Fabric Clips

What can you do to make clips fun to work with?

BORING!

Add fabric scraps.

Our answer to everything!

This is a super easy way to add pizazz to plain clips.

Supplies:

Clips

Fabric scraps

Mod Podge

Scrap paper

Paint brush

Scissors or Rotary cutter

1.  Make template out of paper.  Trace clip onto paper.

2.  Cut fabric out of template.  Make sure to clip stray threads.

3.  Paint Mod Podge onto one side of Clip.  Start by placing edge of fabric with round part of clip.  Keep applying Mod Podge and fabric.  Rub fabric to get out any air bubbles.

4.  Hang clips to dry.  Apply another coate of Mod Podge.  This will also stop fraying of fabric.

5.  Now get to work and have FUN.

I use my clips on my hat hoop.

How will you use your clips?



Doing nothing is very hard to do...you never know when you're finished.
~ Leslie Nielsen ~

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Camp Clip Board

Katie leaves for summer camp in a couple of days.

BOO!  We will miss her.

We wanted to send her off with something useful, so we made her a

Camp Clip Board

This way she could not forget to write home...

Supplies need for project:

1 clip board

paint

scrapbook paper

Mod Podge

sand paper

stickers

Cricut Machine 

• Paint front and side of board and let dry.

• Measure board and cut scrapbook paper into strips.  Cut around clip.
• Mod Podge board and place strips onto board.  Work air bubbles out.  Tie clip open with twist ties from bread while drying.

• Trim off excess paper.  Sand paper left over paper.  Go in a downward motion while sanding paper.  If you go in a up and down motion you will pull off the strips.

• Using Cricut Machine cut name or design.  Place stickers and cut design onto board with Mod Podge.
• Apply Mod Podge all over to seal on the design.

Now for the BIG surprise! 

• Flip board over and paint the back side with chalk board paint.  It will need a couple of coats of chalk board paint, so let dry 24 hours between coats.

To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.  ~Phyllis Theroux

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Glass Tacks

Katie is going to summer camp next week.  She asked if we could purchase some thumb tacks to hang pictures of her friends on the camp walls.  

Plain Tacks?

Who?

Not us!

We will make them cute!

Last week I saw a great blog on Glass Marble Beauties at

Run With Glitter (BTW- cutest name EVER!)

Here is our version

Glass Tacks

Supplies

Glass Gems

Tacks (flat)

Scrap Fabric

Mod Podge

Loctite 495 (super glue)

Glue gems to fabric with Mod Podge. 

Let dry

Cut around gems.

Put a drop of super glue on flat side of tack and place on bottom of gem.

After the super glue is dry you can hang your artwork or pictures.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.
George MacDonald





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