Spotted this cute little bird on a Facebook page that I follow.    I traced out the pattern, read the directions and saved the photo in Pinterest a few days ago.   Then the ideas started coming!   I had all the supplies and one of the things she did was use clothespins for the bird legs.    Today was the day that the birds hatched.   Along with my friend Linda we cut out and glued a whole flock of birds.    Somewhere along the way we totally strayed from the original directions but both of us were pleased with the results anyway!!     Some birds will be made into greetings cards and others had a string attached for hanging.   Linda made a card for her Mom and a flock of her own too!

Thank you to   www.byStephanieLynn.com!!!

This could be my most stupid clever idea ever!    I love recycling paper to make these cute bows but would be devastated to know that they got thrown out with the gift wrap.     So here is my crazy idea….

I attached it to a clothes pin and now they can be reused over and over again!!

These are going to sell like gangbusters!   hehe

Dedicated to all my friends and family who are teachers!

Thank a teacher if you are a smart cookie!!

This is the day that 4 Chinese food menus got delivered.    2 were jammed into the handle of each door.    So I figured that was a sign and I should order that for lunch.    Lunch arrived and had yet another menu attached!    So now I had 5 menus from the same Chinese restaurant.    Not likely that I will ever need that many but you can’t return them.

The fortune got used to make a clothespin.   Even the wisdom enclosed in the cookie was fitting for the day “Indulge yourself but with moderation.”    hehe

The menus were cut up and made the prettiest colored bows!!

Arbor Day 2012

This one was created to celebrate Administrative Professionals Day!

A custom order using old Columbia Records 78 album sleeves.   The leftover pieces were used for the clothes pin!

Recycled artists celebrate Earth Day everyday!!