DIY Headband Stand

I have seen a few different kinds of headband stands and knew I wanted to make one for my girls to keep their headbands under control! I took a little bit of a different approach and wanted to share my tutorial with you:

Supplies:

Candle sticks

Round containers to cover

Burlap

Spray Adhesive

Glue Gun

Gem (optional)

I had these 2 metal, thick candle sticks that I bought years ago on clearance. They were a grayish color that wasn't my favorite, but I knew with a little spray paint, they would be perfect. I sprayed each candle stick with Rust-Oleum's Oil Rubbed Bronze.

While they were drying, I prepped my round containers. I bought oatmeal contains but they ended up too small for my candlesticks so I found something else in my pantry. My husband had Performance Drink Powder in the containers below. Luckily, they were almost empty so I took the labels off, put the labels on a large ziplock bag and dumped the rest of the powder in the ziplock bags!! I thought he might be a touch mad, but he didn't mind! Whew!! :)

Then I started wrapping each container with the burlap. I made sure to have a nice seam in the back and fold the ends under. I glued the seam down with hot glue. On the bottom, I put a line of hot glue around the entire bottom and glued the burlap around to the bottom. I cut off any extra to make it as flat as I could. Then the top...this was a little bit more tricky as I knew this side would be visible. I played around with it for a little to get my desired look. I just bunched the burlap together and then hot glued everywhere to keep it down. Here is a close up for the top:

After each container was wrapped in burlap, I hot glued it to the candlesticks. Here is a shot of the seam in the back:

The very last step was to glue a charm on the top to cover the burlap edge on the top. This gem was actually just found at Walmart awhile ago! 

Cute, right?! 

I love how they turned out. I love the difference in height the candlesticks give. And best of all, I was able to use things I had around my house!

DIY - Girls Hair Clip Holder

I wanted a cute way to display my girls hair clips and when I found this frame in my stash of decorating supplies, I knew it would be perfect. It was a gold frame that didn't match the room's decor, so I spray painted it with a black gloss spray paint. 

I then flipped the frame over and measured the opening and divided it into three sections. (I didn't paint the back side of the frame so you can see the gold frame underneath.) I marked the top and bottom so I would know where each ribbon went. Then I got out my handy hot glue gun and started gluing the ribbon to the back of the frame where each blue arrow is. I made sure to hold the ribbon tight and hold it in place until the glue dried so it would be tight and secure. I also added some rubber frame dots so the frame didn't move around on the wall as I was getting clips on and off.

Finished project! This was a completely free project as well since I had everything on hand. Even if you don't have everything already, it could still be fairly inexpensive if you find a cheap frame on sale or at a thrift store because the ribbon and paint are inexpensive as well. 

Good Luck!

Pink & Black Baby Girl Room Design

My latest project has been a work in progress but it is finally complete! For my baby girl's room (who's not really a baby anymore!), I knew I wanted a girly design. I had the pink color picked out and after I painted it was almost too much pink! But once I added the white furniture and black curtains it really complimented the pink well.

I had a canvas made of my favorite newborn shot of my daughter. The colors were prefect.

As you can tell, we've already switched to a toddler bed for my now 2 year old! She loves the freedom of getting in and out of bed easily. She also loves her Pottery Barn Kids Book Rack! She can easily see the books she wants to read and will literally sit there for the longest time looking at her books!

I painted the furniture and shelf antique white. The furniture was mine when I was a baby. My parents gave it to me for my girls, and I love the fact that it is now a treasured hand me down! But with older things, the white paint was faded into an uneven yellow and needed a fresh coat of paint. I also spray painted the knobs black to match the black accents in the room.

I finished off the room with some cute accessories. I also spray painted an old gold frame I had, added some pink ribbon and created a cute way of displaying my little girls bows. A full tutorial to come.

 This little black and white bear, which was also mine as a kid, adds another pop of black into the room!

I love how the room turned out! It's a prefect mix of pink, white, and black!