It’s become part of my taking-down-the-holiday-decorations tradition to sort the cards we’ve received into those that I can repurpose, those that get saved (mostly photo cards), and those that have reached end of life. I used a Fiskars punch and a few tag dies on the Sizzixd.
In past years I have used some cards’ fronts as part of making bags, but the truth is that I have a hard time using these gift bags, because most of our gifts get shipped and wrapped boxes and cloth bags pack better together into shipping boxes than paper gift bags. I made myself use them this year, but still have a stash of them so did not make those this year. I also don’t need anymore stashed gift boxes at this time.
Rather than make a repetitive post, I decided to add my 2023 Tags to this one! My 123rd project for 2023!
That’s an excellent way to reuse cards! I have a few that it would be a shame to recycle… but I’m trying not to keep all the cards I receive. The handmade ones are kept and most often set out the following years.
Not as weird as ALSO toting around all the ones you inherited from your (okay, MY) mom. (Although many of those are now worth something as collectibles on eBay.)
This year’s repurposed-card tags look great, Tara!
@irid3sc3nt I for sure toted some boxes of other ephemera around. I also moved 14 complete years of Martha Stewart Living Magazines at least once. So… not innocent!
@endymion Thanks! And, it’s not like I bought a big box of unused greeting cards from the 40s, multiples of many, to sell on Etsy or anything.
