The Humble Paperclip

Actually not true...the paperclip is not so humble after all and is a very useful peice of stationery that I suspect most of us have a wee stash of.

Here is some useless information you can share at your next dinner party....The first patent for a bent wire paperclip was awarded to a certain American gentleman by the name of Mr Samual B. Fay in 1867.  Originally intended to attach tickets to fabric,  it was also recognised that the paperclip could be used to attach sheets of paper together.

These are slightly bigger than your bog standard paperclip about 2 inches at a guess. Really fun to make and still functional.



A Red theme going on here, the wooden bird is embossed and the others are made from paper.





A spring theme in this set, a fabrc yo-yo flower, the butterfly is covered in paper and then
a coat of dimensional magic applied, my favourite is the sheep made using a variety
 of pieces from a couple of punches.

 I wonder what Mr Samuel B. Fay would make of these paper clips, bet they would still attach a ticket to some fabric though.


Bye for now.