THRIFTY TRICK
NO 1.
I can't remember where I got the idea from but I thought I'd share it with you anyways. It may be too late as I know most of you will have cleared away all your Christmas things.
This tip is a way to recycle your Christmas cards without just putting them in the green bin! All you need is either some old fashioned pinking sheers or a pair of decorative effect edging scissors which you can buy in any good craft shop. As shown below:
Then you need your cards from this Christmas.........
........choose the nicest and most festive bits from the card fronts and cut them out into gift tag sized pieces.....then......hey presto! You're left with some beautiful sturdy gift tags for wrapping next year's Christmas pressies!
If you like you can punch a hole in the tag and thread through any left over ribbon from your gift wrapping or you could just use some nice hessian string or coloured wool.
If it is too late and you've thrown away your cards you can keep this in mind for next Christmas. As we all know it'll come around again much quicker than we would like it to!
Stay tuned for more thrifty tricks for 2012!
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Yup, been doing this for years. I do birthday cards too, for birthday presents. Happy new year!
ReplyDeleteHappy new year to you too! That's a great idea with the birthday cards. Will have to use that one too. :) x
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