My Mind’s Eye EASTER BLOG HOP!

WELCOME to the 2nd Annual My Mind’s Eye Easter Blog Hop! If you are just joining us, you will want to go to the My Mind’s Eye Blog Page where the hop begins . . . that way you won’t miss a thing! 🙂

  • Begin at the My Mind’s Eye Blog and hop along to each blog you are taken to.
  • At each stop, the designer will be sharing a WORD  with you that you will need to “collect”. These words are random and are chosen by each designer to personally represent our April layouts.

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My Word is: ***IMPROMPTU***

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  • Leave a comment on each blog, then hop along to the next blog you are linked up with.
  • Be sure to comment on each post to increase your chances of winning the grand prize . . . the ENTIRE LINE  of the Brand Spankin’ NEW LIME TWIST Collection! Swooooon!!!!
  • When you have finished hopping . . . be sure to return to the My Mind’s Eye Blog  to leave a comment that you have finished the blog hop . . . then, email each designer’s word you have collected to: amber@mymindseye.com. (Please do not post the designers’ words in your blog comment.)
  • The blog hop will CLOSE on Thursday, April 28th at Midnight.

REMEMBER, there are TWO ways to win.

  1. GRAND prize: After visiting every blog, email each designer’s word of the month to Amber.  (8 blogs = 8 words).
  2. BONUS entry: We will randomly draw one of our designer’s blogs and draw one winner from the comments on that designer’s blog.  This winner will receive the collection of their choice!

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Your next stop is the amazing and talented: ***AMBER PACKER***

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So let me tell you why I chose the word IMPROMPTU this month. You see, I have a four year old, and if you have a four year old, you know that they are constantly on the go. They are constantly coming up with new games to pretend and play and curious about everything in the world around them.

My daughter is fascinated with scissors right now. I should have seen it coming . . . but somehow I thought this child of mine would be immune from the temptation. Enter in the movie “Tangled” and we have ourselves an IMPROMPTU haircut! Heeee! I know. It wasn’t terrible short in any one area, which was good. Even the hairdresser said she did a good job! But she definitely did not have bangs before this. LOL!

My sweet girl started bawling her eyes out, when she realized she couldn’t just stick her hair back on (can’t you tell from her mugshot-like photos). 🙂 It was quite traumatic for her because she REALLY wants long hair like Rapunzel. I reassured her that everything would be find . . . and you know what?! After we took her to get it “fixed” at the hairdresser, she was quite proud of her makeover. Infact, she’s so proud that she gave her Barbies the same exact hairdo! LOL! Yes, . . . the scissors have been put up high for a little while. But the whole story makes me smile and I couldn’t wait to record it on a scrapbook page.

SUPPLIES: My Mind’s Eye STELLA & ROSE Hazel Collection (Patterned Papers, Layered Chipboard, Decorative Brads, Bits & Pieces Label Stickers), My Mind’s Eye STELLA & ROSE Mabel Collection Trims, My Mind’s Eye LIME TWIST Life of the Party “Charmed” Alphabet Stickers (mini letters), My Mind’s Eye LIME TWIST Out of the Blue “Remember” Twine (gray), Sassafras Lass Chipboard Letters, Cricut Machine and “A Child’s Year” cartridge (scissors), Darice gems.

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I have a BONUS project to share with you today! I made these sweet little Easter Cards using an older My Mind’s Eye collection called Pretty Please (don’t you love how timeless My Mind’s Eye collections are?!). The stamps are by My Cute Stamps.

Wishing you a Beautiful Easter Weekend!

Jana

204 thoughts on “My Mind’s Eye EASTER BLOG HOP!

  1. OH NO!!! I am sooo afraid of an * impromptu* makeover here with my four year old. I tell her every time I cut the boys hair that we never try this alone and I always talk about it. I am so afraid she will try it too. Thanks for telling your story 🙂

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  2. This is my favorite layout so far!! Great job!! I love the story too, and your daughter is a doll!! She is lucky she didn’t cut off her bangs, my friend’s dauter did that TWICE and there’s really no saving something like that hahaha

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  3. Oh my goodness, I would have died. But I LOVE how you were able to document this and your layout is GORGEOUS! I love the design and all the detail. And her new hair is sooo cute!

