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Purses for Every (Miniature) Occasion

In my 1:1 scale life, I use just 1 purse all the time (until it inevitably needs replacing), but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to make 3 for my 1:6 scale dollhouse. To me, binder clips resemble miniature purses all by themselves, so most of the work is already done. Hurray! For each purse, I first removed the metal wire loops of the binder clip, leaving just the triangular prism base to work with. Then, after prying open the top, I attached a short piece of yarn using Loctite Super Glue Liquid to create the handles, and with GO CREATE EZ Shape Non-Dry Modeling Clay, I made matching shapes to decorate the body. The next step was to apply Mod Podge gloss to the right side of each decoration. Finally, once the gloss finished drying, I glued the wrong sides to the front and back of the base. The large purse features clay hearts and Loops & Threads Charisma Big! Solids yarn in the color Cornflower. After rolling out a piece of clay, I used a toothpick to trace the outlines of 4...