Brads and Eyelets

THIS IS MY CHOSEN METHOD:
I have chosen to use those bead containers I'm sure you've seen everywhere. However, through much trial and error, I have found the best container to use in this respect are the ones that are more like the daily/weekly pill boxes (generally found in most pharmacies). Reason being is because in the original, cheap-o version, each section is not individually closed; therefore, you will have eyelets and brads mixing into the other sections, getting them all mixed up.

In these containers, each section has it's own lid and it is "child-proof." Meaning, there's a "trick" to openning each lid. You can't just pop it open. So, there is little to no chance that if you drop this container on the floor that it will pop open and scatter all these tiny little bits everywhere!

You can get this container (or a version of it) in any craft store. Check the cross-stitch section or sewing sections first (the price will, most likely, be less). You can also check your local pharmacy up by the pharmacy counter.

Using the Crop-A-Dile

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Photo Anchors

1. attach photo anchors to the page with a brad or eyelet
2. use photo anchors as photo corners to adorn the edges of a special photograph
3. photo anchors can be used to hold multiple ribbon strands in place beautifully along a border

Picture Holders

1. attach picture holders to your page with an eyelet or brad and then hang tags, photos or even letters from the triangles
2. tie ribbon or fibers to the triangles and attach the picture holder to the bottom of a photo mat as a dangling decorative embellishment

Hinges

1. attach hinges to our design with brads or eyelets
2. use small hinges that open fully to make mini photo books or to hide journaling behing a photo mat
3. attach journaling boxes or tags to the page witha series of hinges to create an interactive page with hidden surprises

Brads

1. Connectors on paper piecing for moveable parts
2. Attach to vellum
3. Accents on journal blocks
4. To "hang" things from
5. Center of flowers
6. Center of letters
7. Spell out words (outline letters)
8. Corners of picture mats
9. Eyes of paper dolls
10. Nails in a fence
11. Earings for a paper doll
12. Belly button jewel for a paper doll
13. "Stone" in a rung
14. Buttons on a snowman
15. Decoration on a child's ball
16. Stepping-stones on a garden layout
17. Attach a fiber to a brad to make a yo-yo
18. Attach elements on a page by wrapping wire or fiber
19. To form "bullets" for a list of things
20. As an accent on the tail of a letter
21. In the hole of a tag
22. White - as stars on a black or navy blue sky
23. White - as dropping snowflakes
24. Light blue - as falling raindrops
25. Orange - as pumpkins
26. White - as moonbeams
27. Jeweled belt on a paper doll
28. Brown - as chocolate chips on a cookie
29. Toppings on a pizza
30. M & M's
31. Buttons on a skirt
32. Decorations on an Easter egg
33. Decorations on a Christmas Tree
34. Purple - grapes on a cornucopia
35. Lights on top of a police car or fire truck
36. Center of a pinwheel
37. Center of tires
38. Tires on a toy car
39. End of antenna on a bug
40. Center of (fiber) spider web
41. Hair ornament on a hair paper doll
42. The "dot" in an 'i' or 'j'
43. Attach handle to a basket
44. To attach fibers lacing something together
45. Attach a sign to a post
46. Rocks
47. Center of propeller on an airplane
48. On serendipity squares
49. Sesame seeds on a bun
50. Jeweled skirt on a paper doll
51. Use as a spider and paint a face on it with the legs behind it or use wire for it's legs
52. Dots on a lady bug
53. As fillers
54. Use as nails on wood (like haunted house windows)
55. Christmas bulbs on a tree paper piecing
56. Eye on a frog
57. Use to embellisht the corner of tags
58. Use to embellish borders
59. Use to embellish titles (like the dot in an "I" for example)
60. Attach fabric, twistel or lace to paper
61. Use star brads to replicate a night sky
62. Ends of a hammock
63. Use on butterfly wings
64. Oval nail heads as Easter eggs
65. Buttons on a dress
66. Shoe buckle
67. Dots on a clown suit, doll or paper piecing
68. Sprinkles on an ice cream cone
69. Sprinkles on a cupcake
70. Use seashell nail heads on torn sand paper to create a beach look