Pretty Hairstyles

I love playing with hair.  And I love my flexi clips from Lilla Rose.  Last week, I did some pretty hairstyles on myself and my sister Purity, and then we took pictures of each other!  It was lots of fun, and I'm really happy how the pictures turned out.  Purity is a really good photographer for a 12-year-old, don't you think?

A tucked fishtail braid looked really good in Purity's hair.

Wearing: "Heart Bouquet" flexi in size Extra Small

Dutch braided bun

Wearing: "Turquoise Tranquility" in Medium

Gibson Tuck with headband

Wearing: "Hues of Blues" headband

Gibson Tuck

Wearing: the the hostess flexi (exclusive gift for those who host a Lilla Rose party) in Medium

Inverted Ponytail

Wearing: "Hues of Blues" headband and "Clearly Silver" Flexi-Oh! in Medium

I got earrings at the local farmers' market to match my flexi clip!

I have no idea what to call this, but it's pretty!

Wearing: "Turquoise Tranquility" in Medium

Half-up hairstyle

Wearing: "Flitter" in Mini

I love the slouch hat I got at the farmer's market too!  The bobby pins hold it on quite well.

Wearing: "Princess Tiara" bobby pins

I'm going to do some video tutorials of these hairstyles (and many more).  What hairstyles would you like to see me do?

Exciting news!

I'm super-duper excited!  Last week I became a consultant for Lilla Rose, and if you've never heard of them, they make the world's most adorable hair clips!  And better yet, they're really hair-friendly so no more split ends (I'm in the middle of trying to grow my hair long, super long, so this is really important to me)!

Here's some of my favorite styles they have:

My sister just bought a large in this style to hold her hair up every day.

And I just got a small for half-ups!  I think the copper and green will look stunning on my henna auburn hair!

And here's the Flexi of the month!  I'm seriously looking at my budget because I WANT ONE.  These will be sold out quite quickly, so I better move fast!

So retro!

Don't see a style you like?  You can always find more on the website!

Three months old!

Miss Meg will be three months old this weekend.  I can't believe it, my baby is growing up so fast!  She giggled for the first time this week.

Meg is a very good baby.  Breastfeeding is going well, although she likes to play with me and smile instead of eating!  She sleeps very well through the night, only waking up once or twice to eat; I don't know how I'd sleep at night if she wasn't cosleeping with me - those first six weeks, she wouldn't sleep for 15 minutes if I wasn't right beside her!  She's is able to sleep on her own now during the day, and can console herself, as long as she has her security blanket to play with!

Smile, Meg!

Meg's other nickname is Mickey.  The story behind that goes like this: Some time ago we got chicks from a bird hatchery called Murray McMurray.  My brother Joel then started calling Meg "Margaret McMargaret" which got shorted to "McMargaret" and now, "Mickey"!  I don't mind that, but I do put my foot down when it comes to "Marg" or "Margie" as Grace sometimes calls her; those are not okay!

In other news, I've been working as a seamstress in alterations now since March, and have been back at my job from maternity leave for 6 weeks.  However, I hope to be able to work entirely from home in the near future so I can spend more time with my baby.  I've been working quite hard on my Etsy business, so stay tuned as I will be posting some exciting updates in the next couple of days!