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  4. Adorable LO, love this collection by MME! I have a 4 year old son…he has done this exact same thing, I had to shave his hair, he just about scalped himself! Her makeover is cute, her hair looks great! Happy Easter to you and your family!

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  5. I love how you took a picture of her holding her hair in her hands. It’s gorgeous, right down to every little detail!

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  6. I ADORE Your LO (but then again-I am a HUGE fan!!) LOVE the LO but especially love the cute little flippy ‘do in the end photo. Tangled is my 6 yr old BOY’s fave movie right now too & I am SO scared he is going to attack his head with scissors **giggle**

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  7. You HAVE TO document such a story! I love the expressions on her face! And lovely job on the layout! Just beautiful!

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  8. Happy Easter.. love those cute cards.. and your layout is just amazing.. I am just loving this line of MME Stella & Rose is amazing.. she is just too cute with her new hair style..love it Jana.

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  9. I honestly think your layout is one of THE BEST MME layouts i’ve seen so far… WAY UP THERE, let me tell you! Thank you so much for sharing! At least your daughter’s little haircutting experience wasn’t in vain. Plus, her final haircut looks extremely cute!

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  10. I can’t believe how stinkin’ cute that lamp is! I have not seen this collection in the stores yet. I think I’ll look on e-bay, because I am loving it! Thanks for the chance to win it.

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  11. Jana, this is such a special layout! I am so glad that everything turned out well for your sweet girl….I love her new hairdo….she is cute as a button. You layout is super-cute, too! Thanks for sharing your layout and your sweet card. Oh, I love seeing your work in my favorite scrapbooking mags. Congrats!!

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  12. Okay. Two things. First my eyes filled with tears at the second photo of your dd, where she looks so terribly sad about what she’d done, but the smile returned when I saw the finished cute, so cute. Second, those Easter cards are stinkin’ cute!

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  13. I honestly think a handful of a child’s hair is scary (been there 3 times with my 3 kids) but I have to say her final cut/style is super cute. Great layout!

    Love your cards too!

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  14. Great page! My little brother did the same thing one summer when he was 5: he said the hair was making him too hot so he cut it off. Even with the “fix” he had jagged bangs for a few moths until it grew out…

    Love the cards too – they are adorable!

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  15. I can relate to your story completely. My 4 year old daughter did that in Jan, too. She had long hair so it wasn’t too bad. Your daughter is darling! Love the LO!

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  16. GORGEOUS LO! I really love what you’ve done with this line. My oldest gave herself and her sister the same haircut….lol

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  17. Oh goodness! I have to say the cut turned out cute though in the end. The papers are just so gorgeous. I am hopping away hoping to get some of that yumminess. I love the bracket edges, all that layering and the added scissors. 🙂

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  18. Hopefully you will only have to go through one impromptu makeover.. It usually takes just that once for them to realize its not good to cut our own hair 🙂

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  19. OMG, too funny! My son just turned 4 and he loves his scissor also, luckily his hair is not long enough to cut and he is pretty happy cutting scrapbook paper so he has not cut anything else!! Love her shorter cut too!! Those mug shot photos are too funny, she looks so sad!

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  20. That layout is priceless! I’m sure you’ll always treasure that story. I just recently cut off about a foot of my hair, and even at 24, kind of wanted to cry, so I can relate!

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  21. Aww her new look is adorable, she looks prettier than the ‘befores’. The ‘flip’ is just perfect, but lets hope her scissor time is finished.

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  22. oops! 🙂 Glad everything turned out so well – her new ‘do is so cute, AND you got a wonderful layout from the memory! LOL about her “styling” her Barbies’ hair too! TFS your lovely work, Jana!

