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I just had to share this really cute tutorial I found today on SwirlyThoughts. She shows how to make padded envelopes using reclaimed materials.
It is such a wonderful idea. So many possibilities!
I have been been doing a lot of playing around with magazines lately. I saved a rather large stash from the trash at work last week. So as you can imagine there has been lots of cutting, folding, rolling and gluing (non-toxic) going on. Needless to say, it has been an interesting challenge coming up with different ways to reuse them all.
For the most part I have had great luck in making jewelry out of them. Earrings, bracelets and beads have all been fun. I’ll post about them later though.
Today however, I am very pleased with a tea wallet that I made. I love my tea, and always have a bag or two in my purse or pocket. Christy’s Creations had a great Tea Wallet Tutorial that I thought might be a fun way to reuse the magazines. The image I chose was a little small, but I love how it came out.
Surprisingly durable and very cute. I have been taking it to work all week, and absolutely love it.
Most of the paper that makes it way into my home ends up in the compost pile or the recycling bin. Lately I have been noticing how much we receive that is non-compostable. So with my efforts to try to reuse before recycle, and my love of crafting, I took a recent ad I received and tried to make something more useful out of it.
Since it is such a beautiful day I took my project outside. Making paper beads is relaxing and quite a bit time consuming. I really like the way they turned out though.
I like the ones that I used the hemp with the most. For the others, I used an elastic string on one and a salvaged clasp with string for the other. I would like to try ones with more color next time.
