Pinterest Project: Making a Bow and Hairclip Holder

While wandering around the Internet, I find lots of great things to pin to my Pinterest boards. While I make a lot of the recipes I come across, I don’t often make any of the crafts I pin. I decided to change that.

Baby Girl has a LOT of headbands, clips, and bows for someone so little, and I’m sure her collection is only going to grow since I have a baby clothes problem. Hey, everything’s cuter when it’s smaller! The problem is, currently all those headbands and bows were shoved into a drawer. When I saw the bow and headband holder created by Becca at The Paro Post, I knew i wanted to make something similar.  I didn’t add hooks on the bottom, because I have another plan for the headbands, but I did need something for all the clips.

I’ve been looking for a frame that was 1) cheap and 2) a light color, so that when I applied stain to it, it would be pretty true to the wood stain color. I found this:

I discarded the cracked plastic and the “Dear Mom” poem since it was personalized, and I kept the mat for a future project. Then, I gathered my supplies:

• Ribbon in 3 colors to match the colors of Baby Girl’s room
• Wood stain
• A sponge brush
• Sandpaper
• My Staple Gun
• Staples
• Screwdriver (to pop the stain can top off)

I started the project by sanding the frame to help the wood stain adhere better.

Then, I applied several coats of stain, wiping the frame down 15 minutes after each application.

Once the frame was a color I was happy with, I let it dry then sprayed polyurethane coating over it to seal the wood.

After the frame dried, I stapled my ribbon to it, pulling the ribbon tight, so that it stretched across the frame.

When I was done, it looked like this

I hung it on the wall above Baby Girl’s changing table and dresser.

For my next craft project for her room, I’m going to paint wood letters to hang above the bow holder. I also plan to cover an oatmeal box with fabric to match her sheets so that I can put her headbands around it.

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