Bow Holder Extraordinaire

Upcycling has become a big part of our routine around here, to the point the hubs always asks before he throws something out or recycles it.  It started with Olivia, who at the age of 3, informed us that all things need to be "recycled, reused and made new."  In the grand scheme of things we aren't making a major impact, but we enjoy knowing that we aren't wasteful. 

One of our latest projects was creating a new bow holder for Olivia's room.  She needed something much bigger than the original one I made her a few years ago so off to the thrift store I went.  I had an idea in mind, and after several weeks of searching I found this lovely.....

First order of business was to dismantle it so off came the paper backing and out came the staples.  Several coats of purple spray paint on the frame and we were ready to go.  Olivia and I headed to the fabric store for her to decided what she wanted.  We returned home and gathered our supplies:  frame, fabric, batting, ribbon, glue and stapler.

I attached the batting directly to the original picture, covered with fabric and attached the ribbons.  All that was left was adding the frame and arranging all those hair bows in their new home.  I am so happy with how it turned out.

The best part is we hung it low enough that Olivia can reach the top so she doesn't have an excuse for not putting her hairbow away at the end of the day.  Now we just need to find all the missing hairbows...