Day 11: Cutesie Bookmarks

I'm updating today from the top of a very comfy bed. This is a no-brainer diy but I didn't want to be bogged down by something complicated while on a mini-vaca. But this one is fun and cute, very girly (so unlike me).

In my opinion, you can never have too many book marks. These are handy to keep by your bedside, on an end table or in your Bible to have a handy little page marker.

I got the ribbon and paper clips for a total of  $4 at Target. I tried to come up with some more neutral colored ribbon so that I could make some for by husband, dad and brother but had no luck. I suppose they can just use the recycled book pages.

Double up your little piece of ribbon:

Then loop it through the large end of the paper clip....for some reason it took me about 10 minutes to figure this out so that's why I'm being sure to explain in detail to you. However, you all probably have more sense than I do.

Then just make your little knot and voila!

I am partial to the recycled book page bookmarks but I like these too. I could make about 100 of them in 5 minutes, that's why they're so appealing.

I think this is the perfect use for them, a great way to mark passages you want to be able to get to quickly.

Enjoy!











Day 8: Book Page Tags and Bookmarks

This was just the little project I needed to bring me out of my slump from yesterday. I love these little suckers! They are easy peasy and I'm so tickled with how they turned out.

That up there is what you'll need:

Book pages

Stamps & Stamp Pads

Scissors

Hole Punch

Pencil

and as I found out later:

card stock

glue

My stamps all came from Michael's and the book pages I ripped out of a book that Drew and I bought outside of Barnes & Noble for $1. Drew read about half of it and then told me I could have it, so no worries the book pages are not from anything groundbreaking.

As I got started I realized just how flimsy book pages are by themselves. So I found some of the card stock I had left over from Drew's graduation party invites, cut them to match and glued them to the back to make them sturdier.

Oh and I also did some more kid friendly tags again with leftovers from Drew's grad invites.

Drew had been pestering me for a while to make him a bookmark so he can stop using the tag off of my latest pair of jeans haha. So now he can use one of the tags made with the handsome horse stamp. And I believe I will take one of the bicycle one's for my new bookmark.

To be honest, I'm not sure what I will do with them all. Of course some I will use for gifts (but I don't buy that many gifts). I suppose you my readers could benefit from a couple so let me know if you need a bookmark or have a preference and I will send you one. I love them and heck maybe I'll even try to find a way to display them in a frame somehow...we shall see. Hope you enjoy.