Recycled string jar.

Today I am sharing a very simple idea because I also have very EXCITING news to share first :)

So without any further waffle, I am delighted to introduce two new members of the Creative World team!!

Jo is a former member of the UKS design team and was 'Jo the knowledge' in the fab UK 'Scrapbook Magic' magazine {along with the lovely Jakey I might add!!}. Jo is also involved in the forum 'CardPaperScissors' which is dedicated to card makers who use scrapping stash. She is also a DT member for Di Hickman's card sketches and the lovely Kate Hadfield's Hybrid Creative Team. I have been scraplifting Jo's layouts since 2003 and we are so lucky to have another AWESOME talent on our team.
Welcome Jo, so lovely to have you with us!

Paula, aka POD, or maybe you know her as the Patterned Paper Princess, is one of my favourite scrappers. Paula is an inspiration to the whole team and we're SUPER excited that she has agreed to join our little family. You will not only find Paulas passion for scrapping, and patterned paper, uplifting, take a look in her garden. WOW!!!
It is so great having you Paula!

And now back to my recycled glass jar. In todays economic climate and everyone trying to save the planet there are little things we can all do to 1. save ourselves some money and 2. save turning the world into a huge land fill. For me there are things I find very difficult to recycle. Plastic and paper. The main reason I find it difficult is because it's not convenient. Our glass, cans and garden/kitchen waste is collected once a week. It's easy! They don't take plastic, and if I put paper out in the recycle bin and it rains, it turns to mush. For me this is a messy problem.
So I do what I can. And I recycle, all my garden/kitchen waste, and all my cans. Glass jars are a little different cause I like them and try to use them instead of throwing them out.

Lemos and I shared these recycled jam jars back in July and on the weekend I found another use for a mayo jar destined for the bin.
I have been after one of those enamel string dispenser for months. But I just couldn't justify the 7/8 odd pounds they cost.

With a bit of sandpaper to distress the lid and a paper piercer to make a hole, I have my twine dispenser!

 

And with a bit of glass paint and a few rub ons you could really personalise it. I chose not too just incase I get fed up with it and throw it back into the recycle bucket, lol. It's perfect for the garden, kitchen or scrap room! Oh and don't forget to push down the sharp bits of metal around the inside of the hole so they don't catch the twine/string as you pull it out :)

haPPy creATing!!
Caz
xx

Comments

[katie squirrel]

Welcome to the team guys!! Looking forward to seeing all your great ideas!!

Good idea too with the recycling for string jar - might do this - wills ave the string getting tangled up.

Another idea is to use crop a dile to punch hole in lid... perhaps with eyelet too...

[jakey]

Oooh... liking the cropodile/eyelet idea! I loved your jars with the ribbons round them Caz :-)

Welcome to our new teamies - so excited to have them onboard with us!!