To Do with Envelopes
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Turn a boring old envelope into a great gift bag!
Supplies needed:
Manila envelope (any size)
Straight edge cutter
Scoring blade
Paint, ink or chalk
Adhesive
Fibers
Step 1: Seal the envelope and cut the top flap off.
Step 2: Paint, ink or chalk in desired colors. Be creative! Use stamps, stickers, whatever you want to. If you use brads, be sure to only do them on one side of the envelope, by putting your mat inside the envelope. I don’t recommend using eyelets, as you can’t get inside the envelope to set them.
The envelope can be as plain or as decorated as you like!
Step 3: Score 1 inch in from each side edge, being sure to go all the way from top to bottom.
Step 4: Score 1 inch up from the bottom of the envelope, being sure to go all the way across
Step 5: Pop the envelope open, forming a box along the creases. You’ll end up with 2 triangles at the bottom, one on each side.
Step 6: Put adhesive on the inside of each triangle,
Step 7: then push them into the bottom of the bag.
Step 8: Fold the top down and fasten as you like. Another option would be to cut the top of the bag with decorative scissors and use paper cording to create handles.
You can make different size bags by changing how far in you score the bottom and sides-just keep in mind that all 3 sides need to stay the same number. So if you score 2 inches in on each side, you must also score 2 inches in from the bottom.
The envelope can be as plain or as decorated as you like!
Step 3: Score 1 inch in from each side edge, being sure to go all the way from top to bottom.
Step 4: Score 1 inch up from the bottom of the envelope, being sure to go all the way across
Step 5: Pop the envelope open, forming a box along the creases. You’ll end up with 2 triangles at the bottom, one on each side.
Step 6: Put adhesive on the inside of each triangle,
Step 7: then push them into the bottom of the bag.
Step 8: Fold the top down and fasten as you like. Another option would be to cut the top of the bag with decorative scissors and use paper cording to create handles.
You can make different size bags by changing how far in you score the bottom and sides-just keep in mind that all 3 sides need to stay the same number. So if you score 2 inches in on each side, you must also score 2 inches in from the bottom.
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Shred Old Receipts Faster
The best way to get rid of receipts that may have your credit card number or other personal information in them is to shred them. But feeding tiny receipts into a shredder is tedious. Instead, place all the old receipts into a few used envelopes, then shred the envelopes.
Make a Small Funnel
You save money by buying your spices in bulk and you want to transfer them to smaller, handier bottles for use in the kitchen, but you don’t have a small funnel to do the job. Make a couple of disposable funnels from an envelope. Seal the envelope, cut it in half diagonally and snip off one corner on each half. Now you have two funnels for pouring spices into your smaller jars.
Sort and Store Sandpaper
You know how sheets of sandpaper love to curl themselves up into useless tubes? Prevent that problem and keep your sandpaper sheets organized by storing them in standard letter-size cardboard mailing envelopes. Use one envelope for each sheet of sandpaper. Record the grit on the envelope.
Make Bookmarks
Recycle envelopes by making them into handy bookmarks of different sizes. Cut off the gummed flap and one end of the envelope, then slip the remainder over the corner of the page where you stopped reading for a quick place-holder that doesn’t damage your book. They are a great homemade addition to a book given as a present.
Make File Folders
Don’t let papers get disorganized just because you run out of file folders. Cut the short ends off a light cardboard mailing envelope. Turn it inside out so you have blank cardboard on the outside. Cut a 2-centimetre-wide strip lengthwise off the top of one side. The other edge becomes the place where you label your file.
The best way to get rid of receipts that may have your credit card number or other personal information in them is to shred them. But feeding tiny receipts into a shredder is tedious. Instead, place all the old receipts into a few used envelopes, then shred the envelopes.
Make a Small Funnel
You save money by buying your spices in bulk and you want to transfer them to smaller, handier bottles for use in the kitchen, but you don’t have a small funnel to do the job. Make a couple of disposable funnels from an envelope. Seal the envelope, cut it in half diagonally and snip off one corner on each half. Now you have two funnels for pouring spices into your smaller jars.
Sort and Store Sandpaper
You know how sheets of sandpaper love to curl themselves up into useless tubes? Prevent that problem and keep your sandpaper sheets organized by storing them in standard letter-size cardboard mailing envelopes. Use one envelope for each sheet of sandpaper. Record the grit on the envelope.
Make Bookmarks
Recycle envelopes by making them into handy bookmarks of different sizes. Cut off the gummed flap and one end of the envelope, then slip the remainder over the corner of the page where you stopped reading for a quick place-holder that doesn’t damage your book. They are a great homemade addition to a book given as a present.
Make File Folders
Don’t let papers get disorganized just because you run out of file folders. Cut the short ends off a light cardboard mailing envelope. Turn it inside out so you have blank cardboard on the outside. Cut a 2-centimetre-wide strip lengthwise off the top of one side. The other edge becomes the place where you label your file.
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