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70 Uses For Brads
Last Updated 04/08/08
Written by: Holly Laming
 Connectors on paper piecing for moveable parts
Attaching vellum
Accents on journal blocks
To "hang" things from
Centre of flowers
Centre of letters
Spell out words (outline letters)
Corners of picture mat
Eyes of paper dolls
Nails in a fence
Earrings for a paper doll
Belly button jewel for a paper doll
"Stone" in a ring
Buttons on a snowman
Decoration on a child's ball
Stepping-stones on a garden layout
Attach a fiber to a brad to make a yo-yo
Attach elements on a page by wrapping wire or fiber
To form "bullets" for a list of things
As an accent on the tail of a letter
In the hole of a tag
White - as stars on a black or navy blue sky
White - as dropping snowflakes
Light blue - as falling raindrops
Orange - as pumpkins
White - as moonbeams
Jeweled belt on a paper doll
Brown - as chocolate chips on a cookie
Toppings on a pizza
M & M's
Buttons on a shirt
Decorations on an Easter egg
Decorations on a Christmas tree
Purple - grapes in a cornucopia
Lights on top of a police car or fire truck
Centre of a pinwheel
Centre of tires
Tires on a toy car
End of antenna on a bug
Centre of fiber spider web
Hair ornament on a girl paper doll
The "dot" on an i or j
Attach handle to a basket
To attach fibers lacing something together
Attach a sign to a post
Rocks
Centre of propeller on an airplane
On serendipity squares
Sesame seeds on a bun
Jeweled skirt on a paper doll.
Use as a spider and paint a face on it with the legs behind it or use wire for its legs
Dots on a ladybug
As fillers
Use as nails on wood (like haunted house windows)
Christmas bulbs on a tree paper piecing
Eye on a frog
Use to embellish the corner of tags or
Borders or
Titles
Attach fabric, twistel or lace to paper
Use star brads to replicate a night sky
Ends of a hammock (saw that on a layout at the lss using brad-dazzled brads)
Use on butterfly wings
Oval nail heads as Easter eggs
Buttons on a dress
Shoe buckle
Dots on a clown suit doll or paper piecing
Sprinkles on an ice cream cone
Sprinkles on a cupcake
Use seashell nail heads on paper torn sand paper to create a beach look
Use your imagination!!!
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