Reviving old picture frames

We have a series of photos from our early hiking and travelling days in our hall - they are close to 20 years old and starting to show their age.  Dad had often remarked that we should update them and I hadn't really known what I could update them with - until Dad suggested some of the kid's artwork.

Being the end of year - school desks are being cleared out and artwork is coming home daily.  So we are selecting some of the kid's brightest and more colourful art pieces to replace our more tired photos in our hallway. 

The result is great....

and the kid's are so proud of their mini art gallery.

We will soon be sorting through the rest of the paintings and drawings to get a selection to wrap the Christmas presents in - this was a great hit last year.

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Home made Christmas Cards

We have decided to try to not to get caught up in all the commercialism of the festive season this year and make a more sustainable Christmas... here is another thing we have done.

Home made cards - photos printed from our 2010 family snaps and mounted on 100% post consumer recycled card (cut up manila folders as that was all we could find), decorated with more cut up recycled manila folders.  They will be posted out in 100% recycled envelopes.  They look great and we are going to have lots of fun choosing which card we will send to all of our family and friends.

Are you making your own cards?  Or maybe you are choosing where you buy yours from?  Make your choice of cards a more ethical and sustainable one .

A special thankyou..

Got this hand painted treasure as a thanks for teaching this year.... Thanks B-L L and the rest of the class.