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  23. Heehee!!! I can’t help but laugh because my 4 year old gave herself a haircut when she was 2 because I wouldn’t use the clippers on her like I did on her brothers. You got off easy, my dear princess gave herself an anti-mohawk (as I like to call it – she cute her hair really short right down the middle of her head)

    I absolutely love everything about your layout!!! Your daughter’s hair looks adorable when everything is said and done (:

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  24. Too darn funny!!!!! I mean, once it was all over of course!!!

    I LOVE the middle photo of your daughter… poor little thing!!!! And the barbies.. what a crack up… My daughter also gave her barbies a haircut… but for some reason, never herself! Well, not when she was young.. she just recently has been cutting her own bangs, and since she is 13, I am letting her!!!

    Adorable work.. as always, Jana!!!

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  25. Aww, poor little girl;) But her new hairdo looks gorgeous on her! And what a gorgeous layout that is too! Beautiful multi photo design! your cards are just too cute!

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  26. What a hilarious story! I bet every little girl is growing her hair out like Rapunzel these days. Great LO, and how adorable are those cards!? So, so cute!

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  27. This layout sure takes me back to when my now 24 year old daughter cut her hair….Beautiful layout and beautiful little girl! Thanks for sharing!

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  28. I think most of us with girls have a story like that! You were lucky that she didn’t do more damage. I love the new cut, she now looks all grown up.

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  29. Jana, it sounds like you handled the missing hair situation very well – LOL!!! This beautiful layout will serve as a wonderful reminder to your dear daughter. Your Easter cards are lovely too. ~ Rose

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  30. Great layout, super cute haircut! My daughter cut her hair when she was in the 3rd grade, when I told her that only babies cut their hair, she told me that babies “no they don’t, babies don’t know how to use scissors”

    Heather Vance
    heatheroni83274@yahoo.com

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  31. I have a five year old. She’s never cut her own hair but she is quite independent and likes to do things for herself, sometimes whether she’s asked permission or not! I know your daughter was upset but it will be an experience she (and you!) will never forget, especially since you captured it with such an amazingly awesome layout! I LOVE your creation!

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  32. Your cards are adorable… almost as much so as your layout and daughter. 🙂 Cute story and she looks SO cute with that new cut!

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  33. I think we all cut our doll’s hair and our bangs when we figured out how to work scizzors!
    Your little girl’s new “do” looks very nice after the trip to the hairdresser.
    Sweet page to showcase the cut.

    Sharon

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  34. Oh, my {older} sister played hairdresser with me, as a child…I ended up with a bowl cut.
    This turned out to be a great scrapbooking moment…and don’t we all just love those.
    Jasmine

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  35. Love the LO. Brought back memories of my niece as her own hairdresser not just once but twice and one was right in fron! TFS!!!

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  36. OMG…a kid at daycare did that to my daughter when she was 3 and thank goodness she has this thick curly hair and it was a chunk out of the middle…your pictures are totally adorable (she is precious) and only a scrapbooker would have the camera on hand right??LOL
    lvoe how you used gray in there…love this!

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  37. I love your layout and the story behind it is great!! My daughter has yet to try that, but she did get caught cutting up her shirt – ughh 🙂

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  38. Too funny! Its a rite of passage for a child to cut their own hair, right? Beautiful layout, love the embellishments.

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  39. WOW! Beautiful layout! What an awesome reminder that scrapbooking life’s minor/major mishaps is just as important as important milestones. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  40. What a cute story!!! and beautiful layout! I am going to have to scrap a similar story about the grand daughter! She actually did it on Halloween and came down the stairs to announce to her parents “Look guys, the ghost cut my hair!” Hilarious!!!!

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  41. Jana, my daughter did this exact same thing when she was about six! After seeing your gorgeous page, I now want to find my snapshots! LOL

    I love the chipboard lamp on your page, and the great design! Fabulous spring cards, too!
    Have a very Happy Easter!

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  42. I know it must have been stressful at the time but she looks sooooo cute with her haircut! Gorgeous layout Jana and love the cards. Happy Easter. Sonia

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  43. Jana – impromptu is the theme of my life right now! Such a darling idea for a page. You are super talented and one of my favorite scrappers right now! Nice work.

