Hello All!
This is SO easy and SO fast, you can bang out a ton of these for graduation, birthday, father’s day and mother’s day gifts. This one is for my mom’s new real estate office she just moved into! Surprise mom! 🙂 I hope you like my little invention!
Just click below on the “read the rest of this entry” below for the tutorial!
Supplies: Two coasters, two clothespins, large square dimensionals, red line tape (or its equivalent).
First, cover one coaster on two sides, and one coaster just on one side. Making sure that each coaster has at least the same print on one side of each. (You can cover both sides of them if you want, but you won’t see the back of the front piece, so I don’t. It just saves me time.) So, as you see here, I covered the one with both sides with a different paper on the back. This will be the back side of the holder, so it is OK if it is different.
Put a strip of redline tape down the clothespin, then on the back of your first coaster, which will be the coaster that has no paper on one side, place you clothespins tacky side down about a 1/2 an inch from each side and a little down from the top, so you won’t see the clothespin top when it is finished, as pictured. This will allow you to hold more than one picture if desired. No your clothespins are secured. Now take your large square dimensionals, and place two stacked at the top, two stacked in the middle, and four, yes four, stacked on the bottom. Do this to both sides. You will now place the back of the coaster on top of the dimensionals, with the paper that is different facing up towards you. This is the back side of the holder. You can now stand it up, and it will look like this from the side. Thank goodness nobody sees this part. You can no open and close it by pressing on the bottome of the coasters. Decorate, and add one regular size pic, or two wallets!
June 8, 2007 at 12:47 am
Thanks so much for sharing this great tutorial. Can’t wait to try it.
June 8, 2007 at 3:54 am
Thank you! This is such a nice gift – I plan to make one as part of my niece’s graduation gift!
June 8, 2007 at 4:11 am
Very cute indeed. I will have to make a bunch of these for gifts. Thanks for the new idea.
June 11, 2007 at 4:43 am
Thank you so much these are so cute i cant wait to make one
June 18, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Thank you for sharing! This is so cute and will make geat gifts!
June 18, 2007 at 6:40 pm
What a cute idea…I guess I am going to have to make some of these…I have grandchildren and I like to display their pictures. Thank you for sharing such a neat idea!!!!
June 22, 2007 at 2:03 pm
This is to cute!!! I will be sitting in a hospital surgery waiting room several hours next week this would be a easy project to do. Thanks for sharing!!
September 22, 2007 at 2:40 am
Great idea! Thanks for sharing!
February 25, 2008 at 1:56 pm
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March 27, 2008 at 4:27 am
I have to say, Rebecca, that this really stuck in my mind… I am making some with a class — and I wanted to give you credit. I came up with a blank, at first, and had to search all over my bookmarks until I found your tutorial again. Sigh! I am just so glad that I found it so I can tell everyone who came up with the idea.
And — it is brilliant! I love that we can do this for pennies with things we have about, rather than reaching for our wallets (again) for some of those giant clothespins ;^)* Seriously, the format is just great.