Mini Framed "Button Owl" Project

I really struggled at what to call this object that I made! It's a redo, a frame, an owl made of buttons, a hair-bow-organizer-topper thing! You'll see...

First, my mom's friend gave her this little metal frame with this red velvet fabric in it that had formerly held a brooch pin. Then my mom gave it to me! (Yea!!!)



I immediately saw the potential & went to work. I keep all of my daughter's hair bows clipped on a french memo board behind her door in her room. They're accessable but out of the way. Well, she has recently been wearing smaller clip-style bows in her fine baby hair & I really needed a way to organize them as well where I could see them all & easily get one. (but alas, the memo board was pretty full already!)

So, I decided to alter the mini frame & use it as a topper for a ribbon that would hold all the little bows. Of course I broke out the Krylon "Watermelon" that I've used to spray many other things in my daughter's room...

Then I cut some chocolate brown knit fabric from an old onesie to cover the red velvet. I thought about removing it, but thought I might like it to just stay under there! I saw that the velvet had just been taped on, so I did the same. If I ever want to change it out, this way it will be easy.

Here's what the back & front looked like at this point:


I then decided to try to make an owl (to match the room's woodland animal theme that happens to be heavy on owls) with buttons. This took a little tweaking to get it to look right. When I was finally happy with it, I hot glued the buttons on. (I don't sew & this was super fast & easy)I then used wide clear tape (classy, I know) to tape a long, wide ribbon onto the back. (Can also be easily changed in the future, if needed.)

I squeezed it in on the wall right next to the French memo board & clipped all the little bows on!
I even sprayed the nail head with paint since it was showing...
Finished!