This is how we roll around here, doing a bit of everything ourselves, and much of it as cheap as possible. Years ago, I was at one of those recycling centers for art supplies and I found myself a little treasure: a huge quantity of letterhead card stock. It was yellow on one side, with the letterhead, and plain on the other, and I was so sure that I would find a terrific use for it that I took the whole entire stash, which was a rather large boxful. Junk for someone else, a gold mine for me. Over the years, I’ve used it for everything I could think of: thank you cards, invites for the kids’ parties, flashcards, bookmarks. Then I started hello shiso, and I found a new use for it: business cards, hang tags, and cards on which to clip my hair accessories. If you’ve ever ordered anything from you, I’m sure you’ve seen the stuff. How do you like that bit of excessive recycling/cheapness?
Earlier today, I cut up my very last piece of card stock. And thank goodness too, because although it was a badge of moral rectitude for me to recycle my way through that pile, it was also a royal pain. I can hardly believe that I’m free! Well, not so free. Although I am thinking about subcontracting out this job, I’m only thinking as far as my poor beleaguered husband…
haha i love discarded card stock! its like gold–so many possibilities as you know. my best friend gave me the remainder of thank you cards from her grandfathers funeral in 2007 and i still have some! perfect size for valentines for my beau… and exactly double the size for ATC cards when i did that…
Coming across your post made me realize that I have a lot of card stocks in my box of crafts that I don’t even remember how I got them. Now you gave me an idea on what to do with them.