Last Updated on February 11, 2019 by Kristi Linauer
If you’re currently in the process of decorating your home, you can probably identify to my problem–my purse always looked like this:


I carried them around with me everywhere, because I just never knew when I’d pop into the fabric store, or find myself looking at rugs or artwork. I mean, if you’re redecorating your home, your paint samples are crucial!
The problem? I’d always lose them, leave them on my desk and leave home without them, they’d fall out of my purse, or they would get buried in the middle section (the bottomless pit) and get crumpled and torn. I found that I was picking up new ones almost every time I’d visit Home Depot.
So I decided to remedy that problem.
I picked up these items:


The wood circles came from a JoAnn Fabrics, and I found the chain in the ceiling fan/lighting department of Home Depot.
I drilled a holes in the circles:


Primed each circle:


Had a little finger painting fun (I didn’t have any tiny brushes, so this worked.)


Cut the chain to about four or five inches:


And when the circles were dry, I strung them onto the chain:


Now I have my own personalized little paint chips that can easily slip onto my key chain and never get lost!
I even got a compliment on them! When I was at the cash register at JoAnn Fabrics the other day, the cashier saw them and said, “Oh my goodness, can I see those!? How cute! (pause) What are they?” 😀
Have a blessed day!
** I’m linking this post to DIY Day at A Soft Place To Land.


Addicted 2 Decorating is where I share my DIY and decorating journey as I remodel and decorate the 1948 fixer upper that my husband, Matt, and I bought in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do physical work, so I do the majority of the work on the house by myself. You can learn more about me here.
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17 Comments
Anonymous
March 3, 2010 at 2:01 pmWhat a great idea! Cute and practical. I love it.
Denise
March 3, 2010 at 2:16 pmThis would make a nice client gift, Kristi!
Jackie
March 3, 2010 at 3:09 pmGreat idea! I have the same problem, usually lose my color things from the paint store. This is fantastic!
Laurie - Little Blue Chairs
March 3, 2010 at 3:17 pmLove it
Candy (Mama Lion)
March 3, 2010 at 8:07 pmAmazing idea!
Scientific Housewife
March 3, 2010 at 9:59 pmWhat a great idea!
Wendy
March 3, 2010 at 10:22 pmwhat a great idea!!
angie
March 4, 2010 at 1:57 amThat is a great idea! I bet you can use them as tags for something later on.
Bungalow'56
March 4, 2010 at 7:08 amThis is great. I use plastic credit card holders to put my color chips in, but this is way cooler. I'm having one heck of a time picking my colors, so it may be awhile before I could actually make one.
Love your blog,
Dana
Anonymous
March 4, 2010 at 1:45 pmGreat idea and Very cute! I am going to share my blog readers..thewalSMARTwoman.com…with your blog sited of course.
Anonymous
March 5, 2010 at 10:20 pmGreat ideas here. I have a design dilemma..I will paint my living room dark navy, almost black, gold ceiling with light beige couch, yellow and gold accessories (pillow, lamps, carpet) but my kitchen is right next to it and I have no idea what color to use there….maybe a soft citrus? apple green?
Leah
December 13, 2010 at 7:45 pmIt would make a great necklace too, love it!
Nancy Ward
December 31, 2010 at 2:07 pmHi!
Wanted you to know I posted a link to this tutorial today on my blog, PaperFriendly.
Nancy Ward
PaperFriendly
http://www.nancywardcrafts.com
Lora
July 19, 2011 at 12:08 pmYou could also add a cute tag with it that has the project name you are currently working on with those particular colors. Maybe in a plastic one with a sleeve that you can reuse for a different project.
Lin Morgan
September 8, 2011 at 2:44 amexcellent idea and you could even glue fabric to the back to take along too
Peg
November 10, 2011 at 1:20 amOn my second set of PAPER paint chip samples … THIS IS A G-R-E-A-T IDEA!! Thanks so much 🙂
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