I found some scrapbooking embellishment flowers in the bargain area of Michael's. $2/12 flowers. I'm not sure what they're made of. They're sturdier than typical paper flowers, but I don't think they're made of fabric. I gathered 1 3/4" single prong alligator clips (purchased in bulk years ago from an Etsy seller who is no longer in business, it appears), 3/8" grosgrain ribbon, scissors, and my hot glue gun.
Everyone seems to have their own manner of attaching the ribbon to the clips, but here's the way I've always liked to do it:
1. Cut a piece of ribbon about 1-1.5" longer than the top of your clip.
2. Put a dab of hot glue on the top prong that you pinch to open the clip and attach the ribbon, leaving 1/2 - 3/4" hanging off the end.
3. Wrap that excess underneath the prong and attach with another dab of hot glue.
4. Smooth the ribbon down the length of the clip. Pinch the clip open, wrap the ribbon underneath, and secure with a dab of hot glue. You can either hold the clip open while the glue dries or prop it open with a pencil.
5. Attach your decoration to the top of the clip. I put the flowers right near the open end of the clip on these ones.
Done!
My cooperative little buddy woke up just as I was finishing the last of 36 clips.
And where was my little miss during all this, you ask? Right by my side, working hard on some secret project of her own at her desk. She declined my invitation to make a few clips herself, insisting, "I just really need to get some work done, Sweetheart." :D
2 comments:
You stick the embellishment at the opposite end to me. How interesting.
I have a few that I stuck on the other end, but I kept squishing them with my thumb when I opened and closed the clip, trying to decorate a moving target.
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