self made hairtoys thread

**squiggyflop** · March 8th, 2008, 08:07 AM

show off your home made toys and share your advice!

ok so here is what i made while lhc was down

this one is my second favorite.

this is my favorite one because it was my first all wood stick

im not so fond of this one but it was my first try at spirals.. above the stick is a denim slide that ive painted with metallic copper paint.

ggrrr i hate this one!! it looks like a lawn ornament.

this is one i did for my website

here is the second one i did for my site... both of my site ones are now smooth as glas and shinyer than they are in the pics...
i made a hairfork too but i havent put a finish on it yet

its not as unsimetrical as it looks in the pic..

so show me your prettys.. and to those who do this all the time it would be nice if you could give some advice

**AnneAdeline** · March 8th, 2008, 08:39 AM

I haven't made myself any hair toys, but wanted to say that your's are gorgeous!
How do you make them?

**squiggyflop** · March 8th, 2008, 10:18 AM

there are some instructions on my website that i mentioned above..

**bugeyedmonster2** · March 8th, 2008, 10:26 AM

Ooo, pretty. I've been busy working at two jobs lately, so I haven't had to opportunity to make any new hairtoys.

(^_^)/
BEM

Oh, that one you hate because it looks like a lawn ornament? Maybe you can trade that one off?

(^_^)/
BEM

**~Lady Stardust~** · May 3rd, 2008, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by squiggyflop

there are some instructions on my website that i mentioned above..

A little off topic, but what's the name of the song you used on your website..I really like it.

**squiggyflop** · May 3rd, 2008, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by ~Lady Stardust~

A little off topic, but what's the name of the song you used on your website..I really like it.

its from the movie soundtrack of princess mononoke (mononoke hime) joe hisaishi wrote it.. i think its the legend of ashitaka but im not sure.. i got it from http://gendou.com/forum/ for some reason tripod wont play the whole song.. maybe the song was too long..
ps i now have a dot tk domain name so my website is now..
http://squiggyflop.tk/

**annarose** · March 8th, 2008, 11:41 AM

Those are gorgeous squiggyflop, especially the first one! I wish I could use tools like that.

I've been making some sticks too but I have to buy them premade and put my own toppers on. Someday I will learn to carve out my own, that would be so cool.

**Peggy E.** · March 8th, 2008, 12:43 PM

I am locked into the jaws of an epic battle with Photobucket right now, and they are definitely putting the finishing touches on me....

(

Anyone else having trouble with all that new "improved" stuff over there???!!!

Well, if the slop-bucket will allow me to have my own picture back, this is a vintage brooch to hair comb w/sprays conversion I finished a couple of weeks ago.

I love to make hair toys with these older pieces of costume jewelry. You can get tons of it really cheap and, if you're careful, you can still maintain the original piece without damage, if you decide to return it to its original use some day.

And now that my hands aren't working as well as they did, it's easier to make just the couple of sprays necessary for completing the end result I'm after.

**Elle** · March 8th, 2008, 03:28 PM

Here are some of the hairsticks I've been working on for the past few weeks. Of course, I have to keep them kitty-proofed which is why they're in a sturdy oak case. If I left them out, there'd be little teeth marks in them. Motreet and Michiko just love to chew things!