DIY: Paper-Clips Turned Bookmarks

In case you haven't realized, I absolutely love the dollar section at Target. There are so many wonderful things hidden there for only a dollar! Back in December, I snatched quite a few cute things from there and among them were these adorable tab-makers. You know, the kind you use to save your page in a book, textbook, or Bible. I added them to my basket because I thought they would look adorable in my new planner, bur last night I had an idea.

I love using things like this to hold my place in my Bible or other book I'm reading at the time, but after a while of use two things happen: one, the paper looses it's stickiness (yes, that's totally a word) and, two, the papers start to get all crumpled and not very pretty looking. To fix the loss of stickiness, I decided to use a paperclip and to combat the impending ugliness, I came up with this:

Tape.

Clear, packing tape to be exact. So, basically I faux-laminated these little guys and turned them into "bookmarks" that will last much longer than your average sticky note. Plus, I think they're pretty stinkin' cute, too.

What I used:

- Page Flags from Target

- Packing Tape (I'm not sure what Brand it is, but any tape that's heavy-duty and clear would be perfect!)

- Paperclips

- Scissors

How I did it:

First, I laid a long piece of tape sticky-side up on my desk and placed the little flags on top. The only thing you want to make sure when putting these little guys on the tape is that the tape doesn't wrinkle. Otherwise, it'll make a funny little bump. Other than that, it's pretty easy!

 

Second, I put a second piece of tape over the top. Don't worry if the tape lines up perfectly on the edges or not because you're just going to cut the edges off anyways. Just watch out for those pesky wrinkles (;

Third, I cut out the flags so that there was the tiniest border of tape left around them, but you can do whatever you think looks best.

 

Fourth, I cut off just a thin piece of the packing tape and slide it into the paperclip. Basically, what you're doing here is making the paperclip able to attach to the flag, but still be able to open and hold your page. So, make sure that you don't just lay the tape over the top, or else the paperclip would not be able to open.

Fifth, attach the paperclip to the flag. I put mine almost all of the way down to the side without the detail cut-out. The farther towards the middle you place the paperclip, the less of your bookmark will show when you use it.

That's it!


Now you have cute little pager markers that will stick around longer than a sticky-note. (Pun totally intended.)