Reduce - Reuse - Recycle Part 2

Guess what we used to make this adorable mini book! 

Give up? 

TP rolls!  

We have received a lot of feedback in the last couple days about what in the world we planned to create with those toliet paper rolls.  So what do you do with all those left over  rolls?! You make a mini-books out of them!  We had a lot of fun creating this mini-book.

It's the perfect size to give as a gift and your friends will never guess how you made it! (you will want to tell them though, since it is so cool!) Crystal made this book to show off some of her favorite sailing memories of 2009. 

MATERIALS:

3 toliet paper rolls

3 - 5 x 7 inch sheets of paper

 hole punch and/or eyelet setter

 ring to bind your book together

a strong adhesive (yep, we used Terrifically Tacky Tape, again!)

eyelets (optional)

HOW TO:

Step 1: fold the toliet paper rolls flat.
We used a bone folder to make a good fold that will keep the rolls flat.

Step 2: wrap a 5 x 7 inch sheet of paper around each roll and use a strong adhesive to hold it in place. You will need to center

A fun and unique embellishment!

Zipper flowers seem to be all the rage these days. We have seen them on t-shirts, headbands, and of course in scrapbook layouts. So we thought we would try making our very own zipper flowers.

They turned out to be pretty easy to make.

Coaster Mini Album

This is such a simple project! It was actually hard to write directions because they are so SIMPLE!

MATERIALS:

For this album we used actual coasters found at Rock Scissors Paper.  For other samples we've recycled thin cardboard (usually we're using the thin cardboard at the back of paper stacks).

Ring Binder (loose leaf) Clip

Paper, ribbon, photo's, embellies, buttons, etc. GO CRAZY!

We've even dabbled with square coasters, or mixing round and square.

HOW TO:

Cut your cardboard to 4 inch circles or squares (you may want to round the corners if using square)

Cover with paper, paint, etc.

Embellish the heck out of it,

Throw on some photos!

See...pretty easy!

New Technique?

We recently discovered Coredinations paper while designing our latest kit. The paper has a "core color" with another color on top. You can do all sorts of things to the paper to bring out the core color... tear it, sand it, etc. We gave it a try by placing chipboard letters under the paper and sanding over the top.




You can try it out for yourself by purchasing our newest kit, which has just been released!

visit www.thingamabobsanddoodads.com or go directly to our shop at www.thingamabobsdoodads.etsy.com

As Always,

Happy Scrapping!

Crystal & Kelli