Crafting was a big part of this year’s Strummer of Love festival and my friends and I certainly took advantage of this. After all, what is more exciting to a craft enthusiast like me than the appeal of a festival which incorporated it into the schedule?
Here’s what I made:
Floral crown headbands
These floral crown headbands were the perfect addition to our festival outfits and what was great about making them was that was they were completely unique and personal to us. Here’s how we made them:
Masking tape was wrapped around gardening wire to make a base for our floral headbands
Flowers were then added to the headband for decoration
Charlotte adding flowers to her headband
We added small flowers to our headbands for an understated floral crown
Me showing my half-finished headband
And the finished result
Charlotte wears her finished headband
Friendship bracelets
Friendship bracelets are synonymous with schooldays (I used to make loads of them to wear myself and to hand out to friends) so making them at Strummer of Love felt like a nice nod to my childhood.
Friendship bracelets were made by either plaiting or knotting threads together
My plaited bracelet
Wearing my bracelet proudly on my arm
Charlotte and Bethan at work
Native american headbands
On the final day, we were able to make these wonderful headbands to proudly wear around the site, which was a nice way to finish off our weekend.
Bethan sews feathers to her headband
A piece of fabric was sewn to the elastic base
Feathers were glued onto felt which was then sewn onto the elastic
Beads could be sewn on to add an extra something
My finished headband
There were plenty of craft supplies at the Handmade Hangout
Me with my finished headband
If you’d like to read more about my experience at the Strummer of Love festival, please click here.
