Confession. Before I had little girls, I myself actually wore hair bows. I like to add them in the crease before my “poof”. They’re fun, and sparkly and I like to be fun and sparkly too, y’all! Needless to say, now that I have 2 little sparkling daughters the piles of hair accessories have definitely accumulated and needed some attention. I originally started this project with an old frame so I could save money, and be “green”… Turns out, that just wasn’t in the cards. The darn thing broke after I spent an hour screwing those little hooks into the bottom. Rawr.
If you’re not following my shenanigans on Instagram, you really should. You’re missing out on a lot…of crazy.
After a quick trip to Hobby Lobby (quick, ya right, I love that place) I had a new frame that was 50% off. Woo Hoo!
So I purchased those little hooks with the screw on the end, some ribbon, spray paint and my frame.
(little screw hooks were found on the hook aisle at Target, by the command hooks)
Step 1
was screwing those little hooks into the bottom of the frame, however many you like. We have lots of headbands so I put as many as I could without crowding. They ended up being 2 inches apart.
Step 2
was taping and painting the frame. We painted the frame white first, and by we I mean Matt. Then it was tipe to tape the stripes. Again, I was a big fat failure at this.. Here’s what my stripes looked like before Hubs came to the rescue…
Step 3
(after Hubs retaped with a fun striped pattern) spray paint. He hung the frame from the garage door opener with a hanger so he could spray paint front and back all at once, and not get any on the floor. He’s handy, that guy 😉
Step 4
Hot glue the ribbon strips in the middle of the frame. I did not measure these perfectly because I don’t have the patience for it. I just laid them out, taped one side until it looked straight and moved them around until they looked even 🙂 I wanted to keep some room on each side for the bigger bows to fit, so I allowed for that. I also wanted to glue the ribbon into the inside ridge of the frame, where the glass normally sits, so there was space behind the ribbon to clip bows on once it’s hung on the wall.
Step 5
add all of those bows and you’re done 🙂
Minus lining up the stripes, this would be a super easy and quick project! Best of all it gets all of those hair accessories organized so that you can see what you’ve got to work with 😉
Here is the inspiration I found for this project on Pinterest: Click Here.
Looks really great. Love the gold and white together. I made a medium size board for bows before my daughter was born and I already need something larger. Eek! 🙂
Thank you, Eva! Oh goodness I hear ya girl! I made myself throw some away before I took a picture lol
phew! Glad you clarified that the one man was Navy! ;)Ashus hero is my dad too! Little Miss refused to talk to my dad on the phone today since Antu is there and she is not! :(That banner is beautiful! new borns! haaaa!!! :)Btw, did you also get the feeling of "oh my! How big is Ansut?&quoh; and get all teary eyed when you saw Anush with Aditi for the first time? sigh!
Cute!! I love the stripes! I made one like this last year with a Michael’s frame. I tried one from goodwill and mine broke when I tried to screw in the hooks too!
http://www.theparopost.com/2011/10/diy-bow-holder.html
LoL yours is the one I found on Pinterest and linked to in this blog, too funny!! Loved it, obviously 😉
OOPS I missed the link lol! I am pretty sure I will now become addicted to gold spraypaint, thanks for the idea!!
This is so darn cute. I love it. My liitle girl is 2 and we have hairbows everywhere so I just might try this.
Thanks, Nikki!
So cute! I can’t wait to make one for the girls’ bathroom (seems like the easiest place to put it?) Out of curiosity, where do you most often shop for your hair accessories? They are all so cute!
Thank you! I get a lot of them at claire’s (or the icing) and a few from WhippyCake.com before she stopped selling them 🙂
My daughter is not yet even two but she has more hairbands and clips than I can mention. She could definitely do with one of these to keep things in order. Organised and still pretty….that is my kind of solution 🙂
We still use it every day, and it’s held up like new 🙂
Have you had any problems with the ribbons staying attached with the hot glue? I am making one of these for my niece and wanted to staple the ribbon but the staples won’t go into the wood… I’m not sure what else to do and want to make sure the hot glue will hold with use.
Thanks!
I haven’t had any trouble, and we use it daily 🙂
Getting ready to try this for baby girl’s nursery. Any tips on screwing the hooks in? I’ve had trouble in the past…
Hi Laura,
Congrats on your baby girl! You could always hammer them a little bit to get ’em started, or predrill them with a bit smaller than the hook screw. Just drill enough to get the screw going 🙂
Very cute! I just finished a DIY for my baby’s room (due in 6 weeks) and I’d like to do this too! What size frame did you use?
I used a memo board (or memory board)…the ones already made with the criss crossed ribbon to hold pictures and what nots. I used the little hooks like you did on the bottom to hold my numerous headbands and I put some hooks on the side, too. (Too many headbands!) this is the less creative way…and less work…and still looks great. But I was inspired from your idea!
Hi!!!!
You spray paint all of them? Or with a brush.
I’m going to do the pink one for my best friend daughter. You have good work !!!
What size of frame did you use?
What size picture frame and hooks did you use?
What a cute idea! I am sharing this on Pinterest.
Is there a certain thickness in ribbon that you used or just regular rib??
How cute!! 🎀