Sunday, March 28, 2010

How To: Bow/Clippy Organizer or Memory Board

This is my first How To type post. I'm not a very crafty person, but with the help of my hubby, we've been able to make some really neat things for Olivia. Before she was born we made her a small chest and a cork board for all kinds of pictures of her and family.

This was before she was born.

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This is now, all her birth papers and lots of pictures of family holding her.

Anyways, I came across a board that was made for putting hair clips and bows on to organize them. As a mother of a little girl, I have the urge to put cute things in her hair. So, I've bought a lot of hair accessories in the year she's been alive. It didn't look hard, so I just decided to make one myself. Here is what I did:

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Picked out fabric and ribbon. The fabric I bought was quilting stuff. Its lightweight and they have more of a selection to choose from. I just coordinated the ribbon with the colors of hearts. I bought a yard of each.

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Russ picked this piece of board up at Home Depot. He cut it to size.

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This is just quilt batting.

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I cut the batting to fit the piece of wood, leaving about an inch on each side to staple it to the board.

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Detail of the stapling.

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Finished with batting.

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Cut the fabric to fit the board.

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Staple fabric.

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Decide the layout of your ribbons.

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Staple ribbons and add a hanging fixture. This one happened to be on photos we bought a couple years ago and never used.

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Finished product.

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Close up.

This was actually very simple to make. It was a bit easier with Russ there helping me hold down fabric and ribbons, but I could have done it alone. The hardest part was stapling. We have a cheaper Craftsman stapler, for me it was hard to press down.

I liked this idea because it will help me organize Olivia's hair things, but when she gets older, she can use it as a photo board or something alone those lines. So, even if you have a boy, you can make one for his room!

The final cost was about $30 with the wood, fabric, batting, and ribbons. I could have made 2 of them.


2 comments:

MamaMonki said...

That is so cute! I know I could do one for David's room for pictures - but it looks super cute with hair bows.... do you think hubby would be freaked out if I buy WeeMan some hair pretties? :)

Jenny said...

Very cute! My little one doesn't have enough hair yet for clips...so I am still stuck with headbands. I'll have to remember this though!

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