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  44. Her “after” look is so sweet and if it’s Rapunzel she wants, well, it sure doesn’t take long for kids’ hair to grow! What a great layout remembering this incident and your word is perfect.

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  45. I loved the story…. I remember doing the same thing! LOL! I went thru some of my scrapping stuff and I found some MME from 2004! I have been a fan for a while!!

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  46. I love the LO and the story behind it. When I was younger, I too had cut my own bangs “because they were in my eyes”… must be a little girl thing! 🙂

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  47. Oh my goodness!! LOL! I must say it sounds like you handled that very well, I’m not sure I would if my little ones try that! LOL! She looks beautiful with her new cut…and your layout is gorgeous…what a fun story to have in her album! Thanks for sharing!

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  48. Jana,
    Your layouts and sketeches are always awesome! What a great story about life’s lemons that turned out to be lemonade. Her hair actually turned out really cute! She gave her hair whole new “Lemon Twist”. 🙂

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  49. OH my gosh! I have a 4 yr.d old who has long hair and this is my super fear LOL.. but this will be one awesome page to show her when she is older and you can say remember this 🙂 oh and those bunny cards too cute for words!

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  50. What a precious LO! It reminds me of the time my 4-year-old son decided to shave with daddy’s razor, which we thought was in a child-proof drawer. Luckily I realized that heads bleed alot, otherwise, I would have been totally panicked!

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  51. Jana – thanks for sharing the cute story of your little hair stylist! I absolutely love the way you used the die cut piece. I hope I can remember that! Happy Easter.

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  52. Jana this is so cute!! And I can totally see my 3 year old doing this (for the same reason too!), so all the scissors have been put up here for a while. 😀 I am so glad that she dealt with her new look so well! She is adorable!

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  53. What a great story and what a wonderful way to keep remembering it. The paper is wonderful.
    Well, the Easter cards are great, too.
    Happy Easter t you.

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  54. Ow my, this i remeber me of my own, when i was a little girl i did it to myself and a girlfriend, we have to go to the haidresser to fix it…..then we had bote a short cut coupe and we didnt lik it at all…. Gladdly i have a boy who is now 1 year old, so its safe fot now hihihihi
    What a beautifull layout you made of it and i love the theme an the story
    Much love Marielle

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  55. Jana, I love how this layout documents every emotion of the moment! I love the photo of her hands holding all that beautiful hair…so creative!

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  56. Jana – Another fabulous LO! I love visiting your site and getting inspired by your amazing creations. As always, thanks for sharing!

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  57. What a great layout! Yes, been there 🙂 My daughter “fixed” her bangs several times. It wasn’t pretty LOL Your little one looks adorable with her new hair-do 🙂

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  58. Jana,
    Almost every kid does it… I still remember my daughters stricken look when she “shaved” her hair. Thank goodness, it mostly thinned it! … Loved the LO. vibrant colors.

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  59. Oh, i can totally relate to the impromptu part! It’s the same with my boys. It’s a seize-the-moment kind of thing 🙂 Such a beautiful layout! Sooo cute! And i agree that MME papers are timeless 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

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  60. Oh she’s such a cutie! I love her makeover hairstyle! My son just did the same thing last week but it didn’t turn out as well as your daughter’s makeover….he cut off a whole bunch from the very front – no way to fix it but a really really short buzz. Thank God it’ll grow back =) Thanks for the inspiration!

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  61. What a wonderful layout….something I sure most of us can relate to ..the first attempt with scissors. I love how you added the scissor embellishment on the layout.

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  62. it is a rite of childhood, that first haircut they give themselves. i have a picture of myself as a young child not only w the haircut but i found my mother’s lipstick… need i say more?

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  63. I love the layout and your sweet baby is so cute! I love her new haircut! I also love your bunny cards.

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  64. WOW!!! Such an amazing LO!!! SO full of special details to adore!!!! AND those adorable Easter cards…so darn cute!!!

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  65. Life is Impromptu at best. Each day brings us something new ans different! Even when we create! Not always getting what we start out to do. Great layout and word!

