Friday, November 11, 2011

Hair Bow Board


Materials Needed:
Picture Frame whatever size you want.
Fabric
Ribbon
Paint
Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Fabric Flowers (if wanted)
Knobs (if wanted)
Directions:
Take the picture frame (I usually get mine at the D.I or Dollar Store to save on cost.) and take the glass and backing out.


Paint the frame whatever colour you desire (it will probably require several coats)

Then while waiting for the frame to dry, take the backing (you will not need the glass)and cut the fabric so that it is a little bigger than the backing. (Don't mind the picture on mine, I got it from the D.I and someone had apparently glued the backing, matting, and picture all together lol)


Stretch the fabric tightly over it, hot gluing it on the back. Make sure it is very tight so there are no wrinkles in the front. It doesn’t need to be pretty, no one will ever see the back. I find it easiest if you hot glue one side and then the adjacent side so you can make sure it is nice and tight.
Leave the corners un-glued and then glue them down nicely so you can't see them from the front.


 Cut about 4 or 5 strips of ribbon (depending on the size of the frame) so that you can glue them on the either side of the back of the frame. Only the ends though! Don’t glue these too tight.


 
Once everything is dry and looks the way you want it to, you can go ahead and put the backing back into the frame and secure it.


If you want to, you can decorate the corners with fabric flowers or whatever you wish to do.
You can also decide how you want to hang it. I usually just hot glue a ribbon on the back and it holds well.



 I usually also go to Lowe's or Home Depot and get 3 knobs (like for kitchen cupboards and what not) and drill them onto the bottom side (spaced out well of course). This is good for hanging headbands. I just forgot and I will do this step later.
 Now go ahead and put those cute little bows on it and ta-da, you have a cute, inexpensive gift!

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