glass bead push pins

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Do you want to make some of these cute push pins?? Below is a picture of what you need, plus a pack of pins from Target. All the images were printed out from my computer, just copy, paste, and shrink. I had to print a few before I could get the right size, then it hit me, put a glass bead up against the monitor screen to see if the image fits! This should save you some paper and ink. Of course you can always use scrap paper, oh the possibilities!

I used blk card stock to give the back a finished look. Just trace a penny, cut , & paste.

This is what started this idea, the mini lamp shade I was decorating for my daughter's room (before she changed her theme & colors). I was covering the shade with pins I purchased at Target for under $2, as you can see, it would of taken more than one pkg to finish the project.


I noticed how easy the plastic tops would come off, so the peeling began and the idea was born.
Here is a closer look of the bare pin, the back of the bead with a glue dot, and the finished push pin.

Ta Da!! Easy peasy right?



This is my daughter's art from kinder, I am the purple fish (because purple was my fav color then, now it's fuchsia!), and dad is the blue one. Don't we look cute?


Thank you for stopping bye today! And of course I would love to hear what you think, so drop a line or 2.(wink)

XOXO

P.S. I think I might be addicted to glass beads.

cute idea

Like me, most of you moms have at least 1 after school activities you take your child to right? With all the things you already have to do and keep track of, it's pretty easy to forget what day you do what, especially if you have more that 1 school age child. So I decided it was time for my 10yr old daughter to take responsibility for her own activities (and remind me too). So here is a little something I did for her to help herself stay organized.

I used a variety of tags, glass beads, clothe pins, scrap paper, paint, glue dots, mod podge, and magnetic strips.

Next, I dug out my old calendar.

Here are some ideas I was playing with. The possibilities here are endless so put on your creativity hat on.

This is what I came up with for our calendar.

You can see which day I will be super busy.

This is what it looks like now. I also made a pop-corn magnet for movie night, and "your special day" one. ( for my use only) The circle one on the bottom right is water park logo, I cut it out and added a magnet, it was cute as is. (she doesn't know she's going yet)

Thank you for stopping by! I hope this was helpful to you,

now I think I'm going to make one for myself.

Do you have any creative ways to stay organized?

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