A Fancy Princess Updo! 
Begin by making a ponytail, leaving out about an inch and a half of hair all the way around.
Now make sections in the hair you left out all the way around her head. Make the parts however you want them. I did some triangle type thingys, but regular squares would work great too.
Split each section in half.
Take 2 of the split sections (next to each other) and twist them in the same direction, then combine them, (twisting the opposite direction) to form a small
rope braid . (If you don't know how to do a rope braid, click on the link for a video tutuorial.)
Do this with each section around her head and combine all the braids together with the ponytail.
Take a section from the pony. Bring it up over your fingers to form a loop.
Bring the loop in by the base of the pony and wrap an elastic around the whole thing to secure it.
Repeat this step with all the hair in the pony, sort of working in a circular pattern. When you're done forming the loops, you'll be left with some ends hanging down. I just kind of wrapped those up and tucked them underneath the bun, then hid it with this cute bow (from
All Things Ribbon.)
Adorable and princessy for a special occasion!
If you wanted a more casual look, you could use the same concept and just make a regular pony with it instead of the updo.
One of my very favorite things about having a little girl (besides doing her hair) is the whole Easter Dress experience! Every year I get so excited about picking out "The Dress." This year our dress is from "
All Things Ribbon" and we both absolutely love it. We've had it hanging around the house for awhile and the princess has been dying to try it on. So, of course even though Easter is weeks away, we had to give it a test run! Then we needed some Fancy Easter Hair to go with it! (Just ignore the lovely colored dead grass in the background.)
Here she is all dressed up. She truly felt and looked like a little princess with this dress on......
Braid the hair in the pigtails leaving some ends on the bottom. Wrap the braids up into buns and secure with elastics (leaving the ends out on top.) Spray the ends with hair spray or gel and spike them. Add some cute bows :)
Besides the selection and cuteness (is that a word?) of the items, the first thing I noticed about these hair accessories is the amazing non-slip-grip. I tried to take a pic of the back of one of these clips to give you an idea. Not the best picture, but look at this....
See that white strip of "stuff" on the inside of the clip? It helps hold the clip to the hair better than anything I've ever tried. So, for those of you working with fine hair or baby hair, these clips are for you! I did a little experiment and clipped this on to the tiniest little piece of hair I could find (like one strand!) The princess did a little dance on her bed and the clip didn't even move. See, there it is dangling right where I clipped it! Silly picture, yes. But pretty amazing, right?
So anyway I went off on a little tangent. Back to the giveaway! Here's what you'll need to do for a chance to be the winner of the $20 gift certificate and free shipping :
I'm trying the pictures only version today. I think my written instructions confuse more than they help most of the time. :) Let me know which way you prefer for future posts (if you have a preference.)
I deleted a couple of pictures, dang it. I guess I'll be writing part of the explanation after all.
Cute flower, don't ya think?? I sense another giveaway coming!! Check back on Tuesday!!
