thing-a-day 2010 - The yearly creative sprint, 4th edition
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TAD DAY 02

Today has been extremely stressful and is not over yet.  That said, I kept my "thing" for today quite simple - simple enough that I could drink a glass of wine and tend to my two and a half year old's endless requests for juice and trips to the potty (yes, I recognize those two are related) while I TADed.  

I love tags, and not the digital ones, paper and cloth ones.  It must be my inner librarian.  That said, I am oddly cheap when it comes to buying tags and labels (as well as socks and wrapping paper.)  I just make my own (except for socks.)

In December 2008, my husband and I picked up a 2009 wall calendar that we loved, but it has run its course.  I kept it up on the wall through most of January and I often found myself confused as to the date.  The calendar is made of a strong and fibrous paper and it is very colorful.  And now, the calendar has been recycled into tags and confetti.

     

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Comments (9)

Feb 02, 2010
freckafree said...
Well, the whole photo works together as a beautiful composition. If you'd been in the mood for chardonnay tonight, it wouldn't have worked as well. ;-)
Feb 02, 2010
cneu said...
very clever! I really love the number tags...and all the patterns are cool!
Feb 02, 2010
laughinglark said...
This is a wonderful project. Great re-use of pretty paper!
Feb 02, 2010
Victoria Pitt said...
The wine cup makes this extra fun! he he
Feb 02, 2010
michaela said...
You're a TADer after my own heart. ;)
Feb 02, 2010
ladylulu /Laura said...
Thank you all so much. A crafty lady always makes sure beverage matches her project!!! :)
Feb 02, 2010
Tina said...
Excellent! I too make my own tags from recycled calendars...
Feb 08, 2010
Robyn Wells said...
ahhhh, these are wonderful! Do you have a die cutter? How did you make these?
Feb 08, 2010
ladylulu /Laura said...
Robyn, I have hole punch style die cutter. They sell them in a couple different sizes at Michael's for about $15. I got mine at The Ink Pad http://www.theinkpadnyc.com/ in NYC.

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