Melissa Frances: Bookmarks with Danielle

We have the following project from design team member Danielle to share with you today.

Do you love to read or know someone who loves to read? These little bookmarks are so much fun to make. I saw the idea on Pinterest awhile back, and I cannot find the photo that inspired me, but the ones I saw were made with pretty little jewelry pieces. They were so beautiful. I am not good with making jewelry, but I can hot glue like it's nobody business! :)

I was playing around with my scrapbooking products tonight. It's been so long since I've spent time creating just for fun! I saw these Melissa Frances resin frames lying on my table and thought....a necklace? A photo inside? Hang them on a scrapbook page? Aha. A bookmark!

For each bookmark, I wanted a long strip that you slide into the book to hold the page. For this, I used pom pom trim by Melissa Frances on the middle bookmark, tinsel for the swirl bookmark, and a crepe paper strip for the bookmark on the right. I just added some little resin frames, floral pins, and a satin flower on the center bookmark with a hot glue gun. I covered some old books with Melissa Frances papers to make them a little prettier.

This one holds a little photo of my girls. I think I know what my mom is getting for her birthday in September! She loves to read. A new book with a new bookmark inside will do the trick! I think I will cover it with pretty paper before I send it. Ooh, I just had another thought. A chandelier drop would be pretty as well on a bookmark!

Melissa Frances supplies used:
Papers: 5th Avenue line
Resin: Elegance Frame Applique, Provincial Applique - set of 4, Scroll Applique
Flower: Green Satin Twist Rose (FF07)
Rub on sentiment: Girlfriends rub ons
White Pearls
Silver Tinsel
Tissue Paper Garland, pink and white
Pom pom trim, white
Other, Non-Melissa Frances products: floral pins, gray lace ribbon