Good Morning &
Happy Easter (Again!)
As I said in the title of this post, this is my
FIRST tutorial (and I'm more than a little nervous about it!) I suppose I should begin by saying this is
NOT an original idea, I have found similar projects on
Pinterest and simply put my own "
spin" on it.
I realize this will come as a shock to you all, but I am a
Girly-Girl (
NO WAY!!!! YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!?!?!? LOL)
Ssssoooo, it should come as no surprise that I
LOVE accessories. Scarves, fun tights/leggings,
SHOES, and, of course,
headbands. I've collected headbands for
years and have a quite a few of them (some,
rather expensive). Now, that being said, I
haven't been able to find a good place in my house to keep them. Instead, I've been throwing them all into a
hat box where they get all
tangled together and I've
broken more than one just trying to get them
untangled. Just look that this
MESS I've been dealing with!
I finally decided that
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!! And I found an Oatmeal-Box-Turned-Headband-Holder Tutorial on
Pinterest and decided that's what I was going to do! I decided I wanted to do the "
old book pages" look. Here's what I started with:
I happened to have a
Gift Card to Michael's so I went on a little shopping trip last week and picked up my
Decou-Page (pretty much the same thing as Modge Podge).
The instructions on the Decou-Page advise waiting
20 minutes between each layer of Decou-Page...I found I was able to get about
three book pages on my oatmeal box at a time. I let it dry the allotted 20 minutes and
added three more until the carton was complete. Let me just say, I
ADORE the look!
Thank you for viewing my
first tutorial! Please comment/critique!
Love, Sarah D.
I love the tutorial, Sarah! I don't wear as many headbands as you, but Lena is definitely in a headband phase. Did you leave the ends open, or Decou-Page them as well? I can't tell from the pictures. =)
ReplyDeleteOne bit of advice I would pass on has less to do with you tutorial and more with the text. Using two different colors is a little confusing; most of the time a different color text denotes a link to another webpage. I like the look of it - I do it on my blog, too! - but usually try to make it stand out from links by also increasing the size or italicizing.
You're really off to a great start with your blog! <3