I ordered these hair pins from Rings & Things a couple of weeks back just for kicks. Thought I'd play around with them and sell them at the annual craft fairs I attend through work. I've been gluing those glass floral marbles on them and I've made really lopsided fabric yo-yos and little crocheted flowers.
Then I thought I'd hold a little contest. If there's enough interest, maybe this could get to be a monthly thing. So here's the dealio.
What sort of creative and/or wacky additions can you stick on the heads of these pins? You don't even have to have the pins to win! The heads are 10mm in width. Just join the Make Me Flickr group and post your photos. Post a comment here when you've entered a photo so I'll know to pop on over and take a look. I'll be posting my samples as well.
The contest will run until December 31 and the winner will get....something nifty that I will post about next week when I am not sleep deprived.
There are some Glue Tips on the Rings & Things site to get you started with your ideas.
By the way, Ring & Things totally rocked out that order. Seriously, it came the day before I ordered it. Packaged all nicely, with candy treats and everything. You do have to make a $25 minimum order, so you may need to go in with a friend if you only need a few things, but spend a few minutes on their website and I'm sure $25 won't be too difficult.
Hey! I'm a little late finding out about this, but I read your announcement on craftster.org earlier tonight and went scrambling to take some photos of some bobby pins I decorated not too long ago. Sadly the photos didn't turn out the best, but I added them to the flickr group and I've also posted a pretty detailed blog about how I made the pins & why they're so special to me - http://etsysrippingitdown.blogspot.com/2008/12/bobby-pins-flickr.html
I didn't make them on the same types of pins - I used standard bobby pins (which was a serious pain!) but I hope to make more in the future using proper supplies! I'm glad I know of a supplier now :)
By the way, Happy New Year!
Posted by: Rebecca | 31 December 2008 at 08:15 PM
Hi, Hilari, please follow me on Twitter so I can send you a Direct Message. :-) I have some nice news. -- Dave
Posted by: Dave at Rings & Things | 10 December 2008 at 10:13 AM
Hi, glad to hear we treated you right! That's a big priority for us. How cool to run a contest with our supplies...I look forward to seeing the winners.
Take care,
--Dave
at Rings & Things
Posted by: Dave Robertson | 25 November 2008 at 08:30 AM
you can glue cowrie shells on them. I love wearing cowrie shells in my hair.
Posted by: stormee | 24 November 2008 at 10:29 AM
Thank you for sharing the pins and details. I've been thinking about toying around with hair pins. I bought some for a customer's child and she really like them. They were covered with really pretty fabric. Take care, Carmen of EAOC
Posted by: Carmennc | 24 November 2008 at 04:15 AM