and drawing was out. Anything with dye or ink scared me. Knitting I had already failed at and jewelry making seemed too hard. So eventually I came across a headband tutorial. It was three steps long and seemed easy. DONE! I had found what I was going to make.

After a very long afternoon in the Walmart arts and craft section (Walmart because who knew how good this was going to be), I was ready to go with three different kinds of headbands. On the day of the party, I came lugging in a create of every art supply I owned, three bags of ribbon and hair elastics, and my newly purchased glue gun. Everyone had brought amazing things to make; sugar scrubs, vanilla chi mixes, etched glass paint for wine glasses, the sharpie on the coffee cup craft we all repinned, hot cocoa mixes and more. We all begin with our crafts and as I was beginning my headbands I noticed how easy they were and how cute they were. A few clicks on my iphone and I found a way to an easy bow. Then I was off, making them almost all night stopping here and there for the other crafts, which yes I did bomb most of them. My coffee mug and wine glasses were laughable, but my headbands actually came out well.

(Notice the wine bottles in the background. We had an awesome day)

Anyways, we had a blast that day and everyone left with great stuff. I also left with a hobby. A month later, I found when I had spare time, I was making headbands. When I home for Christmas, I made them with my friend Alison. By the time I came back, I was buying ribbon like a mad women and had quite an impressive stock.

About a month later

Now I had already given them as presents to every female I knew. My mother, my brother's girlfriend, my friends and my friends' kids were styling and I just kept on making them. With all the hair I have, I always need something to hold it back. As my collection grew and grew, and the more people saw them, I got the feeling maybe I should try and sell them. Here and there someone would say, "That's cute, you should sell them." So then I thought, I guess I'll try that. So I did, but that's another story.