Time For a Party!

I wanted to join in the fun at Chris' party (are you all tried of me linking to her? I think she's fabulous!) So here is my own little version of something you can make as a Christmas gift that is homemade.

I'm really more gifted at copying ideas but here is something I whipped up on my very own before Lauren was born...after all I needed somewhere to keep all those cute poofy bows!

Ta-DAA!! A Bow Hanger. SOO easy. All you need are:
Wooden plaque (Hobby Lobby $1.99 then use a 40% off coupon! Sweet!)
your choice of paint color and paint brush
large silk flower
3 matching smaller silk flowers
coordinating ribbon (I used grograin, I think it looks better being hot glued)
hot glue gun

Paint wooden plaque. I did three coats. Spray with sealer (matte finish) and let dry.Measure ribbon strips and hot glue them onto front of plaque.
Measure long strips that will be holding the bows. I should've made mine longer but oh well. About 12-18" Hot glue those onto back of the plaque. Turn plaque around and hot glue large flower (or an initial would be cute too) onto front.

Don't you love all this hot glueing - told you it was easy!I found these sweet little wooden flower disks at Roberts...but found that Hobby Lobby sells a bag of round wooden disks (again, use the coupon!) that are cheaper and you can't really tell the difference when done. Paint those, hot glue the small flowers on and then hot glue onto the ribbon ends.

Dan was helpful and added one of those jagged saw looking picture holding thingies on the back. You need something to hang it with! Duh!

See? Did I tell you this was a piece of cake or what? And you have a cute little gift for a baby girl, daughter or neice for seriously folks, less than $10!!!