You will fold about 1/4 inch of paper over the string, so if there is a design or text you want at the top of your rectangle, keep that in mind.
Mine are 1.75 inches wide by 2.75 inches long. (See our new giant red clock from IKEA? I love it!)Ĭut out a bunch of rectangles. Heart-Shaped Punch (mine is a little over 1/2 an inch across at the widest part)Īdhesive (I like Tombo Mono double-sided adhesive) Garage sales, flea markets and thrift shops are all good resources for interesting old books.Ī variation on this project that would also work well is double-sided printed paper with a Valentine’s Day theme. I would have loved to include that in this project. She needed a little more packing material and found a Chinese-language newspaper. My mom mentioned finding newspapers in the recycling bin at the Post Office recently when she was sending a package. The different content gave me a nice variety of text, numbers and music for my garland. The pages in these old publications are a yellowed-ivory from age. I searched around and found a copy of Life magazine from 1963, a little pamphlet called The Revised Wine Cook Book with “favorite recipes of California Winemakers”, also from 1963, an Arithmetic Drill Book from 1924, a 1952 book of English Grammar Exercises called Brighter Grammar and a booklet of sheet music with the cover missing. The educational mission is to increase the awareness of school children and the general public regarding the green benefits of reusing materials. The mission of the East Bay Depot is to divert waste materials from landfills by collecting and redistributing discarded goods as low-cost supplies for art, education, and social services in our Depot Store. Founded in 1979 by two Oakland public school teachers, the Depot promotes solid waste diversion and resource conservation through the Depot store and environmental education programs They are, as their website says:Īn ecological treasure trove of art & craft materials, educational supplies, vintage furniture, home décor, paper goods, fabric, and much more. Newsprint would work too.Ī few days ago, Rem and I went shopping at a wonderful place called The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse. If I had an old dictionary I was willing to tear up I would have used pages from that. Little rectangles of paper cut from, in this case, old books, old sheet music and an old magazine. What I think makes this interesting is the paper. Now that I’ve looked at it again, I might craft another garland using a larger heart-shaped punch. I started working on this garland without going back to look at the original inspiration and I’m happy with my version. I was inspired by something similar to this when I first got on Pinterest. Here is a sweet and simple little garland you can make.
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