As promised I am back to detail how I made one fantastic display piece out of and old picture frame, ribbon, fabric and hot glue! (I apologize for the lack of pictures, but as you will see below, it was late at night and my mind was not functioning at full capacity!)
I ran across this blog post from Hip To Piece Squares in my search for creative display pieces for my upcoming craft show. She used thick ribbons to beautifully display fabric covered button hairpins. I pinned the post and vowed to come back one day and do this myself.
Fast forward a few months, and it's 11pm, the night before my first craft show of the season. I suddenly realize I have no way to display my adorable hairpins. I remembered this blog post, but had no thick ribbons or foam board, and a trip to the craft store at that time of night was out of the question. So I improvised....
I had an old 8x10 picture frame lying around that was missing it's glass due to an unfortunate household incident. I took out the backing board, cut a piece of fleece the size of the board and then covered the board and fleece with a piece of linen blend fabric. I pulled it tight as I could and hot glued it in place.
I had no thick ribbon on hand (of course!), so I used two strips of thinner ribbon placed close together. I pulled them tight and hot glued them in place. I would suggest measuring this part, since I eyeballed it and due to sheer exhaustion that night, mine are less than equally spaced apart.
I wiggled the backing back into the frame and I had a lovely display piece made from items I happened to have on hand at 11 o'clock at night. I then proceeded to fall into bed, exhausted but excited for the next day! I ended up selling many more hair pins than usual, and I can't help but believe it was due to my great new display piece.
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