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Make A Castle Bookmark From Scrap Paper

Elizabeth Seward — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:00:00 GMT

After a recent trip to Western Germany where beautiful castles decorate the landscape, part of me transitioned back into a princess and castle-loving little girl. When I found a map in my backpack upon arriving home, I decided to make a castle-shaped bookmark out of it. Whether you love castles yourself or some little princess in your life does, it's easy to make a castle-shaped bookmark from maps and all other sorts of scrap paper rather than throwing that paper away. Of course your design of a castle doesn't have to be the same as mine. In fact, I bet you can come up with something even better.

The Week's Best DIY Projects: June 5-June 11

Blythe Copeland — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Night lights, cover-ups, and homemade paper get your summer off to a sweet

Save 100 Million Trees: Send Your Mail Online Using Zumbox

Brian Merchant — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:30:00 GMT

What if I were to tell you that there was a magnificent new way to send correspondence to others without using a scrap of paper? You would probably tell me that yeah, that's rad, and that POGs and snap bracelets are sick, too. Psyche. And then you'd tell me to stop watching I Love the '90s marathons. And I'd say over my dead body.

15 Reuses for Envelopes

Cara Smusiak — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:30:00 GMT

Last week I stumbled across a really great DIY project for reusing security envelopes, and it got me to thinking. Sure there are reusable envelopes, but given how many single-use envelopes we receive each year, I wondered about the many ways we could reuse before we recycle.

Craft Your Easter Card This Year from Junk Mail and Trash

Elizabeth Seward — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Greeting cards are a huge waste that we can avoid supporting.

Essential Money Skills for a bad economy

Lloyd Alter — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:00:00 GMT

For years we have been saying that the key to sustainability is living with less, and now in these difficult times everyone is finding that it may well be the key to survival.

Go For Paperless Postal Service with Zumbox

Jaymi Heimbuch — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:30:00 GMT

There's email, and there's snail mail. Zumbox is putting parameters in place to squash any potential for junk mail, and marketers and advertisers are the only clients being charged for the service, which will also help cut down on junk mail and promote use by other organizations.

6 Uses for Junk Mail

Josh Peterson — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:15:00 GMT

Junk mail. It's trash delivered right to your mailbox that you get the privilege of throwing away. What a deal! But what if you didn't just chuck it in the trash? What if you used it? Here's how.

Send A Message With Reusable Envelopes

Josh Peterson — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:00:00 GMT

Your office may send and receive a veritable boatload of paper mail. Even if your office tries to digitize the majority of its correspondences, a few messages undoubtedly go out by snail mail. Even worse, if your office has to send out mailers or bills to people with a second envelope on the inside of the original envelope: What can be done? Your office has to make a living, right? Good news! There is a way to cut back on the amount of paper used in snail mailing. The United States Post Office okayed reusable envelopes just last year.

Stop Junk Mail, Cancel Out Your Lifelong Paper Waste

Trevor Reichman — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:00:00 GMT

When I was living in Portland, Oregon, in an apartment complex, we would get a weekly stack of junk mail, mostly from fast food companies in the area, compliments of a company named Adville. They are not a local company. In fact, they invade mailboxes around the country with unwanted coupons for fast food restaurants and other franchises.