Postal Sunshine - Green Crafts

Do you save things, thinking they're just too good to throw out? I do, I'm a hoarder, a green crafter, a repurposer, as well as a fanatical recycler. This jar had such an interesting shape, it just called out for a second life after the contents were gone, but what would it be? It sat around here on the kitchen windowsill, then in my craft room for a VERY long time, and in the end it became a flowery entry in an online challenge to recycle something using stamping. This week it's gone to a new home in Tennessee with some fun ribbon tucked inside.I love the way these flower stamps from Darkroom Door look so much like the silk flowers in my stash, so they seemed the perfect choice for the band around the jar.This vintage button was a gift from my Secret Sister over the holidays - thanks again Kris!I added some ribbon and a piece of recycled raffia to finish off the band around the jar. All in all it's totally over-the-top, but as a little sample of California sunshine I think it could brighten someone's day, and that little jar gets another lease on life.

Where did the recycling & hoarding habit come from? Could be my grandmother, who lived through the great depression and both World Wars, she never wasted anything, (didn't throw much out either!); or my parents who were both schooled by their parents never to waste a single thing; but I suspect it may have a lot to do with the Wombles (of Wimbledon Common) and The Borrowers, who made use of all the ordinary items that others discarded :)

The Wombles (they had cool recycled furniture)

I think we're actually due for rain tomorrow, but it's never too far from sunshine around here.
(P.S. - thanks for all your reassuring support to my last post, it's SO good to know I'm not the only one who sounds like the adults in Peanuts :)