The designer calls it my “tinkering,” which makes me think I’m a nutty professor working in my workshop…maybe I am, but I love making things out of my favorite magazines! Once I’ve poured over them a few times and torn out future ideas, I save them for projects…mostly gift wrapping.
Pictured above are some of my favorite wrapping adventures. Yesterday I was wrapping a birthday gift for a niece, and mid-wrap, the idea for a purse erupted. Next time I think I’ll make the purse and put the gift inside so that the recipient can reuse the purse. It also got me excited about all the fun things I can make with and for my kiddos out of old catalogues and magazines. As I created yesterday, the builder & dancer were busy making their own creations with paper & glue. Oh the fun we have to look forward to, creating together…as soon as they refine those scissor skills! 
[...] & Pottery Barn for my decoupage paper. (The designer was soo happy to see my precious magazines going to good use). Choosing the background color scheme, cutting out fun patterns into letters [...]
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[...] off to the post office. No, I can’t just get them off to the post office, I need a bit of tinkering, and creating in the process, to make sure I’m getting the most out of [...]