Wallet & Recycled Paper
My husband was out of town (camping field-trip with his students) at the start of last week, so I used the time to make myself a new wallet. I'd gotten tired of my old one ~ I had made it square originally so that I could fit cards both ways, but it made it a pain to get in & out of my back pocket because it was wide both ways. And only one cards was going opposite the others, so there was really no need!


So this is my new wallet...


I made it pretty similar to the ones on the site. I actually played with the design quite a bit, because I did not want the cash flap in there at all, but I could not get it to work out with the spacing of everything. I make all of the pockets exactly fit the cards so that they will not slip out easily, and I was going to have to stitch over some openings to get everything the way I had planned. I sewed the cash pocket in half so now I have two smaller pockets, but nothing to put in them... yet.

So this was actually my third try! How sad.
One thing I knew I wanted to add was a clear slot on the back for a business card. Whenever I have people ask what my job is I hand them a card because it is easier to explain that way. A lot of the time they will start to hand it back to me & I say they can keep the card, but I think that makes them feel like they are obligated to (even if they have no intention of looking at the site). So, I'm thinking I can hand them my wallet & then there is also an applique on the other side they can look at. Hopefully no one will run off with my wallet in hand, but they won't get much if they do! ;) I think this will save me a few cards as well, but I will still let them know I have extras.

Unfortunently, it still seems rather thick & too thick to fit in my back pocket. I have no idea why, there are not more cards! So, I'm not quite sure it worked after all.

Last night I finally got around to making some more recycled paper for labels. I was completely out of labels, and putting up a batch tonight so I couldn't put it off any longer. I had planned on making another batch today, but I woke up with the cold my husband just got over so I was not too productive. The paper was made with strips of teal packing paper & white scrap paper. I left some of the teal as longer strips & you can see it mixed in there. I also added strips of scrap fabric in other shades of blue. When we were driving home today, the post office appeared to be on fire, with two fire trucks in the parking lot. I hope this will not interfere with me mailing out a package or two tomorrow! (My husband thinks it was a car on fire & not the building)