Lets make curly ribbons with jaw clips

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I have attached some pic's of hair clips in progress. Please note that you can see step one is to gather up some curly ribbons. I have gathered a hank of ribbons, I counted approximately about 12 to 14 strands of ribbons. I made the hank of ribbon about 6 to 8 inches long. (this is not a measurement of ribbon that is stretched tight, it is just simply ever so slightly) Now is the question you are going to ask yourself?

Do you want the curly's to look like Marie Antoinette with long slinky ribbons hanging down to your neck? You laugh at this one, thinking what a nut I am, but I have made several of these types, and then you have to cut the darn thing down to size.

Check out my pictures in the isherlcrfts4u.ESTY.com pic's. Do you see the Red $ Green clip? Does it looks longer? Always save your left overs, they will come in handy at a later date. I think of my daughter and her love of long hair as a small child, she loved long ribbons in her hair, she thought of them as having long ringlets. Wow what a mental slap to the head for me the thinks you remember. Any who, moving on....


Now that you have your hanks of ribbons wrap your small gauge wire (about 28 gauge) around the ribbon several times and make it tight, pull it tight so the ribbon doesn't fall out of the wiring.

Wire the ribbon wad to the top of the jaw clip, see it in the picture? Wrap the wire around the top of the clip, wrap it tight. (I like to use needle nose plier to pull the wire very tight.) NOW run the wire across the inside of the clip to the other side of the clip. You repeat the process on this side. Make sure the ribbon is on top of the clip. You don't want the wire to stick your finger or the receiver of your gift so check to make sure the wire ends are not sticking out, if need be cut the left over wire. Use you needle nose plier to pinch the wire down. All you need to do is repeat the process on the other side of the clip. Your good to go!!!!!


Ok, if you want to do big girl or little girl barrettes, you just make a hank of 6 to 8 short ribbons (remember those little snip-its of ribbon here is the place to use them) By short I mean 4 to 6 inches long or if you want those Marie Antoinette curls then go for it. Wrap your wire around the barrettes base remember to remove the small silver bar in the back of the barrette, so you can wrap your wire easier. Wire the wire several times tight. Add your ribbon, then repeat the process, till the barrette is filled up. You need to add back the silver back bar, so the barrette will stay tight in your little girl's hair.

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