My "Coffee Cuffs"

I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.
- Pablo Picasso

Early in 2010 I researched a craft that caught my interest.  In March I blogged about coffee sleeves made from recycled fabrics.  I am happy (and excited!) to report that in September I took out the sewing machine my husband bought me last year, read the instructions and got started....

"Threading My First Bobbin"

Me, my sister Loretta, (and 2 Cosmos)

I figured out the machine.  I bought some cotton batting.  Then I took the old shirts, jeans, fabrics, etc that I had collected and washed and used a cardboard coffee sleeve to use as a template.  Once I made my first, I figured out how many I needed to make per week in order to have them ready to give as Christmas gifts and voila!

There's Nothing "New" about A Dead Tree

"Good house keeping practices in industries can reduce 30% of waste and thereby 30% of the cost of waste management."

— Sumith Pilapitiya      
   

        

Happy New Year one and all!  I pray that your holidays were happy days and that you entered the New Year with new optimism for a bright future.  

As you look forward, be sure that you are looking with an unobstructed view.  One thing that can really get in the way of new views and visions is a dead Christmas tree!  Holding on to the joy of the holidays for a couple of weeks and taking some down time after all the hustle and bustle is a wonderful gift we can give ourselves.  But the next wonderful gift is moving forward into new uncharted waters.  

Check with your town to find out if there are free pick-ups for Christmas.  In some places, the Boy Scouts actually do this service for a small fee as a fundraiser. 

However it is handled where you live, make sure you don't miss the pick-up!  The hassle it will save is worth the phone call now.  (and the fire department and Easter bunny will appreciate it too!)

Check here for tree recycling in the Greater Philadelphia area.