GIVEAWAY winner announcement | cute puppy | caitlin elizabeth photography

today's post is threefold: 

1. share pictures of an adorable puppy named daisey

2. announce the winner of the GIVEAWAY

3. brag on jennifer warthan of warthan farms photography

1: meet daisey :) we became friends last weekend while i was visiting hilton head, sc and grabbing a diet coke at a cute little coffee shop with some pretty fabulous ladies - ain't she just the sweetest little thing?! 

2: last week i had a fun PINday blogpost on a DIY hairpiece and it was EASY and super cute (if i do say so myself) - so i decided to share the love and GIVE AWAY another one just like it (obviously i had to keep one because i will be wearing it myself hehe).  anyway... the WINNER (thank you everyone who participated!) is... Ashley Harrell Pearce!! *special thanks to RANDOM.ORG for picking for me ;) everyone's comments were so sweet and much appreciated!! ashley - email me at: caitlin@caitlinelizabethphotography.com with your address and i'll send it your way ASAP :)

3: this morning i had headshots taken by the beautiful and ABSOLUTELY AMAZING jennifer of warthan farms photography (you might remember her family session i did on their fantabulous farm in february) and you should CHECK HER OUT on facebook, like warthan farms photography's page, and leave some love... because anyone who can make me look 1/2 normal is a MAGICIAN - seriously though she made me feel pretty! and i've realized that unless you know me personally you probably have no clue what i look like because i never post pictures of myself!! there is a reason for this: i am a DOOF and unless i get to make a funny face i'm not exactly pumped to get in FRONT of the camera - point being THANK YOU JENNIFER <3 

PINday and a GIVEAWAY | caitlin elizabeth photography | DIY hairpiece | wedding DIY

i know, i know... it's been a hot second since i've blogged. 

 i don't have an excuse, i'm just going to make things happen: 

it's the next PINday installment!! and it's SUHweet DIY hair piece great for everyday wear OR for the big day - after seeing the sex and the city episode (or movie?!) where carrie is getting married and she has that thing on her head i'm convinced that ANYTHING can be a hairpiece for your wedding day.

my inspiration came from here (it's on my PINday board - you should probably check it out and like/repin whatever you want to see me do next!)

materials i used:

pen

felt

random circular objects to trace

scissors

muslin (gosh i just love this stuff)

hot glue gun

cheap hair barrette

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first i scrounged around for felt and circular objects - i used my lens cap and a ribbon spool! 

i then tore strips of muslin - as you can see they aren't all the same size (that's because i didn't measure - i craft like i bake... without any real sense of how much stuff i'm using - i'm a fly by the seat of your pants kind of gal), but they were around 18 inches long

i then put a small dot of hot glue on the middle of one of the felt circles and attached one of the strips of muslin

then you just work your way around, twisting the muslin as you go along and continuing to dot the felt with small amounts of hot glue 

i did 3 'flowers' all together and used the 4th felt circle as backing for my barrette

i glued the flowers together in the arrangement that i thought looked the best (as you can see i used lace for one of my flowers, you can use any material you want! i also thought about using twine)

i flipped the flowers over and first glued the plastic top of the barrette to the back of the arrangement, then glued my 4th felt flower to the backs of the arrangement

voila! sorry for this crappy view - i didn't have anyone to take my picture! i could totally wear this to work/church/date night (also: it took me about 27 frames to get the focus even close to where i wanted it - legit, my arms were tired)

or you can dress it up with a french twist!!

i liked this so much i decided to make TWO of them :) and i'm GIVING AWAY the 2nd to one lucky blog comment-er!!  all you have to do is leave a comment on THIS POST and i will randomly select the winner on Sunday, March 18 at 8:00 p.m. (winner will be announced monday on the blog)