Thursday Craft Day

Mickie came over today and we got to play all day in the studio! I started out adding beads and wire to some of the domino pendants I made last night.  Then I made little magnets, and last I worked on another project with some over-sized paperclips and ribbon.  Everything I worked on was for the ornament exchange except the dominoes.

These are the little ribbon magnets I made.  They are supposed to be stylized "prize" ribbons, but we decided that the flowers would look really cute.  Mickie had already cut out a bunch of the flowers, so all I really had to do was pick the layers, glue and assemble. (Look closely and you will see pieces from my mega bolt of baker's twine!)  I had some little magnet pieces left over from making the mini-clipboards last year that I put on the back, and I was glad to finally have a use for them.

These are the little coupon holders I made.  I still have a bunch more to complete, but at least this gives an idea of what they look like.  The large paperclips are from Office Depot.  I added ribbons to the end and cut scraps of paper for the folders.  I will laminate them when I get them all made to help them last longer.  My idea is that these would be great to tote in your purse to keep coupons in or punch cards--whatever you tend to "forget" at the check out.  The frilly ribbons will be noticeable and hopefully catch your attention when you reach in for your wallet.  I suppose the clips could be used for other things, the shop with the original design I saw was selling them as book marks, but it seems like they might be too thick for that.

 Here are a couple close up pictures of them. They are way fun to make, and I think will be a creative gift, as well.

The weather has been very fall-like today--cloudy, cool and rainy. I was glad to be indoors!