DIY: Paint Strip Bookmarks

Last week, I spotted these really cute paint strip card bookmarks on Pinterest. They were so adorable, unique, and I had so many of those paint thingies that you pick up at Home Depot & Walmart in the paint section that I just HAD to try it! 

Unfortunately there is no link to the original version, but here is what it looked like: 

The Original Version

What You Will Need

-Hole Puncher

-Ribbon

-Paint Strip Cards in any colour

-Stencils in your favourite design (or you can draw your design, like I did)

What To Do:

If you like, cut your paint strip card in half so that the name of the paint does not show and discard the other side. Once you have your strip ready, punch a hole in the centre of the top. 

After you punch the hole, pull a piece of ribbon (preferably a small piece, just long enough that the ribbon shows at the top of whatever book you put it in) through the hole and then tie it. Remember it doesn’t have to look perfect! 

Next, if you have the stencil you want to create on your bookmarks, follow the instructions on the stencil (I’ve never done anything like that before so I can’t tell you how to use it! Sorry!) and then copy it onto your bookmark/strip card. If you prefer you can draw on your strip with a Sharpie or coloured pens using your own design or you could just leave it plain. 

And there you have it! A simple easy craft that puts to use those cards you get whenever you’re looking for new paint colours (or, if you’re like me, you just grab the colours you like because you know, for later). Plus, you save a lot of money not having to buy $4 bookmarkers with these, which is always a good thing! 

Here is what mine looked like 

I'm no artist, but I tried my best!! If you can’t read it properly, the green one on the end by the pink says “Jesus Loves Me”. I made a bunch of them so I just showed my favourites. :D 

Stay tuned for more DIY projects. Next time I am thinking I might try something just a little more complicated! 

DIY: Cute Medicine Box

Because I have Tetrology of Fallot (a heart condition) and Fibromyalgia, I have to take a lot of pills just to get through the day. Up until now, I was keeping my various pill bottles in a simple plastic container that fit perfectly on my bookshelf, but I decided that it needed a bit of sprucing up, shall we say. So I found a square sheet of scrapbook paper in a pattern that I liked, measured it and then cut it until it fit perfectly. 

Here are some pics 

scrapbooked up box (did not take “Before” picture! sorry!?)

Side view of box (Look how pretty it is!)

Box finished, with cute jars to store pills

The Finished Product :)

So as you can see I used the leftover scrapbook paper to make labels for the cute jars that I put my pills in. The biggest jar is a small mason jar, and the “label” is around the middle of the lid so you can’t really see it. The black and red jars that are on either side of it are what I think are called spice jars, and the other is just a very small box with white lid (meant to hold dice, etc.). All of the jars were bought from the dollar store, including the container they sit in. Ignore the  small white bottle.

Anyway, this was just meant to make my pills a little bit more “Fun” rather than just boring and ugly. I really enjoy the finished product and can’t wait to do more in the future!! :D Hope you also enjoyed it, and stay tuned because there is plenty more where that came from (I blame Pinterest, really!)