I didn’t know what to title this post here or on parties, since this project can be used in so many ways!
I’ve been wanting to have something to hold all of Lily’s clippies which have a way of migrating throughout the house and getting lost along the way. Here’s a clip holder that looks stylish, but doubles as a memo board for when she gets older!
I started off with a canvas I bought at Goodwill for $1.99 back in March. What’s up, B?
I originally had other plans for the canvas, but after 5 coats of primer, the “B” was still very much visible. Not what I wanted…
What to do with it now… I had no idea, so I stuck it in my basement and there it sat for four months. Fast forward to June when I found this sweet PB teen memo board for .50! I love it, but it’s those aren’t the colors of ANY room in my house, let alone ONE room to hang it in!
I took the canvas off of the frame of the “B” canvas (which had since gotten some ORB – yuck)
and after I had hemmed my new curtains, I used the 15” of cut-off fabric, Doug’s staple gun
and my four years of high school art classes to make a new canvas with the cotton material!
How I like to wrap my corners, apologies for the blur:
I took some ribbon that I had on hand for other projects (like making bows), that would match her room
cut the ribbon, and laid it out until I had a pattern that I liked (ironically, this isn’t a photo of the pattern I liked, lol).
To secure the ribbons in place where I wanted them, I used Glue Dots! Woo hoo, Glue Dots! These bad boys are good for so many uses…
Pull the ribbon tightly and staple it to either end of the canvas. Make sure you pull REALLY tight and check to make sure that the spacing between the two ribbons is equal before stapling the second end.
Voila, you’re done! Wall art that doubles as clippie storage:
Cost? Just the $1.99 for the frame, I had all of the ribbon on hand and the fabric I used was cut off of my curtains! I couldn’t let the perfectly good fabric go to waste!
Before and After:
Thanks for reading, I’m off to find all of the missing little buggers! ;)
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HEY! This is the same thing that I did with my "Project Number 2". It's for the same purpose at least. But of course, I like yours better. UGH! Anyways, oh well! I still LIKE MINE! hahahaha
Cute! I just discovered glue dots and used them for putting ribbon on a card! Your right they are wonderful!Carol
Great idea!! It even looks good as just wall art w/out clippies! Looks fabulous! Hope you can find all the clippies!!
This is a great idea and a lot of clippies will fit on it. My daughter has an ever growing collection that requires something BIG. So it's great that holds so many AND will be something she can continue to use as she gets older.
I love it! That is cute by itself, that is a great idea for birthday gifts, Maria get invited to like 2 a month… I want something like that in laundry room for notes….if I buy the stuff will you do it with me?
Wow – what a cool idea! I love the modern looking stripes — it makes a statement and it's so practical. Great project!XOXOJen
That is so cute! Jen's right…it's statement piece. :) So sorry for the delay in my reply, but I wanted to say thanks so much for the visit to my blog. :)
Great job!!! This is another one of my favorite posts of yours!! Let try to get together now. I am HOME!!!Bonnie
This is so cute! I love using glue dots with ribbon! They're great!! Just stopping by from Keeping it simple!~JILL@ envirocraftiness.blogspot.com
Love it!
love it! turned out really sweet :)-Jackiehttp://jaclyndesigns.blogspot.com/
That's precious! I need to do one of those for my little one. Too cute!