Easy How To Make Envelopes From Magazine

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This is a super-dee-duper easy envelope you can make from old magazines with minimal cutting with means less scraps of paper left over. You just need old magazines, scissors, and tape or other adhesive. I package my items this way most times.

1. Start of with any magazine page. Turn it around, fold the bottom up but leave about an inch for your flap later.
2. Fold the right and left sides in about an inch.
3. Fold your flap down.
4. Open up the page and flatten out.
5. Cut as seen in picture. I cut the corners at an angle which you can also round out.
6. Fold back up and glue or tape the two side flaps down.
7. Fill with goodies and use cute stickers or tape to seal it up and mail it out.

Eco-Friendly Gift Wrapping

We FINALLY opened xmas gifts and it's mid-Jan! I know but it's because we were away during the time. I tried to record as much as possible my eco-friendly gift wrapping process that could be used for any occassions.

Eco Package Materials:
1. Shipping Packages: Save boxes and envelopes you get from packages in the mail and reuse them to either ship out items or wrap up a gift.

2. Random Containers- Here are just a few examples: Pringles, small cosmetic box, and vending machine plastic balls.




Eco Wrapping Materials:
1. Old, Unwanted Posters


2. Brown Paper Grocery Bags: turn them inside out by cutting them open and using the blank side.


There are countless of ways to change the plain brown look:
1. plastic pom pom- tutioral here by Creature Comforts using plastic grocery bags
2. rubber stamps- ink away like I did here
3. personalize- use scraps of paper to cut out the name of recipient
4. ribbons & bows- salvage ribbons and bows and reuse
5. comment your suggestions!

3. Newpapers: Sunday Comics are my favorite for wrapping.

4. Junkmail: For very small packages.

Results! With some salvaged tissue paper that I twisted to turn into a quick bow.


There are just a few ideas and options. It just requires a bit of saving random junk. If you don't want your saved junk to go out of hand just designate a certain spot and only save the worthy containers.

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