The Ultimate Hair Accessory Organizer Tutorial

 If you have a girl you know that hair accessories are addictive. Before you know it that little container that you use to hold your hair bows and such is overflowing, then you have two... and searching through those containers is a pain! Early on I made a bow holder with ribbons but that only held barrettes and clips. I needed more! So I combined several ideas and came up with the ULTIMATE hair accessory organizer! Now if I can just get my 7 year old to stop taking her hair things out of her hair and losing them at school...

This is perfect for clipping barrettes and clips to the ribbons, storing headbands on the loops at the bottom and hanging hair ties and other accessories on the hooks on the side. It's quite simple to make!

What you will need:

Canvas whatever size you like

Acrylic paint for the canvas

Ribbon 3 yards of 5/8" or more depending on size of canvas

7/8" cup hooks

Staple Gun

Start by painting the canvas. It takes a couple coats. You can add designs or get a little more creative with it if you choose :)

Once it's dry flip it over and mark the center point on the long edge. From the center mark out equal distances. This will vary depending on your canvas size. Mine was 18" X 14" so my center was at 9" and each mark was 3" and 6" from the center.  

Next step: Simply staple the ribbon at the marks, make sure that you look at the front of the canvas and make sure it is straight before you staple the second end. Cut the ribbon, heat seal it, and move on the the next. Once you have the board done it's time to move on to the headband holder.

I had one 3 yard spool of this ribbon and this was all I had left to work with after covering the canvas. In the future I will make sure I have more ribbon to make more loops. I used a thicker coordinating ribbon to sew the 5/8" ribbon to. I had 3-8.5"cuts of dragonfly ribbon and I cut 3 - 7" cuts of thicker ribbon. 

Fold the wider ribbon lengthwise so you know where the middle is, make a mark every 2 inches. On the smaller ribbon  make a mark every 2.5 inches. 

Line up the edges of the two ribbons and sew right along the edge. Then, match up the marks on the two ribbons and sew creating the loops. Do this for the rest of the ribbon. (The loops will be less wavy and hang down more with headbands in them.) I used the sewing machine for this step because it's neater, I imagine you can hand sew or use the glue gun if you want.

This is a close up of the stitching. 

Now you want to cover up the stitching at the bottom. I used a matching 3/8" ribbon and hot glued it around the bottom. 

So this is one way to make the headband holder. You can also use this headband holder design without the D ring and a little bit shorter. You can add more headband ribbons to the bottom. The possibilities are endless. 

Attach the ribbons to the back of the canvas.

Then use about 12" of ribbon to attach to the top for hanging.

Then add hooks to the edge for hanging hair ties and you are done!

Here is another holder with more design on the canvas.