Thursday, October 16, 2008

Headband holder tutorial

I love headbands.
There is nothing better to hide my boring brown roots, tame my shouldn't-have-cut-them bangs, or make a messy ponytail look a bit more polished.

Halley loves them too and is trying her best to graduate from bows to headbands full time.  (Although I am fighting her every step of the way.)

I am also fighting the messy jumble of the headband basket.

So why not recycle and organize all at once?
You just need 
an oatmeal tub,
two pieces of 12 x 12 paper.
Mod Podge,
a foam brush.

In just a few minutes you can go from this...



To this....


Just peel off the label from the oatmeal container, slather on the Mod Podge, stick on the scrapbook paper, let dry...

add headbands.
No more messy jumble!
(The inside is great for storage too.)
Mod Podge away.

20 comments:

Heather Kate Mattos said...

Great! And why not put the hair ties & ribbons on the inside?! Thanks!

Bethany said...

How cute is that?! Thank goodness we are still wearing bows, but I will DEFINITELY keep that in mind for when Gentry moves on up to headbands!! So cute and EASY!!

Thanks for sharing!! I love your Tutorial Thursday's!!

Sandy said...

That is seriously cute! Thanks for sharing :)

alexandra said...

FAB-U-LOUS! TFS!

Karen~ said...

What a great idea! Thanks for sharing it with us.

Karen~

michelle {sweet mady's paper} said...

that is fabulous! and what a great gift to along with a couple of headbands. love it!

joyfullness said...

Julie!!
I am dumping out our 2 oatmeal containers..like ..TODAY!!
We don't have a need for a headbead holder..but the possibilities on the inside are endless!! BE-YOU-T-FULL!!
Ohh..i like the idea as a giftie too!!
Joyfully HIS!
Joyfullness

Sara said...

How cute!! What a great idea! You rock Julie!!! =]

meg duerksen said...

you are too good!

Rambling Girl said...

I love this idea! I can't wait to try this out. Thanks!

Cat said...

What a cute idea!! Thanks for all the tips and for sharing your life with others.

Elise said...

Cute idea!! I was at Target yesterday and thought of you. In the $2.50 section they had bamboo handled purses-only the purses weren't all that pretty, but I was thinking that $2.50 would be a great price for the handle itself. They are the darker ones like you have.
Elise

Heidi Boos said...

What a beautiful and easy project to make with endless possibilities for use. I WISH my daughter would wear headbands just to be able to use this as a headband holder. I love the paper you chose. This will be added to my "fun things to make" list. Thanks for sharing!

nicole viola said...

awesome, thanks! I totally have an oatmeal tin just waiting to be decorated!

Lindsey said...

You are a genius!

And I have shouldn't-have-cut-them-bangs too. That was a very unfortunate September day...

Heather said...
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gnash2000 said...

I love the fabric ones that you did. Are you using a different type of mod pod with the fabric than the one here with the paper? I'm new to this. Thank you for your help.

DESJ and Company said...

DOING THIS TODAY!
Oatmeal...into a ziploc!

peace.love.applesauce said...

Fabulous idea! I might try this today..

mml said...

i will be making this asap!!! so adorable..thank you for the wonderful idea---i love that you have the storage space inside too!