Ribbon

Personalized Hanging Bow Holders

April 16, 2014 2 Comments

It’s been a long while since I’ve shared a DIY or tutorial here on le blog… So it’s about time for one don’t you think?? That’s what happens when you become a first time mommy and the rest of life completely takes over. 😉

Way back in August, a month after my girl was born, she had a ton of cute bows, flowers, barrettes, etc. and no real place to put them. Especially a place where I could easily see them and pick one to match her outfit. So, I decided to make her very own bow holders. Plural because one just wouldn’t be big enough for all the pretty hair accessories this girl had already collected!

The materials needed include:

Wooden Craft Plaque (I used two purchased from Hobby Lobby for $2.99 each)
Craft Paint
Paint Brushes
Vinyl (for the personalization, I cut Klara’s name out of white vinyl using my Silhouette machine)
Glue gun and glue sticks
Ribbon
Flat head thumb tacks
Craft rhinestones

Step 1: Paint your wood craft plaques. I painted mine pink and purple with brown accents to match the other colors of Klara’s bedroom.

Step 2: If you’re like I was at the time, take a moment while your plaques dry to enjoy your sleeping baby and a cup of tea… oh… and the drying laundry hung over the dining table chairs. You do what you gotta do as a new mommy, right?! 😉

On a side note can we just take a minute and sigh over how tiny my girl was at one month old!!! She’s nine months old now and there’s no way she’d fit in that cute little bed anymore, much less stay in it… haha

Step 3: Once your plaques are completely dry, add the vinyl lettering for the names. I chose to use Klara’s first and middle name. Again, like I mentioned above, I cut out the names in white vinyl using my Silhouette machine and then applied them using transfer paper.

Step 4: Hot glue a strip of ribbon to make a loop on the top of each plaque for hanging. Then hot glue three strips of ribbon to the bottom of each plaque for the hair accessories. After I hot glued the ribbons I added the flat head tacks for added support. I just really wanted it to hold up well. {Side note, so far it has! 8 months + later and there are WAY more hair accessories on them now!} The ribbon I used was a cute set of cowgirl ribbon, to match Klara’s bedroom theme, also purchased from Hobby Lobby.

Step 5: After hanging them up as they were at this point I decided they lacked sparkle and hot glued three rhinestones to each plaque to fancy them up a bit… Much better! Then just hang on the wall and had your hair pretties!

Your turn: Do your girl(s) have tons of hair accessories? How do you store or display them?

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Filed Under: Crafts, Tutorials Tagged With: baby ideas, Klara Beth, Ribbon, Vinyl, Wood Projects

Fall Ribbon Candles and a Discount Code

November 19, 2012 4 Comments

Thanksgiving is only a few days away!
Are you ready?? Do you have your centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table? A few cute decorations around the house?
Here’s a SUPER easy craft you can whip up in just a few minutes to add some fall fun to your celebration!

These fun candles only require a few materials:

Two (or more) pillar candles
Fall themed ribbon
Glue dots
Scissors

I used two plain brown pillar candles… Ones that were already a part of my living room decor actually. You might remember them from my living room makeover. That’s what makes the glue dots so useful… Once fall is over you can just remove the ribbon and keep on using the plain candles! Or even change out the ribbon for more winter themed colors if you’d like!

Step 1: Measure out lengths of ribbon to wrap around each candle. I chose yellow, brown, white and orange ribbon for fall.

Step 2: Wrap each ribbon around the candle securing both ends with a glue dot like so….

Step 3: Do the same with the other candle(s), until they’re all are wrapped with ribbon.

Step 4: Display as decorations on their own, or group together in the center of your Thanksgiving table for a unique centerpiece idea!

There you go lovelies! A quick easy way to add a pop of fall to your decor!
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Disclosure: This is a sponsored post on behalf of Treat. As always opinions shared are 100% my own!

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Filed Under: Crafts, Holidays Tagged With: candles, Fall, Ribbon, Thanksgiving

Christmas Ribbon Candles

December 14, 2011 5 Comments

Hello lovelies!!!
I am really enjoying fancying up these pillar candles for my two candles stands!!!
It’s fun to take something you use year round and adjust it for each holiday/season, don’t you think?!?

You can see my here and my Thanksgiving Candles here.

For Christmas here’s another (EASY and CHEAP) candle decorating idea!!!
First seen on An Irish Italian Blessing! Thanks Katherine!!!

Christmas Ribbon Candles

Materials needed:

1-2 (or more) pillar candles

Ribbon of your choice

(You could make these for anytime of year depending on the candles and ribbon you choose, by the way!)

Scissors

Spray Adhesive

Glue gun

~~Eyeball~~ Carefully measure around your candles, then cut your lengths of ribbon.

I cut three ribbons for each candle for a total of six ribbons, alternating the colors.

Spray the adhesive around the inside of the ribbon then attach to your candle, pressing down so it adheres.

Then to make sure it stays put…

I just dabbed a little hot glue on the outside end of the ribbon.

Match your ribbons on both candles if you want a cohesive look.

If not, you can alternate ribbon placement.

And viola! 😉

Really, this whole tutorial is a glorified set of instructions for glueing ribbon onto some pillar candles to spice them up! Easy peasy, right?!? Haha.