Bow Holders x 3

Bows, Bows and MORE Bows! 

That about sums up what it is like to have 2 little girls (and a bow crazy mama!)

Between Mckenna and Norah's rooms we have 3 bow holders. 

They are all full. We could probably use another one!
(Don't tell Jim)

I have made all three of the bow holders we have and all three are different. 

There are so many different ones out there that you can purchase, but they are SO easy to make!

Here are three different ideas to inspire you!

Bow Holder #1

This first one is in Norah's room. 

This bow holder happened on a whim! I had bought 2 of these unfinished frames from Michaels and wasn't sure what I was going to do with them. 

I painted this one a metallic silver paint (craft paint from Martha Stewart found at Michaels) and then I hot glued three strands of purple ribbon to the back of it. 

HOW EASY IS THAT?!

I hang everything in my house with these !

The opening on this frame measures just over 11x14.

To see the rest of Norah's room click HERE

Click HERE to see what I did with the other frame! 

Bow Holder #2

I made this bow holder back for Mckenna's 2nd Christmas (2010). 

It was the first one I made. 

I still really like how it turned out.

First I found a wood plaque at Michaels. They have so many different shapes and sizes to pick from. 

I knew I wanted something large, so I went with this one. It's probably about 15-16 inches long.

I painted the wood white with basic white craft paint. 

I found these fun chip board letters at Hobby Lobby. They are a simple cardboard type material, but are covered in a glossy coating. I just hot glued them onto the sign!

I then bought a coordinating thick ribbon and, yep, you guessed it! I hot glued it right on!

HERE is the rest of her room!

BOW HOLDER #3

This one was the easiest of them all! 

No painting! No extra accessories! Easy!

I bought a white letter M from Hobby Lobby. 

I hot glued a thin (1 inch) hot pink ribbon to the back of it on either leg of the letter. 

Done!

You could paint the letter if you wanted to coordinate with the colors in your room. I liked the white. We have a lot of color going on in the room already!
 

Thanks for visiting to see all of our different bow holders. 

I apologize for the icky iPhone pictures. My camera battery was dead from the holiday weekend.

I was not paid by Michaels or Hobby Lobby to write this post. I love both stores and happily and willingly shop at both of them... way too much!

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Semi-Homemade Gifts

One of the blogs I used to frequently read is Our Semi-Homemade Life

While Elaine hasn't been blogging frequently (with a gorgeous new house and new little baby, can you blame her!) I have been inspired by her take on "semi-homemade" gift giving and party planning.

I wanted to put together some cute little gifts for the families at Auntie Sharon's as a little going away gift of sorts. I want to keep in touch with the great momma's and families that we have grown to love over the last two years. What better way to say "we will miss you, please keep in touch with us" than through Cake Pops!!!

When we made Cake Pops back in April they were a big hit. I kept forgetting to share the recipe, so I figure it was time to give it out. I also thought it would be fun to share the ingredients, so that the momma's and kiddo's could make them together!

Here is what we did for the gifts...

Each family got the ingredients for the cake pops... cake mix, frosting, candy melts & sticks

Assembly line time....

All packaged up pretty.
In the bag I also included the recipe for cake pops... Click HERE for that

All 4 bags... one for each family

Download and Print the fun gift tags HERE

Yummy!!!