I love mailing letters in colorful envelopes. It is cheaper to make the envelopes myself. To make an envelope, I have to trim down
pieces of 8 ½” x 11” paper. I could not
bear to toss the scraps that were trimmed away.
I decided to use them to make cute, colorful notepads to include in my
Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes.
W found me a heavy duty stapler on clearance, and a package
of 1,000 staples cost just $2. I cut the
pieces of paper in half so there were 4 ¼” long. I decided to alternate the colors and made
mini notepads of 25 pieces of paper.
I ended up with 36 of these colorful notepads for just the cost
of a staple which was not even half a penny.
It was great to find a use for the scraps. The notepads will be a fun addition to my
shoeboxes.
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