If you’ve ever painted so much as a room in your house, you’re bound to have a few paint swatches hanging around. I have a hard time leaving the hardware store without them even though I’ve already painted every room in my house. There’s just something fun about all those colors. Well put those strips to good use as bookmarks!

Things you’ll need:
Paint swatch
Grommet kit
Ribbon
Scissors
Corner punch
Hole Punch

Optional:
Digital cutter
Sketch pens
Scrap cardstock

Things to do:
If you are planning on adding an illustration using the plotting technique with a digital cutter, press the paint chip onto the cutting mat at the leading edge and then but the card stock up against the opposite edge to catch any pen marks that go over the edge. You’ll want to do this before starting the rest of the project.
1. Punch a hole into the center top of the paint strip and press the grommet through so that the smoother edge will be on the paint side of the strip. This will mean that the strip will be white side up when you insert the grommet into the punch mold.




2. Hammer the grommet together tightly.
3. Thread a ribbon through the grommet, tie off and trim.
4. Trim the corners with the corner punch.