Re-purpose it: Cards to Boxes

July 13, 2012 by

Since I am the money saving contributor I thought I might share some ways to re-use items. Re-using an item for something else not only saves money, but helps to reduce waste and therefore saves the environment! I will be posting a re-purposed item every 6 weeks or so, and if you are interested I might look at setting up future posts as link-ups and then you can share your re-purposed items! Let me know what you think.

In this week’s re-purpose it,  we are going to turn cards into boxes. My family is big on giving cards at birthdays, Valentines, Christmas – pretty much any holiday. And since my mother taught me to be a bit of a pack rat and save cards to use in the future I have an extremely large stash. It started with keeping Christmas cards to cut and use as tags for Christmas presents in the future, and then I got into scrap-booking and found I could cut cards from other holidays to make embellishments for my pages. Needless to say, after years of holidays, and a wedding, and new baby in the last year we have a lot of cards laying around!

I learned how to make these little boxes when I was only 10 or 11, and I have used them often at Christmas to wrap small presents and to gift homemade candies and other treats. Some of the box receivers loved the little boxes so much they kept them to store small trinkets in their home.

To learn how to make these little boxes out of your leftover cards, follow this link for the pdf. Feel free to download, print or share with others! And if you make some of your own I’d love to see them send me a link :)

Happy Money Saving!

xox

Margot

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About Margot

As an avid baker, creative crafter, want-to-be Newfoundlander, and new mama, Margot aims to live as self-sufficiently as possible. From crafts for the home to seasonal treats, she creates a wholesome life for her family by sourcing local and inexpensive products. She shares these adventures and how-tos on her blog Newfoundlander at Heart. Read more about her here

Comments

  1. Breenah says:
    July 13, 2012 at 8:47 AM

    This is GENIUS.

  2. meet.make.laugh. says:
    July 13, 2012 at 11:39 AM

    I love this so much. Thanks for sharing! I also have a box of old cards and had no idea what I wanted to do with them….. ~Stephanie

  3. Lindsey (@peacelovesequin) says:
    July 13, 2012 at 3:19 PM

    What a creative way to re-purpose cards! I am so downloading this PDF for future reference!

  4. Rebecca Kelsey says:
    July 13, 2012 at 4:12 PM

    This is so helpful! I always feel bad throwing away cards but I feel like they can be useless. Now I can re-use them! Thanks so much!

    Kindness is the best accessory,
    Rebecca

  5. Lauryn from .hello. lj says:
    July 15, 2012 at 4:43 PM

    I love this! I’m a card hoarder though. I don’t think I could bare cutting them up or re purposing them. Cards with sweet messages are one of my favorite gifts to get!