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  66. Oh my goodness…you hair cutting story took me back to when my daughter was little and cut her fringe right against her skin, needless to say that could not be fixed:-)

    I love your pretty layout…and I love the Stella and Rose lines.

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  67. Yes I know a bit or two about impromptu- I have 4 year old twin girls. Their love for scissors started young- I think even 2. One will take her scissors and the Scholastic Reader catalogs and cut out EACH book, I kid you not. So I have little tiny books laying ALL over my house.
    I have to say, the after shot of the haircut is TOO TOO cute. They always say their is a reason for everything!

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  68. Oh My goodness! I think every Mother has had the exact same experience…only you were clever enough to capture it for a fab scrappy page!!! Love the happy expression on her face compared to the devastated “before” photos! 🙂

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  69. I just love the girliness of this layout! Such cute hair! My son did the same except it was his bangs! Had to shave his head! Lucky he was a boy! I also couldn’t resist doing a layout! 🙂

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  70. her new little haircut is adorable, although the process to get there, not so much, lol! Cute layout and cute subject!

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  71. OOhhh…I got it now. My 2 years old daughter has been watching Tangled lately, and recently when she got a hold of scissor…she cut her own hair. I was wondering where did she learn that. LOL. Gotta hide the scissors now. Anyway, your layout is so cute, and your card is adorable. TFS.

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  72. Oh they all do that once don’t they!! My youngest let another little girl cut her bangs completely OFF it was terrible. Just a little rite of passage though I think. At least your little one still has gorgeous hair and it sure made for a cute layout!!

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  73. What an amazing layout! I love it!! The colors and detail are perfect! Such a fun story too!! What a beautiful little girl!!

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  74. What a great story with matching mug shots! Now your daughter totally looks like you. I love all your other projects too. What a fun word – impromptu.

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  75. Wow! Not only is your lay out beautiful, but so are your photos! I’m still working on capturing those close-ups. (BTW, my 10-year-old son decided his bangs were too long while at school. His hair is so thick it took me a bit of time to notice it. One buzz-cut later, he decided to forgo further forays into the hair business.)

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  76. Do you know why I love your page SO much? Because on Friday, my almost 3 year old did the VERY SAME THING!!! For the very same reason!!! Luckily, she barely took a bit off her bangs (“Me cut mine bangs!”), and the rest of it is still so short that if she cut any more, I haven’t been able to tell. She also did a good job, I guess! Your layout is so fun, I love that you really showed her haircut before it was fixed… how heartbreaking when she learned it didn’t go back together (mine, who is obsessed with tape these days, suggested we try some to put hers back). This is my FAVOURITE post of the whole hop!!!!

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  77. What a great way to document this precious moment… thought it was adorable that your daughter thought she could stick her hair back on 🙂

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  78. What a great memory to preserve. I think we all at some point have attempted our own haircuts but I must admit that mine did not turn out as well as your daughters 🙂 I have always loved your layouts, there is so much to see! Thanks for sharing!

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  79. Oh dear! Bless your little daughter’s heart. I remember doing that all the time as a little girl. She’ll grow out of it – just be patient! Thanks for sharing with us!

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  80. As a hairdresser I find your layout hillarious! I’ve seen quite a few do it yourself haircuts by kids and I must say, she did a pretty good job!! I love your layout too, it’s really beautiful!

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  81. This a a great way to remember how the brain of a 4year old works, haha!! They really don’t see any ‘danger’ with the things they do, don’t they? My girl is 2 year, but I can see her doing this also.. so away with the siccors, hihi..
    I like her new haircut, by the way!
    And I love this layout, colours are perfectly combined!
    ~Alie~

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  82. What a cutie pie! I am lucky because neither one of my boys ever tried to cut their hair when they were little! Love her new do! As always, love your layout!

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  83. How many mothers could tell this story, both the self styled haircut and the doll’s haircut. I love how you told the story with your pictures, and the embellishments are adorable. She’ll love this page when she’s older and can laugh about it.

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