A finished project is a successful one. kinda.

the inspiration:

A little bench for the end of a bed, or behind a couch or something. In our case I want this for the end of our bed. It cost 500 bucks. And then I saw these cute pillows in West elm catalog and liked how they combined those fabrics, so i said, "I got it! we'll make this..."

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and so a couple trips to Home Depot and some embarrasing feats of carpentry later we completed a bench. But I wouldn't sit on it if i were you. Although I did work hard on the upholstery using all fabrics I already had and am pleased with how it turned out. it cost us about 40 bucks in new materials. It is suitable for setting our laundry baskets on, or clean clothes or our throw pillows. hahaha don't look at that corner leg! We just couldn't get that one to straighten out. 

wanted to buy, made instead

SO I wanted to buy these little hair clips from Anthropologie, they have a little clip in the back so you could put them on headband or just on your hair. I thought "oh my gosh how pretty would this be on a little headband for Amelia!"

but at $15, I held off and said I would try to make one. Here's how it turned out...

 

pretty cute! I'll post a pic of A wearing it soon. I just used things I already had. I sewed together a layer of fabric, vinyl, then fabric, to give it some stiffness, then glued on the trim. I cut a tiny slit in the back and stuck a little hair clip in there.