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Another Eddie Ross How-To

 
I just can't get enough of Eddie Ross!  He is from Bravo's Top Design and also does a lot of work with Martha Stewart.  He always has the best ideas and great how-to's.  I saw this beautiful Carnation arrangement (yes carnations!! like the cheapest flowers EVER, yay!) from The Inspired Bride and couldn't help sharing it with you.  Click here to go to Eddie's Blog for a step-by-step on creating this masterpiece (looks easy as pie) and also check out some other Carnation creations!!

Sweeten up your Ice

 

Rose Ice Cubes

I first found this on CasaSugar.  The original idea is from Jonathan Fong's Style Blog.

Here are his instructions...

What you’ll need(per ice tray):

• 12 spray roses (the small ones)
• 12 twist ties
• 2 wooden skewers
• 1 ice tray
• Floral tape

1. To keep the roses submerged in the ice trays, we have to build a framework that will weigh them down. Cut the spray roses, leaving about 2 inches of stem, and use twist ties to attach the stems to the skewers.

2. Place the roses, which are attached to the skewers, upside down in their individual ice compartments of the tray.

3. Tape down the skewers at the ends of the ice tray to keep everything from floating when you add water. Your ice tray should look like the one in the photo.

4. Add water to the ice tray and freeze overnight.

There are so many possibilities with this!! I probably wouldn't put these in drinks but its so cute in a bucket as shown above!!

Hair-Hair Bow

So I'm sure by now you have figured out that I LOVE Lady Gaga. And I also LOVE her hair bow!! She is definitely not the first to create this look but she pulls it off the best. I found a tutorial from Female First if you were wondering how she did that...

The secret behind the style is hair extensions. Instead of attempting the impossible of fashioning your own hair into a bow you can use extensions. This makes the style much easier as you have a better view while making the bow.

Fold the extension in half, leaving a thinner section loose, and secure with a hair bobble. Next wrap the loose section over the middle, hiding the bobble.

Use as many grips as needed to secure the bottom of the bow to the top of your head. Secure it with hairspray, be liberal, you don't want the bow falling off in the middle of an energetic dance move!

I cut my hair last summer and I recently bought some extentions online. They look SOOOO bad in my hair right now so I'll just use them for a hair bow, YAY!!!!

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Bow-Challenged

If your Bow-Challenged like me, click here for a great video from Eddie Ross with a step-by-step process on tying the perfect bow. The way he wraps the box is different than I've ever seen so maybe that's the big difference?? Just remember to keep it "taught"...?!!