Gift wrapping with a TShirt

Don't know what to do with those free tshirts you get a career fairs or other promotional events?

How about using them to wrap your next Christmas/Birthday present.  Recycle, Reuse, and Reduce.  YAY

Wonder Woman Sword Part I

I've been rather stuck on this piece for a while.  Though I'm having fun learning to work with Worbla, my blade was such an issue.  I didn't want to make it out of Worbla cause that honestly would cost a lot of money for a flat sheet of plastic, so I resorted to insulation foam (found in many of our other large props).  I tried twice, resulting in blades that were too thick, too wide, just something I hated ...

Until yesterday when I came home to find that boyfriend had a package and left the box in our recycling stash.  Cardboard to save the day.  It's thin, flat, and sturdy when layered.  I can even create that angular middle and allow the blade edges to be thin (and now flake off when hitting someone with a foam piece).

So one AneComi Wonder Woman sword made from

1. Worbla and Craft Foam for the details

2. PVC for the Handle 

and added dimention and strengh within the blade

3. Cardboard for the blade

Gift Wrapping - Added Touch

Want to Jazz up that gift presentation?

Have some extra craft supplies hanging around?

Taking an extra 2 minutes you can turn a simple gift bag or gift box into something amazing.  Take trinkets or embellishments you have laying around, arrange them on your container, and glue them on (the longest part of this process was waiting for the glue gun to heat up).

In additional to a wonderful (hopefully) gift, your friend may keep the wrapping container now as well to reuse for a long time coming.

Recycle your Books into Notepads

As you have seen in previous posts, I've been using vintage books for my crafts.

So what can you do with the left overs?

I discovered this one day when I couldn't find my post-its and decided to write on some paper I was going to throw away.

Use it as a note book. Using a Sharpie you can take notes and it will still be readable.