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Hello! It's Jennifer from Sea Lemon. Today I want to show you about 10 different DIY's
you can do with these binder clips. And I'm calling these life hacks because there are so many different ways
you can use these clips
which help you organize and simplify your life.
Some of these you may have already heard of, but I wanted to try them out myself, and show you
what they look like. And along the way I figured out more clever ways to use these in every day life things.
So you can obviously use any of these to spark an idea or adapt them to fit your life.
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This first one is a super easy way to add a pen holder to your notebook. Add a
binder clip to your pen or pencil and simply add it to the edge of your book
cover and there it is, an instant pen holder. You can also move the clip toward
the top of the cover so that the pen stays put and this will help if you're
adding your notebook into a backpack or your bag. This next one is an easy way to
bind single sheets of paper. Let's say you just printed out a report or a final
paper. You can use binder clips and a sheet of cardstock on the top for the
cover to make it look a little more polished. Stack those all together and
using your binder clips you can add as many as you like. I go with 3 usually on
8 and 1/2 by 11 paper just clip those on to the spine of the book. Then, remove the
handle parts to give it a cleaner look and make it easier to open your book.
You can leave it at that but if you want an easier way to open
the cover so that it bends over, you can add a score line just below those binder
clips. I'm using a pen here to score a line but you can of course use any other
tool that you'd like, now rather than your pages looking like you just printed
them out, you have slightly upped the presentation and it looks a little more
professional with this simple binding. Binder clips are such an easy way to
display art or photos. You can make a simple stand on your tabletop by just
simply putting your photo in like this or if you want to pin
something to the wall and you don't want to add holes through the artwork simply
add a binder clip to the top and hang it up just like that. This next one is for
the painters out there. If you're like me and you like to rest your brush on top
of your water dish and you don't want it to roll around, simply add a couple of
binder clips on the edges, leave two of those handles up and slide in your brush
to keep it in place so that it doesn't roll around and possibly hold onto your
artwork or your table making a mess. It's a really easy holder and a good way to
keep track of your paintbrush. This next one is a really easy way to organize and
dispense your ribbon. On a container add a binder clip to each side, then with
some sort of stick like a dowel or a pencil or in my case a paintbrush, slide
it through the clips and ribbon to keep it in place. Then, for the dispenser part,
put a binder clip in front and pull the ribbon through. Then use it to trim off
as much ribbon as you need while still keeping your ribbon organized and
depending on the size of your container, you can continue adding ribbon to your
new dispenser and add more clips to the front to hold the ends in place
Something else that these binder clips can hold is your jewelry. I'm going to
make this hanging mirror into a holder for my necklaces with just a couple of
binder clips. Hang a mirror or a frame onto the wall, add some binder clips to
the sides and then hang your jewelry onto the holders. You can also add a clip
to the top or bottom for more places to hang your jewelry. I like the idea of the
holder functioning as a mirror as well so that you can kind of see yourself
when you're adding accessories to your outfit for the day. It's a quick grab and
go away to accessorize and I think this would also work well in a locker.
Another easy life hack with these binder clips is using it for a keychain clip
Remove one of the holders, add it to your key and slip it back into the clip and
it makes a functional keychain this is a great way to add your key to a note
maybe you're house-sitting or someone is house-sitting for you and you need to
leave a reminder. This is a great way to do that.
Another DIY holder for your everyday things is making a sunglass holder with
these binder clips I'm using a really large one for this but it can just
depend on the size and thickness of your sunglass arms. Simply clip it on to the
edge of a tabletop or a shelf and slide your glasses on in. Add more along the
side if you have a collection of sunglasses. This is a great way to
display them and save you some table space. I'm sure you have seen this binder
clip hack by now but I have not tried this yet and I am so bad at just leaving
my charger on a table just letting it fall off and then I have to pick it up
all the time so this time, I am adding a binder clip to the edge of my table so
that it catches my charger and it holds it there now I don't have to keep
picking it up from the floor and it's always there on my nightstand so that I
can easily charge my phone when I need to. Another thing you can try for your
phone is making a DIY cell phone holder with these clips. To make this, you'll
need four medium or large clips and two small clips. Starting with the two larger
clips, add one inside the other so that it's angled like this. On the clip that
is on the inside, pull the handle up so it's making an L shape then with a
smaller clip, add it to the end which is the bottom of the L and that's all it
takes to form one of the holders. You want to repeat that step and make two of
them. Placed side-by-side then they're ready to hold your phone. This holder
really comes in handy when you want to watch your favorite YouTube channels
like this awesome one called Sea Lemon which you should totally subscribe to,
it's the perfect toy to watch your favorite YouTube videos on a tabletop or
to follow a DIY video or instructions while you're making something. I hope you
found these helpful there are literally so many ways you can use a binder clip
and a project and if you have tried any of your own binder clip life hack.
I would love to read about it so leave it in a comment below and if you're not
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life hacks and make your life just a little bit easier, check out one of these
tutorials here. Links will be in the description below and I will see you
guys next week