Button Hair Clips

The finished clips

Paraphernalia

Let me begin by telling you how much I adore buttons. I love how they can update a boring cardi or make a pretty birthday card or whatever. A few years ago, I bought a large tin of vintage buttons on Ebay. It’s one of the most exciting things I’ve ever got from there. Somebody was selling them, I’m guessing, as part of a clear out of an old lady’s house and it was a real collection. I can’t imagine ever running out of buttons whilst I’ve got that tin to keep me supplied. Anyway, I digress slightly.

Today’s post is a very simple make for this month’s Pinaddicts Challenge. I saw these gorgeous handmade clips and repinned them immediately. So cute and so do-able.

You’ll literally need nothing more than some flat backed buttons, a few plain hair grips (I used ones I bought from Ebay which have the little round metal disc for attaching findings – cost about £1 for 10) and a hot glue gun. I don’t think I need to tell you much more than that!

A Pinteresting Make

I’m a Pinaddict. There, I’ve said it. Seems I’m not alone though. The  lovely Kerry at Life, As I Know It  has set up a kind of support group where we can be loud and proud. It goes by the name of the Pinaddicts Challenge and actually encourages sufferers to be proactive and go ahead and bloody well create something, rather than just poring over other people’s lovely makes.

So, here’s mine. It’s one of the first things I pinned and it’s pretty simple. To make one you’ll need:

An old photo frame

Some pretty wrapping paper

Day Labels

Glue

Scissors

Dry wipe marker pen

Now, remove the back board part of the frame and cover it in your chosen paper – I used a glue stick to stick it down. Next, glue on the day labels. Finally, Re-assemble the frame and you should now have a lovely, blank weekly meal planner (or any other sort of planner come to think of it). Write out your menu in dry wipe pen and Bob’s yer uncle.

Materials

Cover the board

Glue on the day labels

Et voila!