My mom would find ways to reuse things that most people would throw out.
Our house number changed last Fall because of a new 911 system to help first responders in rural areas. Some residents had to change the street name as well. We’ve lived in this house for 21 years and this is the fourth address. The first address was a route and box number. The second address was a real street and house number. The third was the same house number and street name but different city (and I use that term loosely). And now this house number change.
Over the years we accumulated address labels. We’d get them with donations to various organizations and charities. Sometimes our insurance agent would mail them to us. We used them but since we switched most of our bill paying to on-line banking, we just didn’t mail much any more.
And now they have the wrong house number.
So last weekend I pulled them all out of the junk drawer and decided to do something with them…besides just throw them away.
Most of the labels had a cute graphic next to the address. I cut the graphic off using an X-acto knife, my quilting ruler, and self-healing cutting mat.
Most of them are about a half-inch square.
Now I have to figure out what to do with them. Use them instead of gold star on chore charts for my grand kids? Advent calendars for next Christmas?
What would you do?
I did that one time and just used them as stickers. Give them to the girls to decorate.
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I like what Pat said…..give them to the girls and get them out of the house!
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Part of my decluttering routine? Pass it on to someone else!
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I’d have thrown them out ages ago. I’m purging like crazy with each advancing year. I literally have empty drawers in this house!!!
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Do what you used to do– stick them on ashtrays and cover everything… decoupage?
Wine bottle so you can melt 50 candles and get the Euro-feel-dripping-wax from a time gone by……. like to 70’s.
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Give them to a local day care center. They would love them!
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Great idea! I hadn’t thought of that.
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