Happy Valentine's Day!!!! I am a little in-between swaps, so here is my non-enty into the recent contest on Etsy. The rules were to use only items that would normally head for the landfill to create your project. I love challenges like this, because you really have to get creative and see things in a totally new way.
My trash created a napkin holder! I used a torn firetruck book from my son's younger days (you know, the books with thick cardboard pages) for the sides of the holder. Magazine images and strips cover the pages. I also found a wonderful source for amazing patterns -- bills! Never throw away another envelope without looking inside, because you might find a great graphic pattern for projects to come. The "come in" side also uses something else from those envelopes -- the little plastic windows! The sides are held together with bits from a Christmas candle holder pick thingy that has been in the bottom of the storage tote for way too many years. The "feet" came from the bottom of our tool box. Don't know what they are, but can guarantee they would still be there 10 years from now if I hadn't rescued them. Trash has never been so fun.
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