Are You Ready? It's Time to Wrap It Up!

Hope you are ready for holiday gift giving! Have you wrapped all of your gifts?

If not you might consider some non-traditional ways to "wrap".

Consider cookie tins, tote bags, colorful shoe boxes or candy boxes as containers.

Tote bag filled with goodies

Or as alternatives to wrapping paper use fabric remnants, dinner napkins, glossy magazine pages, scrapbook paper scraps and newspapers.

Red Gift Box decorated with strips of black polka dot scrapbook paper and recycled security envelopes

Time to Wrap It Up!


Last minute goodies to wrap yourself and your gifts in style!

What alternatives to traditional wrapping do you use? I would love to hear about (and see photos) how you simplify the gift wrapping process.

Happy wrapping!
Enjoy!

Thursday Thoughts for Earth Day

Happy Earth Day!



Looking for more creative ways to reduce, reuse and recycle? Check out this Earth Day Carnival! You'll find SuZeFashion listed there too!
http://www.craftcritique.com/2010/04/earth-day-blog-carnival.html

I am the “Queen of Repurposing” in my family. Here are a few things I have recycled/repurposed:

I use recycled packaging materials wherever I can. I reuse tissue paper, cereal boxes (when we buy cereal) and other large boxes and envelopes of all sizes. If these materials still have life in them it seems wasteful to put them in the trash.



Old computer manuals and pocket calendars with pages painted and fabric covers added to use for my art journals.





Small tins for business card holders.



An old ugly wooden picture frame (with wallpaper remnant inserted under glass) as a table tray, an old muffin tin for a drawer organizer and metal condiment caddies to hold office supplies.



I have also used an old glass canister to hold rulers, chipped mugs for pen and pencil holders, glass bottles as vases, and the list goes on!!!

Have a thoughtful Thursday wherever you are!

Earth Day Thoughts

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Today I’m sharing some photos of items from my Etsy shop that demonstrate ways I have found to reduce, reuse and recycle.


Pictures Left to Right, Top to Bottom: 1. Melon Peach Strawberry Sherbet Scarf 2. Unlimited Possibilities Journal 3. Time Traveler Vest 4. Miss Elliette Vintage Cream Lace Dress 5. Time Traveler Vest No. 2 6. Tribal Brown Crochet Upcycle Bib Necklace Collar 7. Teal Leaves Applique Cotton Scarf 8. Black and White Fabric Collage Journal












1. Melon Peach Strawberry Sherbet Scarf - Constructed from vintage melon chiffon scarf and lace remnants.
2. Unlimited Possibilities Journal - Constructed from upholstery fabric remnant, silk flower leaf, garment labels, fabric swatch and composition notebook.
3. Time Traveler Vest -Upcycled from vintage navy pinstripe vest, ribbon, shell buttons.
4. Miss Elliette Vintage Cream Lace Dress - Vintage lace dress, lace remnants, beads, ribbon, crinkle fabric from crinkle blouse.

5. Time Traveler Vest No. 2 - Upcycled from vintage brown tweed vest, vintage brown hem tape (from Mom's stash).
6. Tribal Brown Crochet Upcycle Bib Necklace Collar - Upcycled from brown crocheted kerchief, beads, shell buttons, embroidery floss, cording sample.
7. Teal Leaves Applique Cotton Scarf - Constructed from teal slubbed cotton fabric remnant (not enough to make full scarf), magenta thread and teal appliques that have machine satin stitching in magenta, gold and purple (found these years ago in a bin at fabric store that mainly carried remnants and odds/ends from factories, etc.)
8. Black and White Fabric Collage Journal - Constructed from upholstery fabric remnant, fabric samples, garment labels, ribbon, wallpaper samples and composition notebook.


This is my tribute to Earth Day, which this year is Thursday April 22, just a few days away. When I was thinking about what I would say about Earth Day, I realized I had more to say than I have space for in this blog post. While I have more “green” practices I would like to adopt, all around me are “green” things I have done most of my life just because it makes sense.

More to come each day this week.

What do you do that's "green"?