An apple a day keeps the rat's nest away

Oh happy day; it's taken four whole years and my daughter is at last allowing me to stick hair clips in her crazy hair - and not pulling them out four seconds later. In fact she seems to like them. (And I say this hesitantly knowing I'm …

An apple a day keeps the rat's nest away
Oh happy day; it's taken four whole years and my daughter is at last allowing me to stick hair clips in her crazy hair - and not pulling them out four seconds later. In fact she seems to like them. (And I say this hesitantly knowing I'm probably jinxing it.)

So I hit up one of our favorite etsy hair clip shops, Maya Papaya, to see what lovely offerings they have these days and my eye went right to the adorable red apple barrette.

Made of felt with the fun contrast stitching that exemplifies the artist's work, I still can't believe the clips are just $6.50 on etsy instead of $16.50 at Bendel. Grab it for the first day of school and prepare for teacher's pet-dom. -Liz

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