Baby Week: Cupcake Bow Tutorial

I am really excited about this! It really was the result of a craft fail. I was trying to make a rosette from the tutorial on Craft eNVy. When I finished it didn't look much like a rose. It was pointy like a cupcake top. Then, an idea was born. I had not seen a cupcake bow and who can't use a little more cupcake in their lives?! Here's a tutorial for personal use only please!

1. Start by making a little rosette in your frosting color. Then take your "wrapper" ribbon and make a ruffle on your needle. Stitch the ends of the ruffle to make a little circle.

2. Pull the end of your ribbon through the hole and then go around the bottom of the rose (inside the "wrapper")with hot glue. Squish it all together, being sure to ripple the wrapper ribbon all around.

3. I added it to a little figure 8 bow. What's that dot on the side?

That's velcro. Now it will stay in the finest of baby hair. I got the velcro idea from Dollar Store Crafts. Wouldn't the ribbon cupcake be so cute on a headband?! You could put a dot of velcro on the headband and change out bows to match. Love it!

I have a thing for argyle. Yes, yes, I do. This is just a tiny button bow that is oh so fun for tiny heads and so very easy to make.

1. Get a small circle of ribbon. Squish the middle between your fingers and stitch. Then add your button on the front and your velcro on the back and stitch together.

2. I add a little circle of ribbon on the other side of the velcro so that is cute too. Singe the edges so it won't fray.

I had to make a BYU bow. Her mommy is a Cougar! I just did a bunch of figure 8s and hot glued them together.

This one turned out a bit like a Christmas bow or a star, but I love the colors!

Here they are all together. My little Annie will have a fancy little head!

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