Shopping to the handicraft expo

Every hear here in Milan there is a week dedicated to the handicraft and it get organized an exposition to the Rho Expo structure (very big).
there are pavilions for different side of the world and stands for different countries.
It is a great chance to find the Christmas gifts, unique items, clothes and food.
I just love it, and this is just my third time there.

here a short list of what i got for myself :)

English tea cup, my personal cup for tea and milk and caffelatte and whatever i want, it's mine mine mine!

A new hairband (yes! another! \^.^/ )

An elegant hat

Some cute socks and a pair of thights

Brownish-red velvet ribbon

Here last hairband i made, it is a bit different from the previous

This time i used velvet and so i could't just fix it with the glue, but i had to sew it with the sewing machine then slide the bare metal hairband inside the form i made.
Same for the bow i had to hand sew it to give it the shape and to fix it on the hairband.
The result is not perfect or professional but still nice ..i think :)

And the pic lies about the color, it is dark red

Handmade lace hairband

I really love hair accessory as bow and hairband, but it usually it hurt behind my ears, especially at job where i use to wear eyeglasses.
So i started to use soft hairband instead of the rigid ones.
But, even looking around for cute soft hairband I've always been disappointed.
So finally i decide how i wanted it to be and to make it by myself.
I found out it was really easy!

So basically what you need is:
Lace of your choice
Elastic for clothes
Cotton thread
Sewing machine (but u can do it even without if you are good at sewing )

Firs take the measures, the lace must be longer of the measure needed for your head, cause you have to make it elastic.

Cut a small elastic piece, then fix it on the opposite ends, leaving more lace of the whole elastic length

Remember to work on the reverse side.

Now you can sew the whole elastic to the lace, stretching it till the lace is totally straight.

There you go

Do you like it?

I love it!