Junk Mail Bobbins

This is all the plastic and plastic-coated cardboard junk mail I received this week. Although I usually put junk mail in the recycle bin, I wanted to use these for something else -- embroidery thread bobbins. I've given up purchasing bobbins; from now on I will either recycle the ones I have or make my own.

It's very easy to do -- simply cut up the junk mail into the thread bobbin shapes you like (I do these, which creates zero waste) and then store them within easy reach. I have a little bobbin bag I keep with my thread.

You can make your own bobbins with other waste paper, too: business cards, greeting cards, advertisement inserts, and even the labels that come with your embroidery thread.

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Stuff

After finding this Caron one pound skein of lovely peach yarn in my thrifted lot I raided my stash for two cakes of Mandala in Pegasus, which matches it perfectly. For practice and hand therapy I'm going to make another Worth Street Afghan with this free pattern , but this time I'll use the yarn that was recommended for it plus the one pound skein. I'm not quite ready to do the vintage/recycled linen quilt I had planned (still a bit too nervous about the idea), so I'm going to use some color therapy and make a quilt from these thrifted green fat quarters. I considered doing another Yellow Brick road patchwork pattern, but I might go with a split rail fence like this one.

Better than Fried

I cut some chives from the kitchen garden to make garlic-chive baked fries for dinner. This is a great side dish for veggie burgers. Click here for the recipe from Taste of Home.com.

In the Kitchen Garden

Our strawberries are taking over the kitchen garden, but I don't mind. This week I want to make some strawberry banana nice cream (a vegan version of ice cream) and maybe a chocolate cake with berries and cream for the topping. There's thyme in the garden now, too, which I'll dry and jar for cooking along with the chives and the oregano. Next we'll plant cucumbers, as I use a ton of those in our salads and for snacks.

Rayen

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