the start

Hi! And welcome to Harmonic Daisies. Summer's here, and it's a perfect time for me to begin my first blog. I've decided to use Harmonic Daisies as somewhat of a creative outlet and a way to share all the things I love and the fun (and hopefully painless) projects that I take on!

Summer is a great time of year--beaches, cook-outs, popsicles!--so many fun things to do. But in AZ, you risk 2nd degree burns stepping outside come July. I decided to make a trip to the local library to grab some new books to entertain myself while avoiding the AZ heat.

To kick off "HD," I decided to make some bookmarks. Scrapbooking is becoming such a popular hobby, but one thing that I've never seen "scrapbooked" is a bookmark. And with my new library books and abundance of scrabooking paper, I decided to make some myself to avoid ripped pieces of paper, receipts, and other random bits of paper that we often find to use as make-shift bookmarks.

Here is how you can make some in just a few minutes.

First, I started with a few sheets of paper. I used a patterned piece for one side of the bookmark, and a solid color for the other.

Next, I cut each of the pieces of paper down to size. They can be as wide or as long as you'd like. I made a few in different sizes. I used a very thin layer of a glue stick to glue the two pieces of paper together, and laid them underneath a book to dry flat for about 10 minutes.

I then added a few embellishments. This can be up to you. You can put whatever you'd like--pictures, quotes, ribbon--as long as it will lay flat between the pages of your book.

Voila! Cute bookmarks for all your summer favorites.

Happy reading!

xO JM