Crafting has always been about re-purposing, but this year I found myself far more conscious of recycling and reusing. Being a new grandmother and a grand-aunt has inspired me to think carefully about materials and taking care of "their" planet.
Norma Anne Chattin, The Artful Tourist
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Holiday gift giving was more fun this year because I looked around and tried to find ways to create gifts from used items, items on hand, or thrift and yard sale purchases.

See online article on the Santa/Wizard necklaces here....
Environmentally Friendly Projects 2009------click to enlarge
Magazine punched tagspunched swirls from magazine and champagne bottle stampedchocolate tag with blue accentslayers of chocolate from magazinemagazine pictures punched and stampedsanta necklaces from leftover wood scrapsold chandelier crystals strung into ornmanetsMint tin made into digital photo albumtote bags made of crocheted grocery bags--I didn't make these got them at a thrift sale. they were made in Africa to benefit a women's charityI wrapped tops and bottoms of old shoe boxes for reusuable gift containersI used 12" square card stock from the the "scrapbook stash" to make boxes for the crystal ornamentsTry those clear plastic packaging peices converted to gift baskets lined with dish towels or scraps of wrapping paper.My "tissue paper" was holiday dishtowels from a discount store.I used grocery store reusable shopping bags as gift bags--tied handmade tags to handlesI bought photo frames at yard sales and put digital scrap pages in them as giftls.I covered a composition book in angel images cut from cards and scrap paperscosmetic box turned birthday card