Plastic Price tag: I've begun looking at those closely after reading this digest.  This one was different from any I've had-- on one end was a tiny little bell-shape. This was attached to a little piece that when I cut the bell off looked like a small Bic pen. On the other end there was a tiny round piece with a knob on top--perfume bottle? And the middle was a string of tiny plastic beads that can be painted to make a lady's necklace.

SUSAN AT THE WHITE RABBIT'S HOUSE

Globe light fixture: In the bathroom over the sink, I make a long light fixture with "globe" like bulbs. I took two small rubber washers and painted them gold [all the hardware in our bathroom is gold]. I then took two clear glass marbles [there were the bulbs or globes] and glued each one sitting on top of a washer. I then cut a slender rectangular piece of balsa wood to a perfect size in relation to the space and the globes, painted it white and glued the marble assembly on, evenly spaced of course. You can use more fixtures if you wish, depending on the space you have!

Cathy Heimbauer

Crib mobile: I have used the wedding rings found in party supply shops, they can be painted or covered with bunka or yarn and 4-6 strings can be knotted on all around with 1 1/2" lengths then tie them all together to form the top, knot and snip the ends. Tie on 4-6 lengths to hang off the ring and dangle down and put whatever you want for the mobile part-tiny animals, pompoms etc. A stiffer wire can be attached to the crib and attached to the top knot. Very cute.

Gail

Crib mobile: I took tiny little white plastic birds that I bought at Hobby Lobby during Christmas time. I painted them in pastel colours. Then I tied them with thread to a round finding. Then I took another thread, tied it to the center of the finding and tied a knot in the end and stuck some wax on the ceiling over the baby's crib and stuck the knot into it.

I imagine you can find tiny white doves in the wedding decoration section where they sell the Wilton stuff for Bridal functions. You could also look for tiny buttons in the shape of things a baby would find appealing (ie kittens, bunnies and or puppies).

Patsy

Crib Mobile: I've made some crib mobiles using tiny stickers for the hanging toys.  I have some with Teddy Bears, Stars, and I forget what else.   I use them back to back with a thread or "invisible" thread to hold them.  For some I used a large star cutout as the "umbrella" or "canopy" part, with a string hanging from each point.  To attach to the crib I twisted some thin wire together tightly to give it more strength, fed one end through the center of the "umbrella/canopy"   part of the mobile, then bent it at a 90 degree angle about 1/8" from the "umbrella/canopy" and again about an inch (depends on where you want it to hang over the crib) from that, leaving the rest a relatively long straight piece.   I carefully bent the end of the straight piece so it would fit over the edge of the crib -  looks kind of like a lower case "h" at that end.   I've also used an appropriately sized/shaped jewelry finding as the "umbrella/canopy".

Lissa from Rutland, MA

Crib Mobile: There is a project for a crib mobile on this site.  http://www.pipmin.fsnet.co.uk/projectspg.html I found tiny shanked buttons, of bunnies, bears, B-A-B-Y letters and others in JoAnns.

Karolyn (Plymouth Ma)

Crib Mobile:  The November 1994 issue of Nutshell News shows how to make a crib mobile. They used a head pin as the main support, to which was attached a 1/2" dome-shaped jewelry finding using an S-hook. To the finding they used string to attach little butterflies. You could use stickers from a craft store, for instance, put them on cardboard, then cut them out. Unfortunately, they don't show how to attach the mobile to a crib.

Pat M

Crib Mobile:  look in the craft shops bead section for tiny charms or plastic beads shaped like toys or little animals and a fairly large (about 1/2 inch) filigree bead cap.  If you want, paint the little critters realistically, then knot them to lengths of single-strand floss (longer than you want the finished pendant piece) and knot each one at regular intervals around the edge of the bell cap.  Dab a bit of glue on each knot to secure and when dry, snip off extra thread.   Shape a wire hanger like a shepherd's crook and hang the bell cap from it through its top loop, wind the bottom of the hanger around the crib railing a few times, and snip off the extra.

Loretta

Crib Mobile: .I just finished one...I got a couple of paint charts from the local hardware store in pastel colors. Then I cut double shapes from them. I glued the thread between them so that if they moved, they'd be the same on both sides. I used two criss cross thin slivers of wood for the top.

Cathy Heimbauer

Ants for Picnic: What about gluing tiny black seed beads along a doubled strand of black embroidery floss?  You can cut the ends of the floss for antennae & stiffen them with a little diluted white glue.

Havana (FL) Holly