DIY paperclip bookmark

Paperclips always come in handy to bookmark important pages in planners/ journals or any kind of books. There are many ways to decorate paperclips such as buttons, ribbons, washi tapes. Today let's make a cute paperclip bookmark using felt material. Keep reading below on how to make them.

Materials needed:

1. Felt material in pink,black and another color of your choice.
2. Paperclips.
3. Sewing thread and needle.
4. Fabric glue.
5. Scissors

Instructions:
1. Draw a cloud shape in a thick paper and use them as a template to draw and cut two pieces of cloud on pink felt.
2. Also cut 2 pieces of small circle in black for eyes and a little rectangle in color of your choice for bow.
3. Sew the back piece of cloud to the top of paperclip.Sew it nice and tight.
4. In the front piece of cloud, add eyes using fabric glue and embroider the mouth using black thread. Pinch the rectangular felt in middle and sew them on side of the cloud head. You can also add blush to cheeks by pasting dark pink felt cut in small circle.
5. Apply a generous coat of fabric glue on the clouds and join them together..

Now your paperclip bookmark is ready to adorn your books and notes. I made a bunch of these and send them to my penpals. Hope you like it. Have a fantastic new moth everyone.

Pearl and crystal earring tutorial

Pearls and crystals always complement each other quite well in Jewelries. Here's a step by step tutorial on how to make a earring using these two combos.

Materials needed:
White pearl beads  from Pandahall
Crystal Glass beads in metallic green colour
Rounded silver beads in small size.
Tigertail beading wire.
Jumprings.
Earring hooks.
Crimp beads.
Pliers.
Instructions (Make 2):
1. Take a beading wire of length about 20 cm
2. Add in 3 crystal beads followed by a pearl bead and 3 silver beads in the middle of the beading wire.
3. Intercross both wires by a pearl bead.
4. Add in 3 crystal bead on one side and 3 rounded silver bead on the other side.
5. Again intercross by a pearl bead.
6. Repeat step 4 and 5. Add in the beads in such a way that the crystal beads and silver beads are alternative in each sides.
7. Enclose it by threading both the wire into crimp bead followed by a jump ring and earring hook and pass it through the crimp bead and cut of the excess wire.

Hope you guys like this tutorial. Have a great day everyone. Cheers:)

DIY mini notebooks

Hello people! i'm back with a new Diy project for you. Have you ever find yourself having to write down some important things but there isn't a notebook or paper nearby. while phones are useful to jot down these things, having a little notebook always comes in handy. I'm terrible at remembering things and made these notebooks to write down important dates and contact numbers. So i decided to make these mini little notebooks. It's easy to carry these notebooks in handbags while going out too. Head down for the tutorial:)

Materials needed:
1. some A4 sheets
2. chart or lighter card stock
3. PVA glue
4. scissors
5. washi tape/ cellotape
6. paperclips

Instructions:
Step 1: take an A4 sheet and cut it into 4 equal parts
Step 2: now fold the paper in half.
Step 3: repeat this process for other sheets till you get your desired number of sheets.
Step 4: cut two pieces of chart/card stock for the notebook cover.
Step 5: gather all the papers with folded ends together with the card stock on either sides.
Step 6: arrange them nice and tight and place a paperclips at both ends near the spine when you are satisfied with the result.
Step 7: apply liberal amount of glue to the spine of the notebook using Q-tips. make 2 or 3 similar coats again once they are dried.
Step 8: cover the glued side with washi tape or with any other tape.
And your notebook is almost done!!!
Go ahead and decorate your notebook front or cover it with beautiful wrapping papers.
To know how i decorated my notebook look at my Diy bookmarks tutorial. It's simple and easy to do.

Note:
You can make these notebooks in any of your desired size
8 or 10 A4 sheets is enough for making small notebooks like this

Hopy you guys like the tutorial. Happy crafting:)
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