Feeling craft today

My daughter has become a huge fan of head bands. And on mornings we are running late, I am all for them.

We have gotten to the point where our hair drawer is soo full of them, that it is hard to find anything else in there. The other week, I decided I had enough!

I started google'ing head band holders and ways to make them yourself. I took the info I saw & came up with this:


See all her headbands?



Here is what you will need if you would like to make this:
An empty oatmeal container (or the like)
your choice of fabric (or you can use paper)
Hot glue & glue gun
some Tacky glue (or elmers if you use paper)

I bought 18 inches from the bolt of fabric I picked out. I then measured the container (about 16 inches) and made a fold for half of that, inside out. Then my wonderful mother-in-law made a quick stitch for me on the sewing machine (I have yet to learn h0w to use it. After my sister-in-laws wedding, I was promised some lessons). After sliding it on to make sure it fit, I cut off the remaining material, turned it right side out & slid it on.

I hot glue gunned the fabric to the bottom. I then cut out a circle & tacky glued it in the bottom. Mainly because I didn't want anyone to look in & see brown. This step is up to you & your insanity level ;)

Then I glued the inside edges with the fabric left over the top of my cover. The fabric pretty much covers it all, top to bottom.

Then I cut out another circle & tacky glued it to the lid. Since I put on the purple trim, I didn't need to fold it over, & just covered the bottom. From there I hot glue gunned the purple trim around the bottom of the lid & hot glued the lid to the bottom of the container.

Let it dry & put your headbands on. You can even use the inside of the container for clips & what not. That was my idea, until I realized HOW MANY headbands she has.

And if you are not the craft sort, shoot me a message.I would be glad to make one for you.

No "Poo" hair, morning 4

I woke up Monday morning and my hair was still looking relatively good. But the urge to clean it was more powerful than to let it be. After all, I have been washing my hair everyday (minus a few sick & lazy days here & there) for years. So I tried the baking soda & water scrub again w/the conditioner scrub.

Slight problem, I have acrylic nails & they are in desperate need of a fill & are starting to lift. As I was massaging my scalp, I didn't quite do as well a job as Sunday. There were some slight patches here & there that felt a little greasy as my hair dried. I also used a bit less water in my mixture & other areas felt a bit dry. Worry & unease started to set it.

Tuesday morning, when I woke up, I decided it was time to try the vinegar rinse & that was all. After all, my hair might be a bit greasy in spots, but it was still looking fairly good:


The vinegar rinse I used was based off a recipe I found here, One Green Generation.

Can I just say UGH!! My hair is super greasy now. Here are some pics from last night


& this morning


After doing some reading though, I found my mistake. I put the vinegar rinse on my scalp. The trick is to just put it on your hair.

One of my biggest concerns would be combing my hair with out using a conditioner. I have super fine, straight hair that tangles easily, as does my daughter. I was pleasantly surprised when I was able to comb my hair with ease yesterday morning. In fact it was just as easy, if not easier than if I had used one of my super expensive conditioner.

I might have had a little set back, but I am going to keep staying the course. Though the urge to go hop in the shower & and scrub my hair with shampoo is very strong this morning. But tomorrow I am getting my hair cut & colored, and I hope this new process will help keep the red in longer. As well as the hope that my hair will be much healthier so it will withstand all the other torture I do to it; the constant coloring & infrequent trims.

Suggestions

I would really like to keep this blog site going. So I decided this will be a blog dedicated to learning.

I enjoy researching and learning new things. And will probably put up some of my old myspace blogs that I have already researched. But if there is an topic that you might like to know about, let me know. I will gladly do some research and do the work for you.

Can't wait to hear some suggestions.

My learning experince

It seems this will be my last post for this class. It has been fun and very educational. And I will miss doing research for this blog. I enjoy learning new things as well as the research that goes into. My life has been so crazy that I don’t get to do things like this for fun on my MySpace blog anymore. And with having three other blogs (on MySpace) to maintain as well as a CafeMom journal, I don’t see this site living on past this class. I hope anyone who has come this blog has enjoyed it and hopefully leaned a little to in the process.

And now to answer my last blog project questions:

1. How did actively participating in online research and journalism through blogging affect you?

It was fun and a learning process at the same time. I never really looked at other types of blogs or cared before. Also, it was interesting to learn about E-Zines, newsgroups and the like.

2. Do you feel this project was worthwhile as learning tool in this class? Why or why not?

I definitely think it is a great learning tool. In this day and age, most people are on the Internet for everything. I use it to look up things, research places and items. And I use it for all my news (with the exception of all the fires we had last week.)

3. Looking back on your ratings and your research, what is your final thesis statement? Did it change from your initial statement?

My final thesis statement stays the same, “I believe blogging has significantly impacted the print journalism industry”. Not only from the things I learned for this project, but what I have learned about in other classes and my own personal experience.