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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Bernice, your idea of saving greeting cards to use in crafts is interesting, and I too would like to know how people re-use stuff creatively. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I used to buy decorated holiday wreaths and save the decorations I liked when it was time to take down the wreath. Now I buy plain wreaths and use my saved stuff to decorate them the way I like. And I take apart the old wreath and use the pine branches as mulch for my blueberries, which like an acidic soil.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This also gives me a wreath ring, but I haven’t figured out how to make my own wreath yet. Making some kind of summer or spring wreath would be fun. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And, a good while ago I took a KK class on making plarn—a kind of craft “yarn” made from old plastic bags. I used it to crochet a sit-upon mat, which I still use.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope other people will share ways to re-use stuff for crafting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tracy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>