Useful Folding

Hello!

Today was more of an organisational day (tomorrow is the day to collect our niece from the airport) so I didn’t make it into the garden!

I did sit and do some more cards in between the few domestic chores and going out to deliver 3 dozen eggs (which takes AGES when its Ruby, Margie & Shirley, because you just HAVE to stop for a chat. I reckon Jeff thought I was lost)

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Throwaway paper bin

Anyway – When doing little crafty things, you often get lots of scraps that are annoying to pick up – In the case of the cards its all the backings off the double sided tape.

One of the useful things I picked up in Japan was making a small temporary paper bin – from newspaper or junk mail.

My Japanese friends mainly used these in the kitchen where all the food scraps could go into them – and then straight into the compost if you are using newspaper.

I tried to get a series of photos to show you how they are done.

I want to show you how to fold the pretty seed packets soon too, but will get my niece to help video that as the folds are slightly tricky and I think difficult to convey via still images.

I haven’t tried to explain this via photos before so let me know if it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever and I will move on to video!

So – grab a sheet of newspaper

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Fold in half (see red line 🙂 )

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Fold in corners to middle

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Fold one layer of paper up to meet the triangles

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(Ignore ruler – it was just to hold the paper down flat while taking a snap)

and fold the same layer up again to cover the bottom of the triangles

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Turn the whole thing over

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Fold each side to meet in middle

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Fold bottom up to meet the ‘not so triangles’ like you did on the other side

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And fold up a second time to match the other side

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Open the ‘almost’ box

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Squish bottom down to make a flat underside (This is where a video would come in handy, but just fiddle with it! It works out pretty easily!)

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Ta daa!

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A ready made recycled scrap bin. I find them pretty handy.

A busy couple of weeks coming up, so stay tuned for some new stuff when the girls arrive!

Cheers & Goodnight

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Night skies over Flowerdale

 

 

 

Author: Lisa

A happy traveller through life! Right now living in NW Tasmania with a gorgeous Nurse-Husband, a fool of a Siamese Cat and several chickens. We love our fairly simple lifestyle of growing a lot of what we eat and enjoying the stunning surrounds of our little patch.

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