reduce, reuse, recycle, yo
hey dudes! man here. i, too, am totally honored to have been asked to do a few guest posts this month here at stichify! i almost fell out of my chair, i was so flattered to have been asked. and then, after i gathered myself back up, i realized, oh, yeah, i don’t do ANY type of stitching, or knitting, or crocheting, sewing any of those fun fiber arts. i am a paper girl. that is definitely my medium of choice. painting on it, stamping and embossing on it, cutting it, gluing it, stapling it, folding it, whatever. i guess every once in a blue moon i’ve been known to throw a quick stitch on paper, but my god, it’s a rough looking stitch.
i have been hanging out at craftster.org and stumbled across a totally rad photo tutorial by girlypirate about making a folder out of an old record album cover. since i love making stationery and notebooks and paper treasures AND i love the earth, i thought this was an awesome way to recycle something found into something useful.
all you need are some basic crafting tools, a badass record sleeve, and a legal pad.
and voila! tres bon. click here to see the tutorial.
in my quest to make pretty things, sometimes it’s nice to have a friendly reminder to be gentle to this earth so that others can enjoy it long after we are gone.
{just don’t go cutting up your parents’ album covers, kids. that doesn’t exactly count if it doesn’t belong to you in the first place.}
oh, and be kind, rewind.
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I was a craftster addict for quite sometime! Thanks for reminding me of it’s awesomeness! My mom already cut up her Elvis record covers to plaster her walls with his face when she was younger.. she is still upset about wrecking them.. for once it wasn’t me!