Clothes Pins

My mother in-law, Teresa, did this one first and used them as chip clips. She let me pick what I wanted to take home. Our pantry and fridge are full of them now.

I had been using small clothes pins left over from another craft to clip the matching bottoms to the hangers of Elaina's cute outfits.  After receiving our cute chip clips it got me thinking.
So after getting the steps from Teresa I made a bunch for Elaina's closet. I went a little crazy and had a couple hundred made. I gave them to friends with little girls and even used them in my closet to hang my skirts up.

So as you can see there are endless uses for this craft.  Gift it, use it in your closet, add a magnet for the fridge, clip a card on a gift bag, use it as a chip clip or any other idea you may have. They are practical, cheap, and cute.

Materials:
Clothes pins, scrap book paper, mod podge, sand paper, buttons, thread, and hot glue

Step 1 (optional):
I didn't paint or stain my clothes pins but Teresa did. It is up to you.

Step 2:
Measure the length and width of the clothes pin and cut paper to size. Do not be deceived. Not every type is the same. Spoken from experience. If you have a paper cutter this is super easy and fast.

Step 3:
Paint a thin layer of mod podge on the clothes pin and smooth paper over it.

Step 4:
Sand the edges to soften the edges and ruff up the paper.

Step 5:
Mod podge again.

Step 6:
Hot glue a button on.  You can thread the holes or leave it plain.  Thread or joot rope works good.  I used cross sketching thread.  You could use any type of embellishment.

And done.


Try it out. Let me know how you pin it up.

Desk Organizers

I love to organize.  I love baskets and bins.  But my hubby thinks I tend to go over board. I think it is because he doesn't like me spending the money.
So I came up with a way to organize my craft room and desk at school with out spending any money. Empty cans.  They come in all sizes and are recycled any way.  I just cleaned them up and wrapped them in cute coordinating scrapbook paper.  I was really happy how it turned out. And I got to use my old cans and pieces of scrap scrapbook paper.

My office organizers!

Materials:
Cans, scrapbook paper, tape

Step 1:
Clean can.  Use pliers to push down jagged edges.
 
Step 2:
Cut paper to fit can.

Step 3:
Tape 1 end of paper to can.  Some cans still have a some glue on them and don't need that.  Wrap the paper around and tape again covering the entire seam.

Done.

Update:  Here are some pictures of other uses for the cans.

Baby spoons.
I added another one for forks and knifes.

Bible Study meets at my house
and we use plastic to cut down on the cleaning.

Picture Frames

I love this easy cheap gift.  I will get the steps up.