The Ohio Rennassance Festival!

I have to apologize it's taken me so long to post. I meant to do so all week, but with my new job it slipped my mind. I am literally about to fall asleep right now and it's only 6 when I don't go to bed until 9. I bet I'm the only 20-year-old in Indiana who goes to bed that early???

Anyway! Over one weekend I was able to attend my favorite event of the year, The Ohio Renaissance Festival! I've been able to attend this festival since I was little. I remember when I was really little and I went to go get knighted by the queen and then I was aloud to buy a princess hat. I always thought I was so cool.

This is a blast from the past and a wonderful place to take the family! There is literally something for everyone! The kids can get knighted a knight or princess, while the adults enjoy one of the shows. If I might add check out the Kamikaze Fireflies! They're my favorite. I love how they mix pop culture in with their show. They use acrobats, whips, juggling, and fire for their tricks!

^Let's be truthful, who would want to see how he got to be standing on top of a member of the audience?^

I was even lucky enough to catch a picture with the female of the group, her name is Casey... or is it Kasey? I don't know but hey, I got a photo! 

Not only were the shows great, but so were some of the games. I was able to get out of my girly comfort zone and try my hand a archery! I also threw a couple axes but, sadly forgot to ask my boyfriend to take some photos. Boo! My boyfriend, Johnny, was able to throw stars, knives, axes... I was a little scared to stand at the "watching zone" behind him. Haha!

^The ground, also know as where most of my arrows hit.^

Johnny even went ahead and bought a couple throwing knifes. His excuse is he's going to learn. Now just to wait for the excuse on how he doesn't have time or how he doesn't know where to start. At least they weren't too expensive! I was able to buy a tiara (of course) and some more of my favorite NatureCraft Lip Butter. Igot "Sex on the Peach" this time. ALSO!!! I told them I wrote about them in this post and they gave me all they're information so everyone can find them!

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It was an amazing day! Now it's time for me to finish my coffee and head to bed. I'm so tired from today this coffee isn't even helping!

Rapunzel Hair Headband! - Five Easy Steps!

What do you do when your four year old niece tells you about how much she wants hair like Rapunzel's? Oh, that's right! You make her some Rapunzel hair out of yarn. This project actually worked out nice because after I made this "wig" my niece Kirrah decided to be Rapunzel for Halloween. I decided to TRY to (try being the keyword there) do a tutorial on the "wig." It's very easy and you can change the hair color how it's braided and even whether you have flowers or not! Enjoy!

Materials Needed!

- one skein of yarn in any color

- scissors

- fake flowers (optional)

- a handful of small rubber bands

- hot glue gun

Step One: You'll need to cut all your yarn. You can use whatever color you'd like. For Kirrah I used pieces that were three yards long. When deciding how long to cut the original pieces please keep in mind that braiding, it being wrapped around the head, and cutting it to a appropriate length will shorten the pieces in the long run. Cut as many pieces as you'd like the "wig" to be thick. (Don't use the whole skein, you'll need some left over)

Take the left over yarn and cut it into a desired length. For this part I only cut the yarn about six inches long. tie a tight knot at one end, braid all the way down and secure with another tight knot. Set this aside for a later step.

Step Two: Once you've gathered all the cuts of yarn, separate them into three sections. Here's where it can get tricky. I made Kirrah's so it was three braids braided together. If you only want it to be one large braid, tie the three sections TOGETHER in a knot at one end. If you want three little braids braided together tie the sections SEPARATE from each other. Make sure your knots are loose so you can undo them in the end.

If you're making one large braid, braid all the way to the end and secure it with a rubber band or loose knot... then go along to the next step!

Once you've braided you're three smaller sections, take a small rubber band and join them together at one end. Go on to braid the three sections and rubber band them at the other end.

Step Three: Take your long braid and and wrap it around the child you're making it for's head. Make sure the ends match up and that you don't make the "wig" too tight or loose. Secure that spot with a small rubber band, or two.

Now, if you are making one large braid undo the remaining braids and separate into three sections to braid your main braid!

If you are doing smaller braids into one large one, undo the two largest braids but, DO NOT UNDO your smaller braids. Sections them off into three sections and braid to the end.

Secure the end with one small rubber band. Take a section, braided or not. and wrap it around the rubber band to cover it. when you've wrapped it all the way around(make sure it's pulled tight), tuck the end of that section into it's beginning and the rubber band. Use a hot glue gun to make sure it'll stay put.

If you did the smaller braids into a larger one undo the smaller braids and trim the yarn to match up in length.

Step Four: Take your smaller braid that was set aside in Step One. Where the headband part and the main braid part meet, hot glue one of the ends to the back. One dry wrap the small braid around to hide the rubber bands. Be sure to do this tight. I wrapped mine around twice. Hot glue the remaining end to the back.

If you do not want to add flowers, congrats! You're done!

Step Five: For your final step, take the fake flowers off their bouquets and place them on the braid to see where you'd like them. Once you're happy with how it looks, simply lift up the flower, put a dot of hot glue where it was placed, and press the flower into the glue. Tie a bow around the braid somewhere if you'd like and you're done!

YAY YOU DID IT!!! (: