Seasonal Crafts

Red, White, and Blue Hair Combs with Bows

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Show your patriotic spirit with red, white, and blue hair combs! Use the Ribbon-to-Bead to easily add beads and bows to hair clips.  Last week, I made formal ribbon and bead hair combs (click here for tutorial).  My young daughter has thick wavy hair and the hair clips were perfect to pull her here...

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Memorial Day Cupcake Toppers

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We give honor to those who serve and who have served in our Armed Forces for Memorial Day. It also seems to kick off picnic season in the mid-west! Good bye winter and hello to pool season! It is a fun day to hang out with family and friends, share tasty food & drinks...

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Memorial Day Card with Mini Bowdabra Bow

Memorial Day

So many of us think of Memorial Day as a wonderful holiday.  It’s the start of the Summer season.   The kids may be out of school already or will be shortly.  The city pools are open and it’s time to get the swimsuits out.  Let us not forget, though, why we have this fun...

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Formal Necklace 3-Row with Mini Bowdabra Bow

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Create a stunning 3-row formal necklace perfect for proms, weddings, cocktail parties, or corporate events.  Finish the handmade beaded three row necklace with a beautiful Mini Bowdabra Bow.  I love adding bows to multi-strand necklaces because they not only look great but the bow keeps your beaded strands from getting tangled!! Materials Needed: Mini...

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Feature Friday: More Mother’s Day Ideas

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We are thrilled to share our Bowdabra finds for Mother’s Day Gift Ideas Week. Bowdabra Feature Friday is a culmination of the amazing projects we shared during the week on our Bowdabra blog, Bowdabra Pinterest, Sandy Sandler Pinterest, Bowdabra Twitter, and Bowdabra Facebook along with some of our favorite finds from around the web!...

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Design Team Mother’s Day Features and Saturday Showcase Announcement

Bowdabra Design Team Collage

With Mother’s Day nearing, our wonderful design team wanted to share some crafty ideas from their own blogs that hopefully inspire you to create some wonderful gifts for your mom on her special day! Design Team Mother’s Day Features:   Shannon has a tutorial for making a Fresh Flower Watering Can Arrangement. Many women...

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