Memories in the Making: Going Green

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Going Green

This week the Heart 2 Heart Challenge (http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.com/) was to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. I decided to take advantage of this cute little "purse" box I received as a promotional from Pampers. I know, its a cute box on its own, but I was happy to re-decorate it into a cute birthday box. Here's the purse before.

No one wants to receive a gift with a Pamper's add on the inside.

Using the paper from the "Sweetheart" paper pack, primarily Tulip and Hollyhock and the "Treasures" flower stamp set I was able to reuse this cute little box.

No more Pamper's ad, instead a birthday greeting.

Cute insert tab to write a personal birthday message.

I am excited to use this fun box and am glad H2H inspired me to create it this week. I could get use to this whole going green thing....maybe I'll try something else this week. I'll keep my eyes open for inspiration.

~Amy

9 comments:

Ann said...: Oh my goodness this is so darling!!; April 12, 2011 at 9:52 PM
Corina said...: Hi Amy!
This is TOO adorable!!! I'm so glad you decided to recycle it. I hope you got the template first before you decorated it. This is one of my favorites! Thanks for joining us at H2H!; April 13, 2011 at 11:27 AM
Mary Gunn FUNN said...: tres' chic; April 14, 2011 at 5:24 AM
Lorrinda said...: Who would ever know this came full of diapers?? What a fabulous gift purse this turned into! Thanks for sharing this with us at H2H!; April 14, 2011 at 9:07 PM
Unknown said...: Wow! This is over the top adorable!!; April 15, 2011 at 4:37 PM
Anonymous said...: LOVE IT!!! No more pampers promotionals coming to my house... darn. You have created a gorgeous little gift. Thank you for the inspiration. I need to get that stamp set out. The flowers are just beautiful.; April 16, 2011 at 12:12 PM
Lisa Stenz said...: Very, very cute! Thanks so much for sharing it with us at H2H! *Ü*; April 16, 2011 at 7:55 PM
Karen Day said...: Super cute idea, Amy! Great recycling project - glad you could join us on H2H this week :o); April 17, 2011 at 5:47 PM
Melinda Everitt said...: I am so glad that you did not throw this little gem away. Love what you did with it. Thanks for joining us at H2H!; April 21, 2011 at 9:07 PM

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Time goes by way too fast! It seems like it was just yesterday, I was a new mom "learning the ropes," making mistakes and just trying to figure motherhood out. Now I am a mom of 2 school aged childern. How in the world did that happen!

Luckily, I have photos on top of photos to prove that these two children here once little. These photos are precious memories that I love to look back on and remember. Reminiscing always helps me to see that I am so blessed and do have "A Wonderful Life."

I have found scrapbooking to a be hobby that helps me do this. Not only can I showcase my favorite pictures on a layout, but I can also capture special memories and funny/favorite quotes, to always keep thoses memories fresh.

I hope to be able to use this blog as a way to share this hobby with others as well as to share tips I come across along the way that help making crafting fun and not too time consuming. Although, I will mostly share paper crafting, I hope to also include fun "mommy tips" for crafting with kids, birthday parties, fun and easy recipes and just about anything that makes life with kids a little bit easier. Just know there will always something "crafty" here. Crafting just makes me happy!