So I was scrapping with The Lindas awhile back and they were asking me where I get my stuff. I didn’t really have one answer since I am always on the lookout for supplies, and like to look in local stores as well as online. There are some sites that have one deal every day at a significant savings, and other sites that have great sales. In no particular order, here are some of my favorites.
And I’ll leave you with a recent page:
This phrase jumped out at me the other day when I was reading a poem by Wendell Berry titled, The Peace of Wild Things. It really made it clear to me that worrying about the future or ‘borrowing trouble’ is so unnecessary, although it is easy for me to get in the habit of doing just that. Just one of those little ‘aha’ moments, I guess. What ‘aha’ moment have you had lately?
Here’s the whole poem:
When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound, in fear of what my life and children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above the day – blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
Last week when Kathleen and I were wandering around the discount store a few towns north, I saw this pretty blue shirt on the sale rack. {I love sale racks!} I didn’t feel like trying it on and figured if it wasn’t cute “on”, I could just wear it around the house. I felt fairly safe taking this “devil-may-care” strategy since it only cost a dollar. When I did try it on, it felt even softer than it looked. I barely took it off for four days straight!
It is 60% organic cotton and 40% bamboo. I have heard of many products being made of bamboo, from kitchen ware to flooring. But I haven’t heard of it being used in clothing. I guess it’s not really strange when you consider that cotton and linen are made from plants, I guess I just thought of bamboo being used in terms of solid products.
The title for this layout popped into my head while I was doing something else – I can multi-task and think about scrapbooking when doing almost anything! I recycled a few other things on this page: the brown wavy circle is from a K & Co. paper pad cover; the koala is a used stamp; the bridge tally is a find from an antique store; and the little alphabet by the owl is from the back of a package of stickers.
The journaling reads: 60% organic cotton/40% bamboo. which one makes this shirt so soft and comfortable? i don’t know, but it’s the softest shirt i’ve ever worn. i wore it for 4 days in a row, even between baths! it’s the best $1.00 i’ve ever spent!
Do you like to reuse and recycle on your projects? I’d love to see!
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