A little late for halloween...

But still, a great idea.

Head on over to www.craftsbyamanda.com to see how to make them and view other creations!

Types of Bread Clips

1: Your standard bread clip, elongated
2: Like #1, but smaller
3: Your standard bread clip, but the bag containment center is in the shape of a heart
4: The most common of all bread clips i.e. The Regular
5:Your standard bread clip, but the bag containment center is in the shape of a X
6: Much like #5, but without gripping pieces and it is elongated.
7: The Regular without gripping pieces and the bag containment center is in a new apple shape
8: #7 with a smaller width
9: The Regular with a smaller width
10: Like #7, but a new bag containment shape somewhat similar to #4
11: #10 with a smaller bag containment center
12: #4 with an elongated bag containment center


For reference on bread clip parts (bag containment center, pressure tabs etc.), go here: http://www.tinyurl.com/breadclips

(There are also bigger bread clips which I forgot to add: http://tinyurl.com/bigbreadclips)

Bread Clip Symatry

Ooh Lala

I was over at my friends house the other day and found this beauty:

Guitar

I just wanted play guitar, but didn't have a pick, so guess what I used? a bread clip! Rock on!

A new discovered species!

We've all heard of the legendary "big" clips, but the other day, I came across a new variety of clips, "small" clips! These bread clips are 1/2 the size of normal ones and can be found on... Well that's the thing... I'm not sure where they come from... I was given a few of them by someone who collects them for me.

New Goal

We are now also trying to collect a bread clip from every state. On the right hand side of this blog, you will see a map. The states in yellow are the states that we have collected bread clips from.

300!

We're proud to announce that we just got our 300th bread clip! Thanks to all that have contributed to the collection and now let's go for 400!

BIG bread clips

Usually found on cat litter and pet food these gigantic bread clips are rare to find. Even though they are usually on pet products does not mean that they can't be found on bread. A big loaf of bread might have one. Big bread clips are about 3x the size of a normal one.

Shirts

I recently learned how to silk screen so I thought, "Why not?"

Tags vs. Clips

It turns out that bread tags are another name for bread clips. Tags or Clips? You decide. Leave us a comment at the bottom of this post saying which one you prefer. 

Ways to hold a collection

There are many ways to hold a collection. Some ways that I like are:
1: Putting them in a small box (I use this technique)
2: Putting the bag containment area around a taut string
3: Thumb-taking them to a cork board
4: Putting them into jars


These are just a few ways of the many of hundreds you could come up with.

Rare Bread Clips

The two "rare" bread clips I am familiar with are light green: (as apposed to normal green: ) and pink:

I will post pictures as soon as I can.

Bread clips on Nintendo Wii?

I was playing on the Wii the other day and I noticed that in Defend Your Castle the pointers are actually bread clips!


Good work XGen Studios!

History of the Bread Clip

The bread clip was invented by Floyd Paxton and manufactured by the Kwik Lok Corporation in Yakama, Washington with manufacturing plants in Yakima and New Haven, India. The bread clip was developed in the early 1950s because there was a growing need to close plastic bags on the packaging line. Consumers wanted a fast and easy way to seal their bags. Thus, the bread clip was born.

(Information provided by Wikipedia)

Features of a Bread Clip

Bread Clip Jewelry?!?!

http://www.wizzybliss.com/index.html

10 Uses for Bread Clips (By: gomestic.com)

1. These make excellent guitar picks. They are easier to hold than store bought ones and stronger.
2. Use as a scraper on non stick pans. They won't scratch the finish.
3. A bread clip will hold a pair of socks together in the wash
4. These make excellent bookmarks. Just clip a few pages together.
5. Students, or young girls can paint these and use them as funky earrings
6. Keep rubber bands inside the clip bit of the tags. It stops them getting all over the drawer.
7. Spray paint these silver, gold, or green and use to hang Christmas tree lights
8. If you get paint onto the glass when painting windows, these will scrape it off without scratching
9. Small children like to use these for counting and sorting. (Be careful of choking hazard with very young children.).
10. Dry pantyhose, stockings, hose, etc on a thin wire coat hanger. Simply attach them to the hanger with old bread bag clips.

(Information Provided gomestic.com)

Did you know...

Did you know that the color of the bread clip symbolizes what day the bread was delivered to the store?
Monday - Blue
Tuesday - Green
Thursday - Red
Friday - White
Saturday - Yellow
So the next time you go to the store, be sure you aren't eating week-old bread!