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Step 5Assemble the bow
Let's build the bow now.
1. Push your two-pronged paper brad through the center hole of one strip. Gently curve each end of the strip to the center, putting the holes over the prongs.
2. Check that you have the side of the paper you want showing on the outside of the simple bow you've just made. Oops? Take the strip off, reverse the paper and flip over your stack of strips so you'll do the rest the right way. Or, embrace that you have cool double-sided paper and go for it willy-nilly.
3. Apply remaining strips just like the first, changing the axis to fill in the bow. It's a whole lot easier to arrange them as you apply each strip than to move all the loops around once the bow is complete.
4. Need to make more strips or punch more holes? Just use your handy spring clip again to hold the brad prongs and keep the loops you've made so far in place.
5. OK, go find that canister lid.
6. Using a craft knife, make a small slit in the center of the lid.
7. Insert brad prongs from the top side of lid through slit to underside. Bend the prongs out to secure the bow to the lid. Fluff and make small adjustments to bow as necessary. If you want to get fancy, you can put some tape and a gold sticker or such over the prongs to pretty up the inside of the lid. I don't bother.
1. Push your two-pronged paper brad through the center hole of one strip. Gently curve each end of the strip to the center, putting the holes over the prongs.
2. Check that you have the side of the paper you want showing on the outside of the simple bow you've just made. Oops? Take the strip off, reverse the paper and flip over your stack of strips so you'll do the rest the right way. Or, embrace that you have cool double-sided paper and go for it willy-nilly.
3. Apply remaining strips just like the first, changing the axis to fill in the bow. It's a whole lot easier to arrange them as you apply each strip than to move all the loops around once the bow is complete.
4. Need to make more strips or punch more holes? Just use your handy spring clip again to hold the brad prongs and keep the loops you've made so far in place.
5. OK, go find that canister lid.
6. Using a craft knife, make a small slit in the center of the lid.
7. Insert brad prongs from the top side of lid through slit to underside. Bend the prongs out to secure the bow to the lid. Fluff and make small adjustments to bow as necessary. If you want to get fancy, you can put some tape and a gold sticker or such over the prongs to pretty up the inside of the lid. I don't bother.
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