Green Options

Over the past week or so I have been sharing sources for Eco Packaging Handmade For You, because a popular tip for all crafters is to make your packaging creative. But we don’t all have time or our creativity is reserved for our fabulous products. There are however some sellers that truly excel at the packaging ephemera. To wrap up the series I wanted to share with you some of my favorite seller ephemera from purchases I have made on Etsy.

I loved this post on upcycling greeting cards and it got me thinking about my stash of notecards that are out of style.  In this economy, instead of buying new greeting cards I decided to make my own.  I need a beautiful thank you card to send to the hostess of a dinner party, but all I have is a stack of blah thank you cards.  They were purchased originally years ago to send as a follow up thank you after corporate interviews, therefore they are very corporate.  

I decided to spruce up a few of the cards giving them a handmade touch with a scrap of fabric, bias tape, stamps, and a sewing machine.  It took less than 10 minutes!  I will probably never buy a new card again.  If I ever run out of blank notecards to transform, I can make my own with recycled card stock.