P365 Week3 & my friend the octopus

Here's my layout from last week:
Again, using this kit by Wild Blueberry Ink & Joey Lynn Designs

Week 3

And, here's my friend the octopus

Find the pattern here

Consider him a sneak peek for next week's P365.

Homemade is Back

No surprise...  I love that there are so many crafty bloggers and forums out there.  It's sometimes hard to step away from the computer and actually craft!  Oh wait, that's why I love digital scrapbooking ;)  But sometimes I actually "make" things too.

Meet our dragons.

Pinkie there will be travling to her new home soon as my god-daughter turns three soon.  I know she'll be given a good home.  I'll be sending a copy of The Paperbag Princess with it as well.  If you have a young girl, you need to have this book.  It's a classic!  It was actually a graduation gift to me from my high school Spanish teacher (and adopted mom as we used to say).

The pattern for the dragons can be found here.  Huge thanks to my friend Megan for showcasing hers and inspiring me. :)

Reuse those Holiday Cards...

I unpacked all our Christmas decorations this past weekend following the Black Friday madness that was Target.  And stumbled upon a large, rubber banded stack of Christmas cards received in 2009.  I went through them, setting aside the photo cards from the cards with graphic fronts and thought of what to do with the later.

Then it hit me. 

Gift tags.

Supplies:
Holiday cards
Circle punch (square would work too, really anything- be creative)
Scissors
Hole punch
To/From tag- optional
Stamp Pad- optional
Ribbon

I punched out particularly nice areas of the card and then stamped the "To/From" (from the $1 bin at Michaels', by the way) and hole punched the top so I can easily add them to each package using curling ribbon.  Or you could omit the punch and just tape them on.

Have fun! 

What are some green ways you celebrate the holiday/advent season?