Many Uses For Christmas Cards:

Greeting Card Trivet Instructions:

Create a Christmas trivet from an inexpensive tile and a recycled Christmas card or wrapping paper. It can be displayed on an easel when not in use. Makes a great Christmas gift along with an inexpensive easel!

Supplies:

• white 6-inch glass tile
• Christmas card or wrapping paper
• Mod Podge
• foam brush
• scissors
• clear acrylic sealer
• felt or cork
• craft glue

1.  CUT OUT YOUR DESIGN SO THAT IT IS SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE GLASS TILE. 

  2.  COVER THE TILE WITH A LAYER OF MODGE PODGE. 

 3.  PLACE THE IMAGE OVER THE MODGE PODGE. 

  

1. Apply Mod Podge over top of image.
2. Allow Mod Podge to dry completely.
3. Spray the tile with acrylic sealer and allow to dry.
4. Apply a second coat if necessary and allow to dry.
5. Cut cork or felt into squares to fit back of tile.
6. Use hot glue or craft glue to adhere the backing to the tile.

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MORE USES:  

Don't throw away all the pretty Christmas cards you get away. There are so many things you can do with them. Everyone knows you can make postcards and name tags for gifts with them, but you can also cut out the design you might want to use when you scrapbook. Scrapbooking is a fun thing to do with them. You can also decoupage with them. You can use cards from birthdays, Valentine's Day, Easter, etc. to do your crafts with and not have to buy the pretty designs. I also decoupage my soap with the designs I have cut from the cards. There are so many things you can do with the pretty cards you have received. Have fun!
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GREETING CARD CD CASES COASTERS:

I use old greeting cards and scratched cds to make beautiful coasters. You make a template from a piece of acetate and place this so the part of the card you want to use is central. Cut out using scissors or craft knife then glue the picture to the cd. Cover in contact film and then glue felt circles on back.

You can also use family pictures or a themed topic such as animals/cars, etc., depending on who the gift is for. Make into sets for 4, 6 or 8 and give as a present.

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DECORATE GIFTS WITH RECYCLED GREETING CARDS

I am often without wrapping paper for a special occasion. I also keep a box full of cards that I have received, rather than pitch them. When a holiday comes around, it is fun to take a paper bag or white construction paper and use pictures from old cards, pasting them on, in any design needed. An animal here, a child there, tree, etc. You can tie it with string and add any item, like a piece of jewelry, a domino, or a paper clip to brighten it up.

For cards, you can do the same thing, and if creative, write your own personal verse or sketch. You can also use parts of photographs to make them more personal, especially if you have duplicates.

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Courtesy of:  Christine from Dayton, OH

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15 Uses for Used Shutters
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REPURPOSED DRESSER DRAWER INTO A PET BED

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Don't throw out those old sweaters...make a throw.

Recycle five or six of your worn or outgrown sweaters into a stylish patchwork lap warmer you'll reach for all winter long. No sweaters? Head for a thrift shop and take your pick.

SIZE: 42" x 47" or desired size

MATERIALS:

5 or 6 large wool and wool-blend thrift shop sweaters
Medium-weight decorator fabric for backing/border 47" x 52", or at least 6" longer and wider than assembled knits
Sewing machine and sewing thread, or  tapestry yarn and needle
Graph paper
Large straight pins; sewing needle
Steam iron; pressing cloth

PREWASH sweaters if necessary in mild soap and warm water. Rinse; roll in towels to blot; lay on sweater dryer or towels to dry. Dry-clean if required.

CUT sweaters apart at seams to see available pieces flat, including sleeves. Cut rectangles as large as possible to work with, following a row of knit stitches as cutting line. Ribbing and narrow cable sections can be cut as strips.

MEASURE available pieces and plan design on graph paper, or plot with paper rectangles. Small pieces can be joined to make larger rectangles. Be sure to add 1⁄2" seam allowance on all sides. 

CUT pieces to desired sizes including 1⁄2" seam allowance on all 4 sides, then join blocks to form throw. To sew seams: Pin 2 pieces right sides together. Baste with thread if desired. Stitch with 1⁄2" seam allowance using a wide, close zigzag stitch by machine or backstitch with tapestry yarn by hand. Take care not to stretch edges. From right side, steam-press seam lightly under pressing cloth, letting allowances fall to one side (do not slide iron; place, lift, reposition). 

BACKING AND BORDER: Right sides out, pin knit carefully centered over fabric. Stitch from knit side, 1⁄2" from knit edge, with long straight stitch by machine or backstitch with thread by hand. Press 1⁄2" edges of fabric to wrong side. Fold and pin the 2 long fabric sides over knit about 1⁄4" beyond seam for border about 11⁄4" wide. Slipstitch in place with thread. Repeat to bind top and bottom edges. Sew sides of corners closed.

CARE: Launder as for the most delicate fabric on the throw. Dry-clean if required.

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