First, you need to gather all needed items: alligator clips (mine are 1 and 7/8" X 3/8"), 3/8" wide ribbon (I prefer grosgrain), Fray Check, hot glue gun, buttons to match ribbon, button shank remover, small ruler, and scissors.
Next, cut two lengths of ribbon, each 5" long.
Put Fray Check on each end of the lengths of ribbon.
Put one end of each ribbon inside of alligator clip. Make sure the ribbon is centered.
Begin gluing ribbon to alligator clip. Do one section at a time, making sure along the way that the ribbon stays centered. Open the alligator clip and remove any excess glue after each section. You don't want to end up having your clip glued together!
The ribbon will not reach all the way to the end of the clip on the back.
To add a cute button, you first need to remove the shank from the back. The shank remover only works on plastic buttons, but it cuts through like butter!
Use the glue gun to hot glue a button to each clip. If you make a matching pair like I did, be sure to turn the clips so that you have a "lefty" and a "righty".
I plan to put mine in our craft show, so I made up a little card to attach them to. What do you think?
3 comments:
Thanks so much for taking the guess work out of this. I'm looking forward to this simple but satisfying project. Oh, and I was very sorry to read about Angel.
Kelly,
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I am excited, because you are my very first comment on my blog (other than my husband--who really doesn't count!). Good luck on the cute clippies. Let me know how they turn out.
Also, thanks for your kind words regarding Angel. I miss her very much.
There--I fixed my signature. Don't know what happened before?!
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