Sunday, 29 July 2012

Paint Colour Chart Tags/Labels

The students at work have been making “Designer” t-shirts and instead of just pinning their names on their work I thought it would be nice to make them some “Designer” tags after spotting a pile of unused paint colour charts on a table.
Paint chart tags
I did originally cut the charts in half and then into a conventional tag shape, but somehow they didn’t look right, so I just punched a hole in the corner for the thread and left it at that. The names were printed on self adhesive labels, cut to size and then stuck on ….
Paint chart tags.
I am now thinking of Christmas ……. and wonder if I can acquire a small pile charts in  seasonal shades of red and green for gift tags …… hmmmmm!

9 comments:

Ginger said...

Helen:
I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your blog....and the decoupaged table. :) Today at a garage sale I saw a cute little suitcase for like 50 cents but not a color or design I liked...so I thought of you and I was like hmmmm.....maybe I can decoupage it! So it's now here, waiting on me to gather some more supplies!

SueF said...

Love them - they look like they should be attached to clothes in a posh boutique!

Great idea for Xmas too......

Sue

misteejay said...

Helen - how very 'designer' - what a fab idea.

Toni xx

SueF said...

PS - I bet you know already, but you can rub out the paint names on the coloured part with an eraser - def looks great with them on here though!

Sue

Di said...

Brilliant idea Helen - of course you can 'acquire' some red and green paint charts - as a founder of the Ways and Means committee I don't think that would be beyond your powers in the least :) I'll have a snoop as well when I'm trooping round DIY places for you. Ever nicked, err acquired, lengths of wallpaper border from the samples for crafting? Bet you have!

You got a little flurry of my followers yesterday over at Monkey's blog - I almost wet myself laughing at the Opening Ceremony post and just had to share it with them :

Hugs, Di xx

Julia said...

Brill idea. they look fab.

Julia said...

Brill idea. they look fab.

Dianne said...

Love paint colour samples! also love the large square single colour samples....what a perfect idea for a practical use for these colour beauties...Dianne

Bumblebee said...

what a great idea, think B&Q and homebase are going to hate me!!