I'm trying not to bend the spine of my book any longer to mark the page, instead In Our Spare Time made some easy paint chip bookmarks.

Made these book markers with color cards, hole punches and ribbon.

This is a wonderfully easy craft! My daughter made a bunch and gave them to the ladies in her Bible study group. Such a neat idea! Here are the things you'll need. (If you are a scrapbooker, you probably have these already!) Paper cutter (or scissors), a hole punch (round or otherwise!), paint sample strips, ribbon. Now using your chosen punchie shape, punch out 3-4 shapes. Put your first one at the top of the strip to thread the ribbon through. I'm staying at my daughter's house while they…

DIY bookmarks from paint swatches

So many clever ideas!

I made these really cute, 'Tree for all Seasons' bookmarks yesterday and had to share them. I was inspired to make these after I saw the Paint Chip Valentine's bookmarks on Pinterest from the blog oldtownhome.com. I thought the Valentine's bookmarks would be great for my son's 2nd grade class. Pink paint chips with hearts for the girls, and I decided I'd make a blue bookmark with stars for the boys. (See above picture, I think they turned out way cute) While putting the Valentine project…

Every time I go to the hardware store I am drawn to all the paint samples and their rainbow of colors. For years I've thought that there is some craft opportunities in those paint chips but haven't done anything about it until now. My last trip to the hardware store I picked up a fistful of swatches in a plethora of colors in the hopes of coming up with something crafty. Here is my first (and very simple) use of the paint swatches. Since Valentine's day is approaching I decided to make a…

I'm such a paint chip junkie! Here are a few more of my paint chip bookmarks. Stazon ink is defnitely the way to go with these! Deets: Paint Chips Stazon ink- black Stamp set: this is from Papertrey Ink Large...