Thing-a-Day 2012 - #11 Hair Extensions

#11 Hair Extensions!

This is my friend Carrie. She's been wanting to put some red in her hair but she didn't want to mess with bleach and dye and having to repeat the process constantly to maintain her color. So I offered to put extensions in her hair that would allow her to keep the same, vibrant color until she was ready to take them out. We spent about an hour this morning putting the base extensions in and then she went to the salon to have them texturized and faded into her hair, since I am strictly forbidden by my sister to ever put scissors to hair. Then later she came back and I added some light, off-weft extensions to her hairline to help make the overall look a little more complete. It was so much fun, I can't wait for her to change colors :)

The Knitwit Files Vol 4: Mohawk Hat

Little Man's new winter sport hat

Let me first start by saying, I did NOT knit this hat. Little Man saw it (sans 'hawk styling) lollygagging around at Penney's when we picked up his winter coat. Being the "in" thing to wear this season it immediately caught and held his attention. I gave in and bought the silly thing and it laid around the house for some time, getting no use whatsoever.

A couple of nights ago I just couldn't stand it any longer so I gave the poor little dear a bit of a makeover. I picked up some yarn to match the braids and cut about a zillion 4" pieces and stacked them next to my chair. While watching TV I was able to latch hook these bits of string into the stitches of the hat, creating a lovely faux-hawk along the top center. (Any of you fashionistas out there will have seen several of these types of hats available at the local mall.)

No longer a skinny little nothing, this hat now has some major 'tude. Little Man was suitably impressed with his momma's crafting skills. I daresay this hat is about to see a wild and crazy time!

I Heart Faces: Dramatic B&W

Week #13

"Dramatic B/W"

This was me circa 2005. hmm...I still wear those glasses....  o_O

This is my entry for the I Heart Faces weekly challenge. It was taken with some cruddy old camera that was a refurb cheapo deal. I was still saving my nickels and dimes to buy a nice camera. So this photo has been altered in PSE. I coverted it to greyscale and tweaked it with a filter. It's not too terrible, I guess. I don't know about dramatic. My hair definitely qualifies as dramatic, though! I was the only one in town rocking an asymmetrical 2-tone shortie. 

I miss my black hair.

If you'd like to check out some really awesome photos, head on over to I Heart Faces and enjoy!

Project 365: Week 7

WEEK #7

Sunday, February 7, 2010  We celebrated my birthday by going to the movies. We saw "The Spy Next Door" - it was funny. Just what you'd expect of a Jackie Chan movie. Before, and after, the movie Chad and the kids played a round of Dance Dance Revolution.

Monday, February 8, 2010  We finally found some of those yummy candy hearts us northerners prefer!

Tuesday, February 9, 2010  K and I went to Target to look at jeans for her. While she was looking around I found these shoes for me. When we got home K tried them on and discovered that they fit. I never got to wear my lovely purple shoes! She stole them!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010  We cut into a new jello dessert. Mmmm..jello...

Thursday, February 11, 2010  K got her hair cut! and colored! She rocks.

Friday, February 12, 2010  It was a rainy, icky day so the kids and I ran to Target for a couple things. When we got home we played our new game - Scrabble Slam! - and then we pulled out some of our favorite board games, among them is always Clue.

Saturday, February 13, 2010  Apparently Chad was in a mood. And here we have the photographic proof of his unquestionable insanity.

Darling Daughter's New 'Do

Before & After

Isn't she adorable?!

We went to a local salon and I was lucky enough to find someone comfortable cutting a "scene" hairstyle. The stylist was super excited to do something so edgy and fun and K was super excited to finally get her hair done. She's been wanting this hair for ages! I like that she wants to spend more time taking care of her hair now. Big change from last year :)