Bow Holder

A good friend called us Friday evening and invited us to her little girl's 4th birthday party on Sat. She said it wasn't a 'party party' so we didn't have to bring a gift, but I didn't want to go empty handed. I'm pinching pennies until pay day so I decided I would try to make something(crossing fingers)----try being the operative word here because my last few projects haven't turned out so great.

After checking with my friend about her daughter's bedroom colors and searching the internet a little bit, here's what I came up with.

 

I took an old, unloved picture frame and turned it into a super cute bow and barrette holder. 

Instructions:

1. Take the back off the frame and remove the glass. I also removed the staples. 

2. Give it a light sanding. You may not need to sand the frame, but this happened to be a plastic frame and I wanted to make sure the paint had something to adhere to.

3. Give it several coats of whatever color paint that makes your skirt fly up. I chose white.

4. Attach 4 to 5 strips of coordinating ribbon (wider ribbon would work well) to the back of the frame with hot glue. I don't have an exact measurement for this. I just turned the frame over, eyeballed it, and cut. 

5. Eyeballing again, cut a length of ribbon for the hanger and tie it on to the frame. I tied it with the knots in the back.

6. Embellish with more ribbon, buttons, glitter, beads or sparkly gems. Again, whatever makes your skirt fly up. I used what I had on hand because I'm broker than broke.

Here's the finished product with Lauren's bows on it for show and tell. Finally, a project that's not on my craptastic list! My only problem is . . . . what the heck happened with this picture? I have no idea why it's sideways. It's not like this on my computer. Oh, well, I guess there always has to be something to stress me out. 

Oh, and btw, the bow holder was a hit  . . . . at least with the mom and grandma. :o)