3R Scrapping: Carboard and Spoolies

I've been thinking a lot about making more eco friendly choices lately, and it just so happens that ecologically friendly ideas are also ususally economically friendly too. With our planet and our wallets in need of TLC, I present 3R scrapping.  The idea is to reduse, reuse and recycle

Using carboard boxes to creat book covers is pretty straight forward and a great way to repurpose boxes, it's something I've been doing for a while now. Here's a recent example

Other cardboard throw away items you may have laying around are ribbon spools like these

This idea comes from Fiskars TV video tutorial (Spoolie Albums by Sandy Redburn from1/15/2007) they are easy to take apart, cover with paper or paint and then glue back together.  They make great little boxes to store small things like a micro mini scrapbook like this:

More spoolie books here and here.

More Yellow

A little more yellow.

these photos are from 1995, that baby is now 14 years old

yes time flies, I'm still "thirty something" even though it's my birthday today

shh! don't tell!

Inspiration Friday: Yellow

 

In South Florida where it is always green the change of seasons is subtle.

But you can always tell when spring is here by the wonderful yellow blooms of the Caribbean Trumpet Tree. 

It just so happens that Pantone announced their 2009 Color of the Year: Mimosa (yellow). Mimosa is a warm and inviting color. “The color yellow exemplifies the warmth and nurturing quality of the sun, properties we as humans are naturally drawn to for reassurance,” stated Leatrice Eiseman, executive director. These qualities of hope and optimism fit perfectly with the current economic uncertainties that we are going through.

While I'm not a huge fan of yellow, I do like it's warm sunny optimistic feel especially when paired with my favorite color Tiffany Blue 

All that was the inspiration for: