College Savings? Probably Not

It's no secret that I like to do crafts with my kids.  A friend of mine gave me some of the cutest handmade hair clips as part of a baby shower gift before Ruthie was born.  I knew I would enjoy making something like that.  A seed was planted.

There was a ladies craft night featuring how to make said hair clips but I missed the activity when Ben and I decided to go see Harry Potter 6.  So I asked for a brief explanation over the phone and then decided to wing it.

First we found lots of fabric flowers on clearance at craft stores and at the dollar store.  This is the part that Julie and William love the most.

Then we start putting all of the disassembled flowers together in different ways to see what would look good.

Then I hot glue them together and we list them in our online Etsy store.  Of course many clips are kept in Julie's personal collection.  Like a baker who eats too much inventory - Julie has a hard time letting go her favorite ones (or any ones).

William likes them too.

Julie hand makes all of the packaging,
which is a lot of writing for a little girl.

Julie also did some "modeling".

Once they are in our online store we just wait for some one to buy them. After a purchase is made, Julie writes a personalized Thank You card, I package them up and we ship them off!

 So there you have it.  I run little business with my 5 year old daughter.  So far we have not made a profit yet, so I don't think college will be paid for by hair clips, but you never know...

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Here are some of my favorites we have made (some still for sale, some long gone).