More Christmas cards made from reused business folders, scrap wrapping paper and photos from magazines. The Robin is from Birds, the magazine for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. The polar bear is from a Greenpeace publication.
good idea with the cards, and nice news about your poem in the magazine!!
at christmas-time,at my mum's house, when the festivities are drawing to a close and she takes down her mountains and mountains (mini-forest-worth) of greetings card (fortunately in italy the greeting card scene is miniscule!) i grab scissors and start chopping them up to make the following year's gift tags, it's therapeutic, fun and recycles what would otherwise be thrown into the paper bin.
Although I don't fashion my own cards (I should), I always order cards that claim to come from recycled paper, and support a cause, like the CRY cards, or the Indian Children Funds greeting cards....
Your cards are wonderful though, and nothing is more thoughtful than a handmade card, right?
Your Robins and our Robins here in the states are different! Ours are brown with a red breast plate...I love your cards..better yet, I love that you make them all!!
wow, you are so prepared. i still have summer brain and feel like Christmas is six months away, i just know it will sneak up on me as usual! these are lovely. i have a daughter who is crazy over polar bears and the other is crazy over birds, these made me smile!
good idea with the cards, and nice news about your poem in the magazine!!
ReplyDeleteat christmas-time,at my mum's house, when the festivities are drawing to a close and she takes down her mountains and mountains (mini-forest-worth) of greetings card (fortunately in italy the greeting card scene is miniscule!) i grab scissors and start chopping them up to make the following year's gift tags, it's therapeutic, fun and recycles what would otherwise be thrown into the paper bin.
Hi na - yes i make gift tags like that too!
ReplyDeleteThey are very lovely. My boys make the family ones themselves and they enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteThe cards are wonderful. Oh, how I long to see a Robin at Christmas - we don't get them in Australia.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I don't fashion my own cards (I should), I always order cards that claim to come from recycled paper, and support a cause, like the CRY cards, or the Indian Children Funds greeting cards....
ReplyDeleteYour cards are wonderful though, and nothing is more thoughtful than a handmade card, right?
Wow what for lovely Cards. Great images. Love it.
ReplyDeleteYour Robins and our Robins here in the states are different! Ours are brown with a red breast plate...I love your cards..better yet, I love that you make them all!!
ReplyDeleteJo - thanks, I used to love making cards when I was a kid too, I still do of course!
ReplyDeleteSelma - robins are so symbolic of Christmas aren't they! you must have lovely birds in Australia though!
Ana - I usually buy a few from charities too, in previous years I've never made enough to go round (that's why I'm starting early this year!)
Sandy - thanks!
Pattie - they're very different birds arent they?
I love these cards!
ReplyDeleteThese cards are fabulous. I especially like the bird one :o)
ReplyDeleteI adore robins! lovely cards.
ReplyDeleteGreat images and cool ideas for recycling!
ReplyDeleteJust put up my first post at IMT - and having a ball looking at everyone's work.
wow, you are so prepared. i still have summer brain and feel like Christmas is six months away, i just know it will sneak up on me as usual! these are lovely. i have a daughter who is crazy over polar bears and the other is crazy over birds, these made me smile!
ReplyDeleteThese are great! You create such beauty with your recycled goods... good for you and the world:>
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous. OMG I'm WAY behind, I haven't even thouht about Christmas yet.
ReplyDeleteawww these are very nice; I like that you are reusing items; why buy when we get so many items free?
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