Friday, April 24, 2009

Frugal Friday - Envelopes

You know how every piece of mail you get nowadays comes with it's own envelope, well do you just toss the envelopes? Save them! Use their backsides to make lists, plan meals, doodle, brainstorm, let the kids draw, or just use them as envelopes. No matter what you do with them, they were free for you, they have already been made into a piece of paper, so you might as well use it instead of throwing away that perfectly good piece of scrap paper to reach for a piece of 'pretty' scrap paper that you paid good money for - Remeber, every penny saved counts, especially if it's not a painful way to save the pennies!

2 comments:

  1. I save em all for my son to draw on. He is a real lil artist and wants new papers all the time!

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  2. I just started cutting up old book and magazines to make envelopes. Kind of the reverse of what you're doing, but aside from a little glue and some time, they're free. You can see some examples at www.studiomme.etsy.com

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