Wednesday, 19 August 2015

Button frames

My son made a button frame from lolly sticks at school so I decided to copy him and make a pretty one with some buttons that I had bought but didn't have a use for. Here it is: 

I started off with some plain lolly sticks that I stuck together using a glue gun and then I painted them white as I wanted them to have a white background rather than a wooden colour.



I then used the glue gun to glue the buttons on like this. These amazing buttons are craft buttons that I bought on Amazon that came from China. 


Then I used some ribbon to put them together and backed them in strong white card so that a picture can be slotted in the top. I haven't put any pictures in there just yet as I don't have anywhere for it to go at the moment and I may decide to give it away instead. 


Monday, 12 January 2015

Canvas hair clip storage

I had a plain canvas that I bought to do something with ages and ages ago




I covered it in fabric and glued it down with my glue gun. It would have been easier if I had a staple gun but unfortunately I don't have one.



I picked ribbons to match my daughters bedroom and spaced them out.



I then measured and spaced them out equally and glued them down.



The front parts weren't glued so that I could put clips all the way down the ribbons



I put my daughters clips on that I could find although I'm sure there are more hiding in other rooms.



This is the side view



We have bought some new boxes for her bedroom to put some of her new toys in. Just need to get the unit now once it's back in stock.



Need to get it put on the wall once we have decided where it's going to go