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ribbon bow holder {a tutorial}

As most of you know, I have a two-month-old little girl. And do you know what one of my biggest dilemmas was in preparing for her? Nope-it doesn’t have to do with feeding schedules, what to pack for the hospital, or choosing a name-it’s figuring out what to do with all those adorable hair bows I’ve been collecting for her!

This simple bow holder is adorable and versatile…and so easy to make! Let’s get started!

Materials:
Mod Podge
wooden or paper mache letter (I got mine from Hobby Lobby)
foam brush
scrapbook paper
ribbon

Step 1: Gather your supplies, and begin by tearing your scrapbook paper into pieces.

Step 2: It’s time to pull out the Mod Podge and attach your paper to your letter. There are many ways to do this, but I work in small sections, adding some Mod Podge to the letter and attaching the paper. It took me about 10 minutes to cover the whole letter. I worked on the front first, then tackled the sides of the letter.

Here’s the letter with just the top covered in paper….

After working on the sides of the letter, folding down and Mod Podging the paper, your letter will look something like this:

Step 3: Once dry, add a layer or two of Mod Podge to seal your letter.

Step 4: Take a piece of wide ribbon, fold it over your letter, and attach with a bit of hot glue.

And you’re done!

Have a lovely day!

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white plate wall + the cheaters way of hanging plates

I’ve wanted to create a plate wall in my home for a while now, and while I’ve always hung plates on the wall, it’s never been a focal point….I think making all those holes in my wall makes me a bit nervous. I don’t like doing much to my home that I can’t undo when I feel like it. But, last week, I had time on my hands, and a whole slew of plates hanging around that weren’t being used, so, I took the plunge….

Like I said, I had all of these plates on hand…I just took some gloss white spray paint to the few that weren’t already white. Once I had everything painted, it was time to figure out how I was going to hang them. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love using Disc Hangers to hang my plates…I even wrote an entire post on using them. But, I didn’t have enough lying around the house, I was too lazy to load two kids up for an outing to buy more, and I wanted to keep the project virtually cost-free. So, I took a bent paper clip, piece of felt, and lots of hot glue, and came up with this….

Am I saying this will hold forever or that you should hang your great-grandma’s treasured heirloom plates using this method? No. But, so far, we’ve only had one casualty, and that was my fault for trying to hammer a nail into a stud without taking all the plates down first (oops).

To figure out placement, I just played with the arrangement on the floor until I was happy with it. At first, I thought I might want to do an overlapping, layered plate wall a la Nester…

…but ended up liking a more traditional arrangement….

To figure out where to put the nails in, I use a simple, but effective trick…I take a piece of painters tape, fold it over, and attach it to the top of the paper clip (or ring) where the nail will go (see pic). I take the plate, tape attached, and press it to the wall exactly where I want the plate to go. The tape unsticks itself from the plate, sticks itself to the wall, and I just hammer a nail into it.