Oh the inevitable holiday hangover. Whether it be from the mania (WINE) of going home over the holidays, the barf flu you picked up from your cute-but-germ-infested nieces OR the bottle of whiskey you’ll probably drink on NYE (jk!) face it, there's going to be at least one day where you feel like grandma got run over by a reindeer.

Does it seem silly to want to a craft while you’re hungover? Sure. But believe me, anything that keeps your mind from focusing on the sweet, but kind of tangy and dry taste in your mouth is a blessing. Plus, we’re drinking Bloody Mary’s. So, tell your friends to get up off the couch (or floor), gather up anything you have in your house and let’s make some bloody's and barrettes! (all the better to hold your hair back while you puke, right? JOKES.)

What you’ll need for Barrettes

Metal barrette thingies

Plastic or tissue paper flowers

Ribbon

Hot glue gun

Felt

Scissors

Beads

Nieces and nephews who wake you up at 7:30 am demanding you play with them

What you’ll need for Bloodies

Pepper Vodka (hopefully the vodka you made from the last crafty hour!)

Spicy V8 Juice

Celery

Pickles

Olives

Cumin

Celery Salt

Tabasco

Whatever else you have lying around, you know the drill.

Disclaimers!

You don’t have to put flowers on your barrettes if you don’t want to. You can use ribbon or beads or even pieces of wrapping paper for all I care (don’t’ use wrapping paper that’s weird.) I attempted to list some of the variables but I don’t know what’s in your house/apartment/imagination (OR DO I).

I’m not giving you the BEST Bloody Mary recipe. I’m giving you the easiest. Just like this is an easy craft. Because we’re hungover. Remember?

Try not to puke while doing this, please.

Ok, time to sit up, take a deep breath and prove your worthiness by making a disposable barrette.

1.) Cut the green plastic back off of your flower.

Nothing says aggression like the desperate attempt to cure a hangover.

2.) Cut a small rectangular shape of felt and glue it onto the back of the flower. This way your flower will lay flat on your barrette.

3) This is a little ‘insider knowledge’ tip. Scratch your barrette thingie to give the glue something to seep into. The flower (or whatever you’re putting on there) will stay on stronger. That's what they tell me anyway. Is it getting hot in here? Or is it cold. Oh God.

4) Glue the felt back of the flower onto the scratched part of the barrette and you’re done! See? not hard.

Never has something so small felt like so big of an accomplishment.

5) If this is all you feel like doing, then scroll down to the bottom for the Bloody Mary recipe (although you probably should have done that awhile ago) and go on your merry hungover way, with a new, lovely barrette holding the hair out of your face in case you puke. Or, just want to look pretty.

If you want to know how to make that pretty middle thing and look great when you barf, keep reading.

If you either a) do feel up to continuing to craft or b) have a less hungover sister who does, then keep reading and also GOOD FOR YOU WE GET IT.

Part II – Adding some pizzazz (not puke) to your barrettes.

AKA For the less hungover

1.) My sister decided to make a prettier “middle” (I have no idea what the center of a flower is called, leave me alone) by adding a beaded center to the middle thing of the flower. I am here to share her story.

The middle of those flowers look exactly like how I feel. All the more reason to cover them up so no one ever has to know.

2.) Cut a circular piece of felt that will cover the somewhat ugly center thing of the flower. Which you don’t need to see a picture of. Because you know what a circle looks like.

3.) Find a string of beads – you can use anything from a broken bracelet to just a random string of beads that are (of course?) sitting around your parents house. So yeah, take that string of beads and start gluing it onto your felt in a circular motion.

4. Glue that pretty middle circle thing into the middle of your flower and you’re done! Well, then you have to follow the steps above to glue it onto your barrette but, yeah basically done.

5.) You can do the same thing with ribbon or little bead animals or anything your barrette heart desires. Just glue it on.

Beads, flowers and ribbons oh my! Also, there’s no way I made that bead bug thing. But thanks for believing. — Beads, flowers and ribbons oh my! Also, there’s no way I made that bead bug thing. But thanks for believing.

Part III – Adding some Bloody Mary relief to your barrettes.

AKA Drinky Drinky Time to get less hungover

Christmas Leftovers Blood Mary:

2 oz(?) Pepper Vodka (hopefully the vodka you made from the last crafty hour!)

Some Spicy V8 Juice

Some celery

Some celery salt

Some pickles

Some olives

Some cumin

Some celery Salt

Some tabasco

Whatever else you have lying around, you know the drill.

Rim your glass with celery salt. Put all that stuff in a glass. Garnish with whatever food you have lying around that you think you can choke down. Hope for the best.

Apparently we only had wine glasses lying around. Go figure.

Well, I have a rule that once a blatant disregard for glassware enters a blog, it’s time to wrap it up. I hope you enjoyed this week’s Crafty Hour and it brings you hours of friendship happiness.