Waste Less: Ghetto Martha Stewart Project

Martha Stewart has a list of 25 Eco-Chic Ideas for Your Home. One of the projects directs us to "Insert chopsticks or wooden dowels into an unused toothbrush holder" to create a drying rack for used Zip-Locks.

I made one with a piece of tin foil over a measuring cup:

Waste Less: Paper Bag Baskets

I saw this project on Craftster years ago that I'd been meaning to make. I've been so bored lately that I finally got around to making some and used them to organize my pantry cupboard.

Waste Less: Repurposed Food Packaging

On Monday I had a lovely crafternoon-- I pulled a bunch of cardboard out of my recycling bin and made CD covers for the mix CDs I've been making lately.

Step 1: Print out the pattern (pdf), preferably on cardstock, or disassemble a paper envelope that you like and use it as your pattern.

Step 2: Trace pattern onto a piece of cardboard. Line the top flap fold up with a fold that's already in the cardboard if you can to make things a little easier.


Step 3: Fold bottom flap up and sides in. Glue or tape side flaps; glue is more professional looking, but tape is way easier and you don't have to wait for it to dry. I used tape. Fold top flap down.

Water bottles

I keep reading about plastic being really dangerous all of a sudden. Before, when I heard about these things I'd brush them off, but since my illness, I take them a little more seriously. Not seriously enough to go out and buy a bunch of fancy stainless steel water bottles, but seriously enough to start saving glass bottles when I have them.