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.