I won’t say that I can’t believe we are at the end of January and it’s almost February.
While time continues to move quickly I am really excited for Valentine’s Day. Not so much the day itself but I love pink and I love hearts so it’s so much fun to decorate and craft this month.
Today I am sharing some really simple paper clips you can make to decorate your planner, journal or Bible.
These are simple to make, use up scraps and would be a fun project to do with kids or to make as teacher or gifts for Galentines Day so let’s get started!
Supplies: Cardstock (scraps are fine you just need it big enough to make your heart shape). Then you will want some scraps of fabric or paper, a glue stick-something strong and permanent. I would have used Tacky Glue if I had some. Then some embroidery floss, a needle and thread and lastly some fleece or felt and a marker and some stuffing.
Let’s get started!
I began by cutting a simple heart shape from my cardstock. When I was happy with it I made a second one by tracing the first. Then I started adding strips of my scrap fabric. You can use one whole piece of fabric, an image-whatever you like! I decorated both sides then I sewed around one with regular thread adding my paper clip and sewing it into place, and another I used embroidery floss. You could hot glue everything together as well but I didn’t feel like getting hot the glue gun.
The last style I made was a cute fleece heart. I cut out the heart shape the same way, duplicated it and stiched on the features with embroidery floss. I did 3 lines for each eye with a long one in the center and shorter ones on either side. I added eyebrows and a mouth as well. Just be aware if you are using thinner fabric that your embroidery floss might show behind the fabric so you may want to do each feature, knot if off and start again rather than stretching the floss from one part of the face to the other.
I used a blanket stitch to attach the two hearts and added some toy stuffing and the paper clip. The last addition was a cute bow-my daugther’s idea-with some more fabric scraps. You could make it out of ribbon too which would adorable too.
I made a quick paper clip with a piece of scrap ribbon tied into a little flag. I love making these and adding them to my Bible and journals-it is a really quick way to add color and you can make them to coordinate to any theme. A big plus is it’s a great way to use little bits of fabric.
And that’s it! These look so sweet and I am hoping to make a few more. If you make some please tag me on social media or put a link in the description below. Happy crafting!
Until next time…
-Michele, aka The Dreaming Dilettante
