Having a blast tonight with these cuties..I went nuts..had a whole bag of clothes pins and wanted to make some sort of hanging art / inspiration device..and found these on pinterest..I nailed it! Their so easy to make.
In case you want to give it a go there really are no rules I found tons of images of different uses for these as well as designs and materials used. For the ones I am going to show you I used the following supplies:
- Gesso or white paint
- acrylic paints various brands colors
- glue and gel medium..even a cheap glue stick will work ..I'm just ocd about glue.
- scissors
- scraps of scrap booking paper, free color swatches from stores..you will see further down..
- Washi tape..this ended up being my favorite supply for these it works wonderful
- stamp pads
- rubber stamps...I like to use the cheap 1.00 ones from various stores in case I apply paint and other supplies so if they get ruined or yucked up as I call it they can be replaced inexpensively
- wooden clothes pins...super cheap you can find these at the dollar store
These can be used to hang Christmas cards...photos..keep paper and letters organized..add to a journal anything anything..
Had lots of fun with these... |
Washi Tape worked great..can be simple or more complex |
Acrylic painted ones were slightly messy to make...but love them too.. a bit more vintage |
As noted...you can use these for various things |
Rubber stamps and ink work best on ones with paper...painted ones need time to dry |
love this one! |
Just old scraps ..people always ask why I keep small scraps...ahem... |
Cheap glue sticks work fine but if you want them last, seal with gel medium like I did |
Apply washi tape while still on roll if you can ..for accuracy |
these color swatches are free in Home Depot, Walmart, Meijer and others..:) gotta love free! |
Cute for holding Christmas cards..Christmas lists..or even for trees..if that's your gig? |
Noe off to work on tags and a paper machet heart..will share at some point hope you enjoyed these..give them a try their fun! Even small children can make these and they can be done cheap, and with little mess...unless you are me...YIKES!
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Love these, Debbie!!
ReplyDeleteYour are terrific... adore your take on clothes pins. :]
I see a few "new" ideas here, thank you for sharing ~xx
Your are absolutely "adorable!!"
Thank you Dear..glad you like them..make some their addicting, cheap and fun! Please share your ideas for them too when their done..I'd love to see them I have no doubt you will rock these!
ReplyDeleteI love Michaels cheap rubberstamps! A couple of weeks ago when I was there, they were on sale. Can't remember the price. I'm brain dead right now, but it came out to 66 cents each and they had neat snowflake ones!!! So I got three different ones! I'm happy! Now to save all those small bits of paper for my clothes pins! Will have to have a special box for the papers. Love organizing. I'm sick. I know. I still can't find some stuff though.
ReplyDeleteMe too!! No matter how well I organize..I make messes cause I forget where I organized it and will dig through ten things to find one little thing its a sick...artist cycle of insanity lol But we love it!!!! I too love the cheap stamps..I have a large box full of the clear stamps..I mostly like the textures cause they can be used so many ways for so many things..those dollar ones I got for like 45 cents a week or two ago from Joann's...they have them too and Joann's always has wonderful 1.00 bins of stickers and embellishments and scraps..Don claims I spend hours digging through it all but that's a total......exaggeration ;) Men ...they have no perception of time..while shopping that is lol hehe
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