Make a paper weight using craft materials.
When you work in an office environment, paperwork can build up and become disorganized quite easily. One solution is to use a paper weight, which you can place on top of specific stacks of papers in order to keep them together. Instead of buying a generic paper weight from a specialty store, make your own paper weight using materials that you can buy from an arts and crafts supply store. This will enable you to customize the paper weight to your specific tastes.
Instructions
1. Paint over the entire surface of a smooth river rock that measures about 2 inches wide, 3 inches long, using acrylic paint. Select any color you like. Cover the surface with a single, solid color or use different colors to create a pattern. Allow the paint to dry for 20 minutes.
2. Paint a layer of clear acrylic glaze over the entire rock. This will prevent the paint from rubbing off and will give the rock a beautiful sheen. Allow the glaze to dry for 20 minutes.
3. Plug in a hot glue gun to heat up for five minutes, and then squeeze a pea-sized dollop of hot glue onto the painted and glazed rock.
4. Press a decorative bead onto the hot glue dollop, and hold it in place for one minute to allow the hot glue to cool and harden. Repeat to cover the surface of the rock with as many decorative beads as you like.
5. Squeeze glitter glue onto the rock. Trace around the decorative beads with the glitter glue, or add patterns such as dots, swirls or spirals. Allow the glitter glue to dry for 15 minutes before using the arts and crafts-style paper weight.
