Handmade Bookmark

Handmade bookmark; a last minute gift for those that love reading. A metallic bookmark decorated with beads and snowflake charms and placed in a easy to make ribbon pocket, that works as a little gift bag and a place to store it when not in use.

 

Materials used

 

Tools used

  • Glue
  • Round nose pliers
  • Scissors
  • Craft knife

Pass a jump ring on the bookmark and separate an 10 and a 7 ring chains from the main chain.

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Use a pin to secure a glass bead in the center of the heart. Twist and secure on the short chain. Do the same twice with a glass bead and a spacer bead, place one of them on the middle of the same chain and the other one on the 10 rings chain. Place a jump ring on the snowflake. Secure everything on the bookmark jump ring.

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Cut a 25cm long piece of the cotton ribbon. Mark about 4cm and 6cm from the edge. Cut vertically 1cm in the middle.

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Fold the edge (1 – 2cm) and glue. Fold again an 6cm long part of the ribbon and glue on both long sides only.

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Let the glue dry well. Place the bookmark in.

Fold the other side of the ribbon about to the point where the bookmark is. Pass a 12cm long cord in it. Roll the folded part with the cord in, placing glue on sides to secure it, up to the point where the bookmark is, creating a barrier to keep in the pocket.

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