14 months locked Permed Sister to Locked Sister

That's me in the far left. So long ago!!! My dad has this picture on the wall in his house. It brought lots of memories. He has a shrine of pictures on his wall. Why do people think that if you have locks you obviously had some hair growth problems so your only alternative was to lock to make your hair grow.

July 2008

June 2008 before I decided to snip.

14 months locked. I hate when people ask me how long I am going to keep"those" in or ask if they can get it and immediately want to know if they can take them out.


My hair is really changing. I am glad I have this blog to track my growth. I should do the same thing for my weight. Hmmm. I think I will but I don't know about sharing those pictures. I think I will go to the gym today. I went yesterday. Lots of eye candy on Saturday. How can I loose weight when every Sunday after church my sister expects me to make some exotic dessert. She just called and asked" whatcha baking today". I guess I better start my dessert.

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I am on spring break. I am trying to think of some things to do with the kids that are cheap but the weather is unseasonably cool. Any way I may post what we decided to do. Yesterday we went bowling. I want to go ice skating. I think I might try it but I am scared someone might roll over my finger and slice them off. Those blades look like razors. I guess I have a problem with the word "blade". They want to try a different restaurant in various parts of city every weekend. We will see.

My DIY Hair Ties" Giving Props to Dewdrop"

You can still see the parts a week later after retightenings.
Boring hair. Can't wait for some length and thickness.
My pitiful attempt at a hair tie. The end result
Locking the stretchable headband into 1 of the necklace things or ornaments.
You have to lock two of the stretchable headbands together to get the right size. I am just showing you how they look without any necklace things or buttons etc...
Things you need to make a hair tie. Those brown circles come three in a pack for $3.99.
This is the finished results of my hair ties. They serve the purpose. A combined total of $20.00 for all of them!!!!

Well I made these hair ties months ago when Dewdrop gave a detailed description of what to do and where to go and what to buy. I was really glad she did that because hair ties work best for me. I went to Michael's and went to the jewelry department during that time and bought things to make a necklace like the string she suggested. However that was too much work for me and the string was too thin so I had to throw it away. I found a better alternative! I went to the hair section in Target and bought those stretchable headbands and played with them and figured out how to use that instead. For the low cost of $3.99 ,I bought 6 of those black stretchable headbands(they come in a pack). In order to make a hair tie I interlock two of the stretchable headbands along with those necklace things. By the way those necklace things are only $3.99. The brown circular shaped ones came 3 in a pack. That shiny brown thing was $3.99 and the red heart thing was $3.99. Anyway if you want to make your own and never have to worry about something you want being sold out or the items no longer produced make your own.

I think I may go to a fabric store or another craft store like "Hobby Lobby" or Catherine's for large toggle like buttons. Maybe! I only use the hair ties when my hair is too curly and I want a pony puff. My preferred style is a simple leather headband. I see cute scarves in my future when I gain some length with my locks.

Thanks Dewdrop for the inspiration. You are always coming up with cute hairstyles and things to do. Nihuru is the hair color guru if anyone wants to color.

Check out dewdrops lock diary for a better detailed description. She gives a step by step "how to" in her Oct 2008 post.