Friday, January 11, 2013

ROYAL Headboards~

The day we found out I was pregnant with my angels we were thrilled and we started calling them Prince A~Prince B & Princess C!  To us they were the most important people in the world and the greatest & most wonderful Gifts from GOD!  They were ROYALTY!  If you have been following me you will know that I have a huge collection of crowns all for the angels~
Since I decorated their bedrooms in a "royal" theme I thought it would be great to have different headboards other than the crib headboards we had, but I did not want to spend a lot of money since I tend to change decor often.  My husband is in the real estate development  business & when I would go to his office I noticed he had tons of foam core that he uses for projects that is when it hit me!  Foam core is easy to cut, so light weight & should it fall, heaven forbid it would not hurt either of my angels. I made these just a few months before I knew what a blog was.
Here is the process I used to make them~
 First I started by cutting the foam core I used a huge clock (now a chalk board) I have to make the circular part I then covered it with an Ikea duvet insert~
I hot glued the insert and the fabric.  Oh by the way I actually used drapery blackout fabric, like all fabric it has two sides ha-ha one side feels like fabric and the other side looks & feels like plastic it kind of has a sheen to it.  I used the side that has a bit of sheen on the outside.  I used this side because I knew it wold be easy to wipe off should it get stained~
This is what it looks like when I finished doing the first glue down. I needed to do some fine tuning to make it taut~
I could not wait to see what it would look like in the angels bedroom.  I bought the beautiful crown at Hobby Lobby~
As you can see I was not able to get it completely smooth, but I knew that the next step would pull it to look smooth~
Guess what I used?  Come on guess~
If you guessed brads then you are so correct!  Yea, for you.  I bought these at a great price as I was needing tons I hit the jackpot.  I knew I could not leave them as is so this is what I did~ 
 I gave each & everyone of these brads a key so that I could paint them with oil rubbed bronze spray paint.  I stuck them into a pool noodle that I cut and painted them~
 I measured 4 inches down from the top & drew a line with a sewing pen (so I can erase it once I was done (with water)) I then measured a brad for spacing purposes (see the red lines) & placed the brads accordingly~ Don't they look perfect?


I thought I should take a picture to show you what it looks like once it is all done.  I hot glued all of the brads so that the angels would not be able to remove them & to attach the crown I used some fishing line & glue, you can see from this picture I need to re inforce the crown with probable some buttons to keep the angels from pulling it off as this one is!!
 This is the first one I made. Notice that the demilune is larger in one of them~
I took this picture because it was stained & I wanted to show you before & after pictures of how easy it s to wipe off the stain with a little peroxide & rag~
All clean~
Close Up Shot~
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30 comments:

  1. Hi, I’m Anne from Life on the Funny Farm (http://annesfunnyfarm.blogspot.com), and I’m visiting from Fantabulous Friday.

    These look fabulous! I love how creative you were in terms of your approach with finding materials. Job well done!

    Anyway, thanks for posting this. If you’ve never visited yet, I hope you can pop by my blog sometime to say hi…

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    1. Hi Anne, I thank you so much for your nice comment. I am on my way to visit your blog NOW to say hi...Have a great week~

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  2. Nina, great job on your headboard....it turned out so very nice! Thanks for stopping by with your kind words on my V.Day terrarium post.

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    1. JP~Thank you for your comment, I appreciate it so much~ Have a great week.
      Nina

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  3. PS if you turn off your word verification, in your setting, your comment will increase. I almost didn't bother to comment, I HATE deceiferring those words! Many people hit "publish" thinking that their comment has been sent because the window disappears and then the word verification windows opens below...:(

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    1. Oh My Gosh, all this time I thought it was off! Thank you, so much for taking the time to inform me that it was on! Now maybe I 'will' receive comments~
      Blessings~
      Nina

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  4. Great job! Thank you for sharing this at Rustic Restorations Weekend!

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    1. Tammy~Thank you, for stopping by my blog and leaving your comment. Have a great week!
      Nina

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  5. Wow! That looks so nice and quite easy to do too :-)

    Following you back from http://adventuresofayorkshiremummy.blogspot.co.uk/

    Thanks for following me :-)

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  6. What a wonderful job you have done on these! Good job Nina! Cheers.

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  7. Found you on lets get social... newest follower.

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  8. Visiting you back from Brown Sugar Toast! First of all, congrats on your angels!!! And second, I LOVE how you spray painted the brads so they look like nailhead trim! Brilliant!

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  9. What a fantastic idea!! :) It looks beautiful. Megan

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  10. Your headboard is just gorgeous! Have a great week...hugs, Penny

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  11. You did a wonderful job on the headboard! I love the little crown. I'm really into crowns and angel wings right now. Thanks for linking up at Transformed Tuesday! Your picture is not showing up though and I think you need to link up again. I will leave that link up until I see you have re-listed. I want you to get all the traffic you can and having a pic helps. I'm a new follower and so glad to have you as a blogger friend. Hugs, Peggy~ PJH Designs

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  12. Wow, you did a fantastic job on the headboard! Your newest follower from Transformation Tuesdays! I have a party going on right now that I would love for you to share your gorgeous headboard! :)

    Kathy @ lifeonlakeshoredrive.com

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  13. Wow you did an amazing job, love this idea I need a new one. Thanks for sharing with us at Creative Mondays :)

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  14. Love everything about this! Great job. Found you on Today's Creative Blog.

    Visiting from It's Always Ruetten {http://itsalwaysruetten.blogspot.com}

    JQ

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  15. I had always wanted to try to do a headboard. Amazing job! Thanks for linking up at Dearcreatives.com

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  16. Very inspiring - gave me lots of ideas! Thanks for sharing it on Fluster's Muster Party.

    Hugs & Smiles

    Robin
    http://www.flusterbuster.com

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  17. I just love your headboard! Thank you so much for sharing at A Bouquet of Talent this week. I am so thrilled to have you share. :)

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  18. WOW!! Loving the royal headboard!! AMAZING!!

    Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer... From Dream To Reality!

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  19. Turned out great!!! I would love it if you would come share it at my Funday Sunday link party that opens this Saturday at www.the-crafty-cowgirl.com. Hope to see you there!

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  20. Great job! Love your resourcefulness in finding the materials! (And thanks for no word verification as noted in one of the comments above! :-) ) Thanks so much for sharing on Busy Monday!

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