Sorry it has taken so long to get this up ~ unfortunately I am having a bit of passport drama at the moment; trying to lodge my form before Monday and I keep forgetting important details like, oh, I don’t know ~ the copies of the birth certificate, marriage certificate, previous passport, driver’s licence and Medicare card!! {I.e. ~ Everything you need except the form itself…. *facepalm* Doh!}
Anyway, it is all good now. On to the tutorial! I was inspired to have a go this DIY craft by two amazing bloggers. Jill from Baby Rabies and Violet from Tales of an Ingénue. They both did gorgeous bow holder tutorials that you can find here & here.
However, as much as I admired the work they did, I decided that I’d like to try another style which is why I came up with my own version of a hair bow holder! > ω <
Prequel to the Tutorial ~
At first I had the idea to use a vintage doily for my project, but I only had one the right size and I didn’t want to use it because once I did, that was it. Instead I decided to use this lace top I bought and have never worn.
The only problem was that it was too white for a vintage look! So I decided to dye both the top and the hoop darker to make them look more ‘old’.
To create the dye, all I did was grab eight tea bags, a hot kettle of water and a container! Make your “tea” in the container, stir and place object under water. Because the hoops kept trying to float I weighed them down with some jars and left it over night.
Next morning I put the top in the same brew. I tried tying it up for a mottle effect but that didn’t work {it probably would on cotton or something, but this was made out of a weird material.}. I still liked the results after I rinsed it out and hung it to dry, so I was ready to start.
How to make a vintage styled hair bow holder ~
Gather your supplies:
~ Material
~ Embroidery hoop {can be bought at any craft supplies store. I got mine for under $10.00 at Spotlight.}
~ Ribbons {you’ll need at least two rolls of ribbon in whatever colour/s you choose. I decided on two different widths and shades of pink.}
~ Hot glue gun {also found at craft shops}
~ Scissors
~ Small roses {I used Vivaldi 25mm Foam Rose Head in White ~ I think they were $7.00 from Spotlight}
Step 1: Stretch your material over the smallest hoop and place the large one over the top and tighten. I did this so that it would be easier to cut it out. You can measure a circle if you want, but this is the cheat’s way out! ; p
Step 2: Cut the excess material off leaving a 1 1/2 ~ 2 cm allowance all around.
Step 3: See the allowance? You don’t want too much or you will see the leftovers from the front. {That’s the trouble with see through materials}
Step 4: Hot glue the allowance down to the inside of the hoop. Only do a small bit at one time and please don’t forget to wait a few seconds before pushing the material down onto the glue. The glue is hot and it will burn you if you touch it straight away! {Like I learnt the first time around… >.>’}
Step 5: You should end up with something like this ~ see across for the close up.
Step 6: Lay your ribbon over the front of the hoop as you like and cut to size, leaving a few centimetres on either side so that you can glue the ribbon down. I just eyeballed the distances apart, but you can measure it if you like. : )
Step 7: Starting with the middle ribbon, put a small dot of hot glue near the top of the strip and then attach it to the top outside of the hoop.
Do the same with all of the ribbons, then repeat on the bottom. When you are doing the bottom, make sure to pull the ribbon taunt {but don’t pull it off!} and straight.
Step 8: Turn the hoop over ~ you should have a bunch of ribbon tails that you want to glue down for extra security.
Step 9: Once you have glued down all the tails, make sure you cut off the excess, because again, you’ll see it from the front if you don’t.
Step 10: Place the outside hoop on again and tighten. Make sure the screw is up the top and in the centre because the next step is to cover it up!
Step 11: Get your roses. You could use any other type of fake flower head if you liked. Or maybe even a bow. Really, it’s entirely up to you.
Step 12: Decide on the arrangement before you glue in place.
Step 13: I put a healthy {read as huge} glob of glue all over the back of the roses and over the screw to make sure they wouldn’t fall off.
Step 14: Cut a length of ribbon and attach it to the top of the frame in a loop shape ~ this is what you’ll use to hang the bow holder up with. And you are finished!!
~ Enjoy Your New Vintage Style Bow Holder ~
I am really happy with how it turned out ~ the only problem is that I need to make another one as I still have half a box of bows to hang!
I have to say, I laughed when I had finished hanging all of these up. I didn’t realize that I had such a theme going! I mean, black, red and white are great colours, but do you think I should get some other shades? I kind of do… >o<
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, and I hope you all have a great Friday.
xox,
bonita
