I have the same exact problem, but I made a few of these, which helped out a bit http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/bodacious-button-bangles
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It really depends on your friends personalities and interests. As an example one of my friends is really into the joker from batman, so I made her a purse out of playing cards. What are your friends interests?
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I agree with alligator clips, but if you don't have any laying around you could also use bobby pins.
you can paint the bottom rim some metallic color.
I don't know about were you live, but around were I live I know about five shops that love to sell crafts made by local artisans. I sell some of my stuff at two places and get some good money for doing so. Some times you really got to look for these types of places. Most times they're kind of hidden away yet surprisingly get good business.
I recently got into flower arranging. I really like growing stuff so I was wondering if anybody knows what kinds of flowers that I can grow in California during winter.
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