I pride myself on being a Do-It-Yourself kind of gal.
Well, at least when it comes to paper crafting. Let’s not talk about my ongoing bathroom rehab project!
I find it real fulfilling to raid my crafty stash every so often and make a few unique embellishments for my cards and paper crafting projects.
Most recently, I’ve been making stick pins. You don’t need a whole lot to make a pretty stick pin.
You just need a few beads, scraps of ribbon, paper and stick pins.
The easiest way to decorate up a pin is to add beads to it.
Here are two I recently made:
I started with pins with pearls already on them. Corsage pins in the floral department of most craft stores work great for this.
I applied a thin layer of glue to the pins. I prefer Super Glue. It is clear and really strong. And since I intended to use them on a card and not a scrapbook page, I did not have to worry about things being acid-free.
Then, I added a few beads. I was able to use the pins right away to make this card:
If you are feeling adventurous, you can also use ribbon and paper to make pretty pins.
I made the ribbon pin here by adding a bead to the pin. I then folded the ribbon and poked the pin through the ribbon over and over.
I made the pink pin with patterned paper. I randomly pierced holes in a strip of patterned paper and then wove the pin through them. I added a small dab of glue at the bottom of the paper, just to keep things nice and tight.
When I was finished, I put the pins on this card:
Have you made any fun embellishments lately?
Leave a comment here by midnight (MDT) on Thursday, April 15 and you could win one of two packs of beaded pins made by me. You’ll also get a copy of Paper Crafts’ May/June 2010 issue that has an excellent feature on DIY embellishments. For this feature’s two online bonus projects, click HERE for Sherry Wright’s Spring Fence Wall Hanging and HERE for Vanessa Menhorn’s Happy Birthday to You Card.
Teri Anderson,
Paper Crafts Go-to-Gal
P.S. Have a paper-crafting question that has you stumped? Send it to gotogals@papercraftsmag.com and it could be answered and published in a future issue. If your question is selected, we’ll send you a complimentary magazine! Disclaimer: Due to the large quantity of questions we received, not all will be answered.
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January 24, 2011 at 11:03 am
Candy
Love these pins and I really need to use them on cards! Great inspiration! I have made those accordion fold flower/embellie thingies recently in different sizes. So fun!
January 24, 2011 at 11:32 pm
erin
These are great! Well done. I’d love some of your amazing creations and a magazine to help to motivate me.
January 25, 2011 at 7:45 am
Carla Suto
Your stick pins are so beautiful, Teri! I just made one yesterday, but I didn’t think about adding the glue to help the beads stay put! Thanks for the tip!
January 25, 2011 at 8:15 am
Carol (ScrapMomOf2)
VERY pretty!!
January 25, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Janet Sisk
I LOVE your stick pins! How creative! I love the one that you made using patterned paper. 😀 Thanks for a chance to win one of your stick pin packs. COOL!
January 25, 2011 at 7:43 pm
charlene
Love love these!!
February 5, 2011 at 6:15 am
Deirdre
Neat pins… love how you added ribbon and the paper too. Thanks for sharing.
February 8, 2011 at 11:09 am
Melissa Bove
Oh, these pins are gorgeous! I love the ones with ribbon! How fun!!
February 17, 2011 at 9:21 am
Amber L.
I really love the ones with ribbon. Thanks for the awesome tutorial.
February 17, 2011 at 2:57 pm
Veronica
very pretty pins! i recently made as embellishment out of cupcake liners. a first for me so it was fun….and easy!
October 7, 2011 at 7:19 am
Lara Carson
THese are adorable. I want to make some!
January 16, 2012 at 11:41 am
DigiDarla
Hi there…pretty pins! Where did you go? Hope you are okay!
Did you move to another blog?
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January 18, 2012 at 12:34 pm
P. Kelly Smith
Hi Darla,
Looks like you came across an old version of our blog. You can find recent posts here: http://www.papercraftsconnection.com
Enjoy!
P. Kelly Smith
Editor, Paper Crafts magazine
April 8, 2012 at 1:03 am
Kris
Please tell me what you used on the pokey end of the pin as seen in one of the photos.
Thanks, Kris
April 8, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Debra Gergely
Beautiful, beautiful! I just love the pins.I’ll have to try this for my self!
Thanks for the info and the chance to win these!
June 4, 2012 at 7:33 am
Mary
What a great tutorial on pin making! Will definitely try this for use on my own cards. Great job!