What can you do with metal tags?
I’m fairly certain that being a packrat is a requirement of any crafter worth his or her salt. You have to be able to look at a cereal box and see a file folder, or look at a kitchen tile and see a pot holder or trivet. It’s hard enough to figure out the many uses of an item that you’d normally throw away or recycle, but how good are you at finding other uses for craft items that are generally used in other crafts?
Today, I’d like to suggest some other uses for metal tags which are a scrapbooking embellishment. As you can see from part of my collection below, I can’t seem to stop buying them! The different sheens of metal, styles of writing, and shapes make each set more interesting than the last:
Ways to use metal tags:
- to decorate the covers of plain photo albums
- to make a charm bracelet (or simply thread a ribbon through one as a simple bracelet) or pendant for a necklace
- make wine charms from the lighter weight ones
- include as a decorative ornament on a gift
How do you or would you use metal tags?
May 24th, 2007 at 3:44 am
Wine charm. Never thought about that one.
May 24th, 2007 at 11:26 am
my girls like to use them to hang from their lunchbags or backpacks.
I like the wine charm idea. I hadn’t thought of that either.
May 24th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
I’m glad you both liked the wine charm idea. I am not a wine drinker myself but I’d definitely make some up and buy some wineglasses when I get my own home, and have a housewarming party, just so I can use them!
May 26th, 2007 at 6:49 am
Hmm, weights for weighting down fishing line for fishing for mud pout.
A bunch of them tied together for using to weigh down duck decoys during migratory bird season.
One bent in half on the trigger of a 120 belile connibear in a channel set, the tags glitter in the water and attract muskrats and otters.