When I discovered Lisa Solomon on The Beholder, I fell in love. I would have never guessed that embroidering a simple paint chip could look so sophisticated. Her series of paint chip art plays with the fantastic descriptive names given to paint colors such as this one, Sparrow. Another fantastic use for your reject color ideas is this colorful and functional card holder craft from Design Verb. There are incredibly detailed instructions and step-by-step photos on his blog. My last recycled paint sample idea comes to us from Lollipoop Designs. She uses a paint sample cards as covers for her notebooks. What a great way to sandwich stacks of scrap paper! Be sure to check out Lollipoop Designs library card notebooks too! Some other great uses for left over paint chip samples:
greeting cards gift tags wine glass tags Holiday wreath Wallet! color lessons or memory game for kids scrap-booking faux mosaic
I’m sure you have many more ideas, please feel free to share them in a comment! [Images courtesy of Lisa Solomon, Design Verb, and Lollipoop Designs]
