Hobbies and Crafts

Pinterest Project: Making a Bow and Hairclip Holder

Bow and Clip Holder
Bow and Clip 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 found this frame at the Salvation Army for a couple of bucks.
I found this frame at the Salvation Army for a couple of bucks.

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 have all my supplies ready for crafting!
I have all my supplies ready for crafting!

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

Sanding down the frame
Sanding down the frame

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

Applying stain to the frame
Applying stain to the frame

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

The frame had to completely dry before I could do anything else with it.
The frame had to completely dry before I could do anything else with it.

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

Stapling ribbon - maybe one of these days I'll get round to painting my nails!
Stapling ribbon – maybe one of these days I’ll get round to painting my nails!

When I was done, it looked like this

The ribbon is attached, and the frame is ready to be hung on the wall.
The ribbon is attached, and the frame is ready to be hung on the wall.

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

The bow and hair clip holder is on the wall!
The bow and hair clip holder is on the wall!

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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Ronda Bowen

Ronda Bowen is a writer, editor, and independent scholar. She has a Master of Arts in Philosophy from Northern Illinois University and a B.A. in Philosophy, Pre-Graduate Option, Honors in the Major from California State University, Chico. When she is not working on client projects from her editorial consulting business, she is writing a novel. In her free time, she enjoys gourmet cooking, wine, martinis, copious amounts of coffee, reading, watching movies, sewing, crocheting, crafts, hanging out with her husband, and spending time with their teenage son and infant daughter.

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