Got kids? My bet then is you have the popular Circo white toy chest as well.
If I'm right, here's a fun, easy and quick DIY project for you. This is of course if you want to keep them instead of tossing them away or donating them to Goodwill. I kept mine because my daughter's toy chest not only held her toys then but also memories. Memories of her being a baby and growing up. That toy chest stayed in her room for years all the way to when we moved to our new house. She's a tween now and the toy chest is no longer appropriate. And because of that, I got to put my creative genius in repurposing her old toy chest and giving it a total makeover.
If you have the same one or similar and would rather keep it, then read on for the tutorial and turn yours into a whole new furniture that's chic and useful.
Holidays are coming up and you know what that means, cards and tons of cards to buy and send! With of course an exemption to those who'd rather send e-card - which to my book is cheesy and un-personal...ahem. But if you're one of those traditionalist as moi, don't be quick in spending your hard-earned dollars yet. Let me tell you ways to save some moolah by simply upcycling those cute old cards you have collecting dusts in your shoe box somewhere, into new adorable ones. Yes it can be done. Knowing me, I always find a way.
You can call this a form of "re-gifting", though not quite.
Here are creative ways to give your old cards new life:
Materials
Paper Edger Scissors
Border Punch
Corner Punch
Double-sided tape
Paper cutter
Colored Card stock Paper
Old greeting cards Your creativity and imagination
Instructions
Border punch and corner punch
Upcycling two-fold cards without paper insert.
Using the paper cutter, separate the front cover from the other half of card with dedication. Cut just before fold to make a clean cut. You can save the dedicated portion or recycle, of course. Then, use the border punch to add a decorative touch on the front cover's edges. Finish it off with the corner punch to complete the design as shown above. Use your creative imagination to create your preferred trim.
Once satisfied with your creation, fold a card stock paper in half. Lay the redesigned front cover on top of the front of the card and trim its edges, leaving minimum margins on all sides to ensure your front cover will be centered. Using double-sided tape, stick your cover permanently on the front side of your new card and you're done!
For two-fold cards with paper insert.
Using paper edger scissor of your own preferred design, cut the bottom half of insert to remove "dedicated" portion (shown on photo below). Set flap in place with a double-sided tape. Voila! New card to re-use and send.
Count your savings.
By recycling and upcycling old cards, you save a minimum of $1.00 a piece to $2.50, depending on the brand and size of cards when bought new. That's a saving of approximately $50 if you're planning on sending 20 cards!
Don't throw those old cards away. Upcycle. And save money!
Your Question:
I have no border punch or paper edger scissor, what are my options?
My Answer:
No worries. Plain edges are OK too. You can also opt on trimming their edges with ribbons all around or just part of it like a frame. Or if you love glitters, sprinkle the margins with them. Whatever you do with your card, give it your personal touch and make it your own, unique creation!
I'm one who always want something unique, with personality and decoratively creative. Moreover, I love to recycle and save money. In this project, I was able to put these factors together and came up with these cute designs for my daughter's birthday - turning old Calendar pages into decorative gift wrappers that will blow your mind away but not your budget!
My creativity sees no end nor limit. Sometimes it's eerily uncanny how my brain works, but it's a gift I'm happy to embrace.
Whenever I see something, I just don't see it the way the naked eye sees it. I see creative possibility! The same possibility I saw when I saw the cap from the yogurt I recently reviewed. Yes. That puny, little cap that get tossed away if not recycled.
To a "normal" person, that cap is just merely a cap. But in my eyes, a pretty pattern is revealed and a creative idea is developed.
Then my hands makes them into pretty wearable, useful things no one thought possible!
And delight follows when I see these creations worn by those who saw the beauty in them too.
I don't have to tell you that I'm a big fan of things that are unique, creative and downright crafty, as I, but yes, I do dig them and can't help swooning at the mere sight of an item that meets my creative taste. I mostly admire the recycled, upcycled or D.I.Y. creations that spells AWESOME! Awesome like these...
We are in the market for a new house and though it is rather cumbersome trying to find "the" perfect house, there is some fun and entertainment to be had going through houses that are still occupied. It's like entering a different world each time, or discovering a new book. You either like what you see or dislike it totally. Or, in some cases, you simply love it! In our recent house tours, I was blown away to discover repurposed sewing machines stylishly used as home decor in one of the houses we visited! Creativity at its best!
