Clippie Contest! Enter at Your Own Risk!

Charlotte has very little hair.

Ahem.

This is hard for me to admit, which I why I cover her head with ridiculously large headbands in obnoxiously bright colors. (For the record, she gets about 600 compliments on her cuteness factor each time she wears these bands.) But I look forward to the day when she gets hair, because her mama is gonna be prepared, y'all.

Very prepared.

You see, one day in March I was at a consignment sale, and a talented, enterprising little gal was sitting at a table selling little homemade hair clippies for babies and girls. I bought one, brought it home, studied it, and then groaned inwardly as I realized that I had bought something for $3 that I could easily have made myself for about $.50. I'm happy to have helped a stay-at-home mom trying to earn a little extra money, but come on. I'm a stay-at-home mom who should be saving a little more money. I don't need to be $2.50 in the hole for a hair clip.

Anyway. To the point.

I would like to hold another contest! And what, you may ask, but only if you're as slow as I am about picking up on the plot, am I offering the future lucky winner?

Feast your computer-addled eyes upon these:

Ta-da!

That's right. Once I realized that I could do this myself, I bought some supplies and made a few clippies, hoping to be able to use them on Charlotte one day. They ended up being too heavy for her wispy, near non-existent baby chick fluff hair, so I thought I'd have some fun and offer them up on the blog. And no, I'm not planning on making this into a business. Really, I just wanted to see if I could do it. And I could. It feels good, I'll be honest.

Now before you get too impressed, let me explain a few things. Here, I'll list them, just because I like lists (I'm a Type A, can you tell?):

1. I used the wrong alligator clips for this batch. They aren't the kind that narrow at the tips; these are the same width the whole length of the clip. Therefore, the grosgrain ribbon doesn't cover all the silver on the front. Either you find this kind of cute or very tacky.
2. As I said before, because I accidentally bought the "wrong" kind of clips, they're heavier than your average bear. Er, alligator clip. So whoever wears this needs to have sturdy hair. If your hair is at all like Charlotte's, consider yourself disqualified.
3. I forgot to heat seal the edges of the ribbons. Therefore, in time they may very well fray.
4. I am the last person on Earth you should give a hot glue gun. I burned myself at least 53 times doing these five measly clips, and there is glue everywhere if you look very closely.
5. DO NOT LOOK VERY CLOSELY.
6. I used small objects to decorate the clippies. It was only after I had applied the last accessory, a scrap booking button, that I realized, "Oops. Babies and little girls wear these. Babies and very little girls like to put things in their mouths." If you get this and your baby eats the baubles and gives you a choking scare, please, please do not sue me. My only assets are children.
7. Are children assets? If not, then my only asset is my beloved minivan. And you wouldn't be that cruel.
8. I love the color combo of pink/brown/white. Therefore, I didn't branch out from these colors.

Okay, now that I've laid all of that baggage down at your feet, let's get this contest going! If you want to enter, simply leave a comment telling me what you would do with them if you won. Wear them yourself, give them to your niece, clip them to your lapel (not a bad idea), use them as bookmarks--be honest! I realize this contest sort of leaves out guys, but not really, if you think about it. Guys, enter. Then give them to the girl, little or not, in your life.

I'll shut this bad boy down on Friday, April 10th (2009, duh) at around 8 a.m., or whenever the boys wake up that morning, whichever comes first. I'm making the deadline their wake-up call because I plan on making the random selection of the winner a highly scientific affair.

Oh, yes ma'am. We believe in science in these parts. Especially science that involves little boys, scraps of paper, and a hat.

I won't say any more.

So comment away! Please enter my contest! You don't want to make me feel like a loser, do you? Besides, I like holding contests. My readers who otherwise lurk in the shadows, just beyond my line of sight, sometimes comment, leaving me saying, "Oops. I didn't know they were reading this. I have probably offended them about 15 times in the last week."

Just kidding. I don't care what in the world offends you. This is my blog! Ha!

And you need to know, if you don't already, that clippies are like the most popular thing ever right now. There is a huge underground movement, I swear. My friend Rebekah just opened an Etsy shop selling clippies, and I assure you, she and many other people do a much, much better job than I do. (Rebekah's are just downright adorable. I may have to support her cause. And she even makes hers no-slip! Fay-un-cee!) If you Google something like, I don't know, "how to make hair bows" or "how to make clippies," be prepared for very secretive, slightly catty results. Seriously. It's a little goofy how ridiculous some of these women are about upholding the mysteries surrounding bow-making.

As in, "Buy this pattern on how to make a boutique-style hair bow--for only $9.95!"

Folks. For real.

Oh, and Raechel? You'll have to sit this one out. I'm sorry! I know you are dying to test Oliver's hair length and all, but you'll just have to make them yourself, okay? I have great faith in you after you and your sister made your own BabyLegs.

(What in the world makes us so cheap?)

Enter away, everyone who is not Raechel!