Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Altered Binder Clips




Today I want to show you some name tags holders, which I made for one of my workshops. 

I used for the base large binder clips (you can get them from Walmart, Staples or sometimes even the Dollar Store)and it literally took my just a few minutes to make a dozen name tag holders.

Here is what you need:

- large binder clips (color does not matter, since you will cover most of the clip with paper)
  * you also can use smaller binder clips, I just had the large ones handy
- decorative paper or solid paper (it's totally up to you)
- Glue Dots lines
- precision point adhesive 
- misc. embellishments (ribbons, adhesive rhinestones, die cuts...)




Instructions:

- Cut a 8.5cm X 5cm piece of paper (if you use smaller binder clips, you need to adjust the size of the paper accordingly)

- Use the glue lines and glue them to each side of the paper and add 2 extra lines to the middle of the paper.

- Glue the paper to the base of the binder clip. 

- Now you can decorate the clip with anything you want. I like to cut a few pieces of ribbon and knot them to both sides of the metal hook. For my name tag holders I used flower die cuts, which I decorated with adhesive rhine stones.

And that's it!

These are really easy to make and what I love especially is, that you can use them for many occasions:

- Place card holder (weddings, baby showers)
- Recipe holder
- Photo holder (for your desk for example)
- Gift card holder
- Dinner table place card holder (Christmas, Thanksgiving)
- Party favors
- Stocking stuffers
- Thank you note 


Enjoy!





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