Recycled Birdseed or Pet Food Bag Wrapping Paper Organizer Shoe Bag etc...
Monday, January 25, 2010
I made another project from some recyled bags. These came from empty bird seed bags that a friend gave me. They are colorful and the pretty birds made them nice and bright. In fact, I had so much paper, that I had to make two. Helped free up some space in my closet.
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On the one side, I put lots of spots for rolled paper, and on the other side, I put exculsively pockets for gift bags and boxes. I did not have to worry about putting any cardboard or supporting materials in the inside or the pockets, as the weight of the boxes and paper kept it very supported. So the only materials I needed were two bags for each project, some thread and a hanger for each. I plan for my next projects to be a much longer organizer for a door and more bags. I might possibly use some to cover a cat litter box to use for a trash receptacle in my craft room. I am also going to be working on covering some more cardboard boxes with leftover calendar pages to make more paper storage for my scrapbooking. I am going to see if the spray adhesive will work for the thinner calendar pages.
I like that this is virtually a free project, and that it keeps these bags from going in the land fill. While it is impossible to use all of them, I like that I save a few. I cannot believe that these companies do not find a way to reuse these bags. There are a lot of containers that can be reused. I know one company, Terracylce (not endorsing, just mentioning) reuses containers, and I wish more companies would do the same. For one, plastic kitty litter containers could be reused indefinately (the heavy Tidy Cat ones). I know they make great buckets.
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