Sunday, January 23, 2011

Paper Covered Clothes Pins Tutorial- Vintage Valentines Party


I covered cute little clothes pins with paper {Actually, pages of a vintage book} to use to

hang the vintage valentines for my Valentines Day Party.

You could do this with any type of paper....it makes clothes pins too cute!

You will need:

Wooden clothes pins
Elmer's Glue
Paper {or in this case, a vintage book purchased at the Thrift Store for $1}
A pencil

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First- Open up the book and trace around a clothes pin with a pencil...
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Second- Cut out the clothes pin shape and squeeze a thin line of Elmer's glue onto the clothes pin...
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Third- Glue the paper onto the clothes pin {lining it up precisely} and squeeze another thin line of Elmer's glue on top of the paper...
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Fourth- Using your finger, rub the glue all over the clothes pin...
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Fifth- Rub the glue into the paper until it's nice and smooth, then let dry {it's okay if it's a little milky while wet, it will dry clear}. If you would like to roughen up the edges a little take a little piece of sand paper and run it across the edges until you get your desired distressed look...
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So fun!
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To see more of my Vintage Valentines Day Party go here!
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2 comments:

Anneliese said...

I love the clothes pins! Such a fabulous idea.

HiLLjO said...

It really are the little things like this that make a party suck you into its own stylishious world.

 
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