Hi there! The other day I came up with a fun new use for nail polish. I've always loved to look of vintage clothes pins and I collect the colorful plastic kind. I tried painting some wooden clothes pins, just for fun…
I think they turned out really pretty. This is a great use for half used bottles of nail polish. It's the little things… XO. elsie
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You think of the cutest things 🙂
Love and Turtledoves,
Jacqueline
Haha. SO fun. I love nail polish. xo, rv
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AAAAAAdorable 🙂
<3
When I was in elementary and middle school, I used to paint all of my pencils with nail polish! So cute!
So cute! I did this a long time ago before I realized I had any creativity haha, but now I can revisit the idea with more inspiration!
-meesch
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Love it! This is such a cute and unexpected idea. You are so crafty!
Oh my gosh, those are so fun! What a cute idea…they’d be super cute holding up some pictures on a string! 🙂
Yeah… it’s the little things!
Ooo!!! I especially love the sparkly ones!!!
This is so cute! I think I am going to do it without telling my boyfriend, he will get a surprise next time he hangs out the washing 😉 x
instant gratification is awesome. who would’ve thought to paint with nail polish?! doing it now 😀
i love it!
Georgia
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lovely project!
camilla
Great minds think alike 🙂
I am working on a post just like this but with a little twist. I love wooden clothes pegs!
Katrina x
Great idea! Wooden clothes pegs are such great DIY items!
They look great!!!
Wow I love this:D
Lovely idea !
LOVE these! Such a cute idea and an awesome way to create budget friendly gifts for the holidays. Love it! 🙂
Love them! 🙂
xx
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Marvellous idea!
When I was 17, I used my sparkly black nail polish to paint my spectacle frames to add that extra flashy look to it and everyone loved it!! And I had tons of compliments in school 🙂 Nail polish is great fun that’s for sure!!
That’s such a great idea! I have loads of half-used bottles of nail polish I can’t bear to throw away, but at the same time, I don’t want to wear those colors anymore. Never thought to use them as craft paint!
very cute. think i’ll have to try this idea out soon… i have way too many bottles of half used nail polish.
one of the things i love most about your blog is that you post nearly every day! and by golly its always something so cute and fun. you are my first stop for fun crafts and outfit inspiration!
Thats so cool, I did it the other week, and used the pegs to hang up images on my bedroom wall!! I love how shiny they look.
Nail polish is so versatile, fun, and easy to work with because it dries so quickly.
I’ve used nail polish to change an undesirable color on a $5 generic sunflower picture I bought once, and instantly transformed it! The nail polish blended in perfectly and actually added depth to the picture.
I’ve also used nail polish to change the color of buttons I’ve used as eyes in crafts 🙂
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Nail polish is versatile, fun and easy to work with, especially since they already come with a small brush 🙂
I’ve used it to change colors on generic prints – instant transformation, and button eyes in arts & crafts projects.
I love working with nail polish in art projects.
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Sorry I commented twice. It didn’t seem to work the first time I posted a comment.
Nail polishes are cool. I also use them in my art projects 🙂
Love this! They look good 🙂
White Honeyr
I used to paint rings and earrings with nailpolish when I was a teenager. The good thing about nailpolish is that you can paint anything with it. As long as it is kind of small 🙂
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This is very cute!
I’m in a photography class right now and for an assignment to photograph, just painted hardware store nails with polish. They ended up so pretty, no idea if I’ll ever use them for anything other than my assignment 🙂
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That’s so cute!
Maria xx
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love it!
Hey, I have done this before, works really well 🙂 I have one stuck inside my kitchen cupboard for shopping lists that is multicoloured stripes of different nail varnishes!
<3 your blog
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I love the colors you picked elsie! This is such a cute idea. Nail polish is one of my favorite little treat items… xo
I painted skeleton keys with polish. 🙂
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love the american apparel nail lacquer..it’s the best!
I love that it gives them a gloss vs. normal paint! xo
What an adorable idea! Never would have thought of it! Now I have something crafty to do this week! Thanks!
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Great use of nail polish remainders. Everyone should also note that the EPA considers nail polish to be a hazardous material- so please use it up in projects such as this, or make sure to recycle properly! Please don’t throw it in the garbage!
Ok, what brand is that pea green nail polish? It’s the color of my dreams and up until now I haven’t been able to find it in real life!
Cute cute cute! I love it!
What a cute idea.
OMGOMGOMGOMG!!! I’ve been working on my studio space all weekend and was thinking of garlands and how much I love penants. I’m dying right now! These are so awesome I want to go straight to my studio and craft all of them! Love Love it all!
Thanks Elsie!
Sorry Elsie- Aparently my fingers are too quick for my computer this morning….. I got a bit ahead of myself with the last comment which was obviously for the garland post!
Oh wow! This is a fantastic idea 😀 ♥
We could totally spruce up our laundry hanging!!
Pinned this!
xoxo
so cute! I linked to this post:-) I was blogging about black nail polish & offered my readers another option…
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You know, I really use to enjoy your blog. But the posts you’ve been doing along this vein actually make me die inside a bit.
Cute because it prevents you from buying paint you won’t need or use AND using your nail polish before they go bad.
we have the same nail polish. 🙂
This is too cute! Love it 😉
Oh I love this idea! I think that this would actually make me look forward to doing laundry! 🙂
I have a friend who is an artist, and all her paintings are done in nail polish. Can’t remember which nail polish company started giving her free polish when they found out….she would love this! Her cell phone is decorated with nail polish, too.
Love this idea! Never would have thought of it. I’m going to decorate some for bag clips and magnets, if I get the chance. Thanks! So excited to try your garland ideas, too.
Love your idea! My wife will be glad If I show her this blog post. Anyways, thanks for sharing.
Really love your ideas! I tried this one out for myself, here is the result! Thanks for the inspiration ❤
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Amyyyyy you play tooooooo much with ALL THESE nail phsiloes. Holy shi*! lol how in the world do you keep track and not accidentally purchase duplicates??? And then to top it off, the dogs are just sitting there like ooooh just chillin with my mom’s nail polish collection lol your nail color is cute though!
They are lovely, looks great!
Did you paint the inside and side