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Saturday, 03 May 2008 |
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Dig out some fabric scraps to make a set of brightly colored cocktail napkins. Sew them up quickly, then pass them out at your next party. Save trees by throwing them in the washing machine instead of the landfill, using your one of a kind cocktail napkins over and over. |
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
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Here’s another creative use for fabric scraps and beautiful papers: make your own fabric greeting cards, invitations, or art for the walls! It’s cheap and it’s easy. Let your imagination run wild! |
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Saturday, 09 February 2008 |
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Why not use some of those lovely scraps of cloth you have lying around to whip-up a handful of bookmarks you can stick inside a book your giving? You can make several in an hour and then store them with your wrapping supplies, or stick one in an envelope and send as a fun greeting card or keep them to use yourself. |
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Tuesday, 29 January 2008 |
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For just a couple of dollars and an hour (or less!) of your time, you can create a stunning, cloth covered journal where you can keep favorite recipes, record your memories or dreams, copy down poems, or customize and give as a gift. Or use the following directions to create your own fabric-covered photo album. |
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 |
 With Valentine’s Day just around the corner (not to mention birthdays all year round), here’s an idea for gift wrapping that’s economical, eco-friendly, easy, and most of all, unique and gorgeous! Make the presentation of your gift as artistic and as extraordinary (or more than!) as the gift itself!
By learning three basic knots, in minutes you can transform a square piece of fabric into any number of decorative forms, ranging from “Falling Cherry Blossoms”, to “Long-Tailed Pheasant”, to “Double Rose”, and even “Perky Puppy Dog” wrap. |
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