I've had this idea in my head for a while, to make Leah a board where she could store her hairbands and stuff. She tends to use the same ones over and over again or the ones she does use end up on our bed or bedroom floor. The hope was that if she has a way of displaying and storing them, she'll use different ones and keep them in one place. A person can but dream!
It took me a while to find the board. Two weeks ago I finally found one, in Wilkinsons for £2.50 I think it was. Everything else I used was from my craft stash.
The board
The (general) idea
White acrylic paint and a little water.
One coat is enough, the papers I covered it with are thin so it looks better being backed by white rather than brown.
These are decoupage papers I got while on holiday, pack of 24 for £3.99.
I got Leah to pick out just 4 colours to try and keep it simple and make it easier to work with.
I started, roughly, in the middle putting down a thin layer of mod podge and then smoothing down each rectangle.
All covered.
Faux stitch lines with a promarker pen.
Then a coat of mod podge.
Cut grungeboard for bunting and covered in the same way as the board.
I made a rosette using ribbon and sewed and glued it to the board.
I coloured the pegs with promarkers to match.
The bunting is backed by small pegs.
The idea of the rosette is that hair slides can be put on the ribbon.
It's not perfect but for a first try, I'm happy.
I really enjoyed making it.
Leah was very happy, thankfully.
Maybe, just maybe I will stop stepping on hairbands in the middle of the night.
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