repurpose.remake.reuse.reclaim

The word that is heard perishes,  but the letter that is written remains.  ~Proverb What do you do with those old wall calendars, old magazines, scrapbook paper with really nice images, or just plain nice quality paper.  Well, here's one way to revive them. Make envelopes.  Just open up any used envelope for a template.  Trace and cut away. You can bring this project anywhere...while waiting in the car or at any sports practices/events. Before you know it, you have a dozen made.  Just enough to have a stationery set to give as gifts. To go with the envelopes, TC did a calligraphy for one of her dearest friends' birthday with her initial, "L". She scanned and we resized to fit 2-up on an 8.5x11 cardstock. Final touch: tie the cards and the envelopes together with ribbons from my recycled stack. Black lace looked very elegant, don't you think? And off it went to Lee-Anna for her birthday whom TC regularly corresponds via let...

A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase.   - Mark  Twain One of my favorite things to do is chain stitching. It's so easy and so portable. I can bring this project anywhere. I don't do it as much since I got into knitting (scarves--that's all I can do) but embroidery on baby onesies are even easier. I've recently just pick it up again. Here, I chain stitched the baby's initial. Done in less than half an hour if you're not distracted.   My 13 year-old artist drew me an owl that I resized and printed on iron-on transfer paper and it looked even sweeter on the shirt than on paper. They make perfect gifts.  Later when they outgrow the shirts, you can cut the images and use them as appliqué for a bigger shirt. Another set of baby onesies: J & Heart This one is for a little baby boy named Valentino. Because Valentine's Day was around the corner, I had a play of image with his name. What do you think? So, so simple and so fun. So go a...