recycled gifts and crafts

mary-op

Thanks..............umm........not breaking the bank is it
ooops dinner ready..............back later

Oh poo.............got all set, and even found a football shaped little scrapbook for other son who's football mad.........get to pay and it will only accept paypal..............haven't got that and there I sat, credit card in hand................(glum face)
Never mind............worth a try

qwiksave

Ohh Mary! Maybe other online shops stock it, even at £5 it would be cheaper than a crop-o-dile. You need some sort of hole punch, its an essential crafters piece of kit!

Sorry, that's not in the right style of mse is it, insisting you should buy stuff! :rotfl:

qwiksave

I made the record scrapbook as a valentine's present last night. I didn't want to spoil my records so made copies of them on my printer instead. I also decided to include the covers so I could decorate them in a nostalgic way too.

Details are on my blog but this is what they look like:

COVER:

Back Cover:

The records were chosen for their romantic titles, 'You're in my Heart' on the front and 'Sealed with a Kiss' on the back.

Inside I've cut out some record size card in black to put my music memories on (photos, song lyrics, embellishments):

and yes, Mary, I did use my crop-o-dile to punch holes for the book rings.

It looks so real that at a glance you wouldn't know it was a scrapbook!

she_grinch

Would it work to heat up a skewer and push it through the record to melt it? Works with tough plant troughs

mary-op

qwiksave - love the record scrapbooks-now wanting to do those..................lol
I e mailed the web site about that hole puncher and payment and she replied today -I can pay be card if I phone her so might do that.............checked the site and the hole punchers still £3 and she said its always free p & p just that discounts might vary.

Today I've recycled an smallish box with slatted lid foster daughter OH gave me..............covered it with paper........looks a treat (well I think so) but seemed to take an age.........ever so fiddly. Still, done now -all I need are some tea light candles to put in it for sons birthday shoebox.

dizzytina

this is a bag i have made for my niece using a top my little girl has grown out of:-
http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo182/lilismummy/crafting/IMGP5004.jpg

and this is a memory box for my mum made from an old toiletry box that had smellies in at christmas:-
http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo182/lilismummy/crafting/IMGP4997.jpg
http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo182/lilismummy/crafting/IMGP4999.jpg

rufusdog52

dizzytina wrote: »

this is a bag i have made for my niece using a top my little girl has grown out of:-
http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo182/lilismummy/crafting/IMGP5004.jpg

and this is a memory box for my mum made from an old toiletry box that had smellies in at christmas:-
http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo182/lilismummy/crafting/IMGP4997.jpg
http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo182/lilismummy/crafting/IMGP4999.jpg

They are both lovely, well, done xx

mary-op

Dizzytina - brilliant :T Clever you:j

Got back from OH's appt with 'boffin' today and seems there's still something lurking on his lung -not too sinister but just taking an age to go away -so OH is still not able to work and doesn't see boffin again for 3 months.
Anything I can re-cycle (prefereble for free) I'm looking out for especially after quick scary look at bank statement :eek:
Did have a little spend today but only some cheap packs of card from Wilkos, cheapo diary cos no-one got me one at christmas and a cheap ring back notebook to use as a gardening journal. Covered that with some floral paper as soon as we got home. Got some elastic cotton so I'm all set to do some button bracelets -saw some buttons in a charity shop and couldn't believe they were 5p each :eek:
I'd have thought they'd have been a lot cheaper so I passed on that -did get a chunky wooden beaded bracelet though -at 50p I couldn't not.
So, I'm going to be watching this thread for ideas of stuff I can do that'll be cheap as chips or preferebly free :rotfl:

Scoobs

I am loving this thread, and have got loads of ideas from it, so BUMP!

mary-op

Scoobs - you're right...........all helps with keeping the cost down as well as bring a lot of fun:T