When I was a young girl we had no money and craft stores didn't exist. I was always scrounging for unused items to make things. You remind me so much of myself when I was young. I still to this day only buy a few items from craft stores and use many items that would normally go into my recycling bin. You are a wonderful inspiration to young people. I even made my own glue and handmade paper, etc. I'm not a seamstress but I made purses my friends envied and asked me to make them one. I just told them that I couldn't possibly make one identical because the supplies were limited. They were one of a kind. Love your envelope idea, what a charming lady you seem to be. I'm delighted to have found your channel. Thank you for you brilliantly creative ideas.
Yup!! Instead of throwing away or taking to recycle bins..I chose to do my own for FREE!! So much you can salvage that is priceless to me..my motto is always Make Something From Nothing! Now THATS *MAGIC*!!!! Thank You for being a Lovely Kindred Spirit and Sharing The Love!!💗🤗😇💝🌺
Love this idea!!! Everyone hates getting bills but anyone would love to receive these. They are beautiful!!!! It's sure to bring a smile to someone's face!! Have a great day!!!
I just love how you can make something so beautiful from nothing. Gives me found memories of my Mother-in-Law. She could make anything out of fabric or yarn! And FOOD!! The woman could prepare a feast out of simple things. I plan to use some of these ideas when my grandkids are off from school. My craftiest granddaughter will love making the flowers!! Went through my stash and found a 1" circle punch! Thank you for sharing!
I loveeeeee your channel. I'm glad i stumbled across it. I'm not crafty at all, but i love watching you. Keep up the great work and keep the videos coming.
I really love your ideas. I am always looking out for ways to reuse materials and you are the queen! I also like your style - your voice is soothing and your improvisation reassures me that creativity just needs to be allowed to flow. Thanks!
You always make such beautiful projects so creative love it when you take junk mail and turn it into something pretty.... I always look forward to your posting
I use all kinds of everyday items to craft with. Instead of buying all those sayings, look in old magazines. The library gives away outdated magazines. I cut the sayings out and mount them on cardboard. Sometimes when I'm sending bills, I will put a little crafty note in the envelope to brighten the person's day on the other end.
OMG! Tracy you have me saving EVERYTHING! I've NEVER really LOOKED at my cereal boxes because I am more interested in what's INSIDE the box! Now I'm saving junk mail envelopes and cereal boxes. Lol! Thank you.
OMG... I have been running around trying to find gift tags like this with no luck.... You just made my life so much easier. Ill just make my own. INSPIRED! !
Thank you so much for posting this creative use of junk mail. Sometimes, I get junk mail with really nice paper and I always wonder what I could do with it...now I know! I love the pin wheel flowers! The "thinking of you" tags are really sweet. You packed a lot of great ideas into this video!
Those are so cute! I love your philosophy of just letting the ideas flow. You made me laugh so hard about your husband! It must be something husbands have in common, to fear crafting materials. We see treasures💎, they see piles of trash 💣😉
I love red, black and white together too. It's so crisp, clean and fresh. You're in the driver's seat, so you can do whatever you want! Have fun. You could use a sponge dauber and color the pattern with a light color like yellow, pink, green, or blue.
I'm getting Gift Basket Appeal and May May FEVER!!! You two have me trying to paper craft...as if I didn't have a million other kinds of crafts going on. I just love you two. Blessings!!
630am and I'm ready to go cut circles out of the inside of my bill envelopes:). You're an inspiration and great crafter! Thanks for sharing your gift and being such a blessing.
I have been doing this for a long time. My grandma use to save every piece of paper from everything. She taught us how to make all kinds of pretties from junk. I'm glad you found the fun in it too.
The envelope you used for the tag with the red center Daisy reminds me of grass. Color the envelope liner green and use a die or just cut grass from it and use it on your cards or tags. Great job. BTW found 2 envelopes in my trash and retrieved them. Haha!
Fabulous idea of recycling junk mail. Thanks so much for sharing. Definitely makes me look at everything a second time before they go in the recycling bin. You're GREAT!!
BEAUTIFUL! Great for ANY holiday!!!!! I am TRULY AMAZED!!!! So much cheaper than buying at the store & what I believe to be a stress reliever! Thank you sweetheart so much for sharing, God bless & PLEASE keep the videos & creativeness coming our way!🖒🖒🖒🖒 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Ever since I’ve seen this video I’ve been checking all of my mail for patterned paper. I’ve got quite the assortment now. This is SUCH an amazing idea. Thank you! I love all of your videos.
I have literally a ton of these envelopes. I’ve seen flowers made from book pages and it never crossed my mind to make them from my envelopes. They are lovely and this video has prompted so many ideas. I’m so glad I found your channel as you have a great talent for seeing beauty in things I would never think of. Thanks for sharing this wonderful project☺️
This is so inspiring. Thank you. I simply cannot throw away a scrap. I even get old envelopes to the bin and hesitate and grab them back..hee. Now I have some beautiful creations to try..I love these flowers..
These are so adorable and I love that you made these gorgeous tags out of junk mail! Those folded over circle ones look like pinwheels and I think it would be really cute to make it look like a spring pinwheel on a tag or card. Could also put one on each side of a little dowel or Popsicle stick and use them in flower arrangements or in your household flower pots! You could use them in your decor using the co-ordinating color combo. Thank you for sharing.
I just came across your channel. I’m in awe how talented you are. You were born with a gift. You were born with a brain that doesn’t work like others. I consider myself kind of crafty. But there are a few things that I must have left the room during. Drawing and imagination. You on the other hand have both. God bless you. You give people the ability to use your brain on their head! LoL. I just watched the junk mail envelope video. I didn’t even want to blink!! What great ideas. And you show you don’t need a lot of money to make beautiful things. Junk mail, Dollar Tree items, and bingo you have it done. Don’t have a hole punch? Trace and cut it out. You even help with those ideas. Thank you so much for doing for me and giving me what I’ve been lacking. I think my 2 granddaughters will love doing this as well. Thank you and God Bless. As my mom used to say, “YOU WERE BORN WITH GOLDEN HANDS”.
I ran across this video this morning and was so grateful...I grabbed my recycle bag and pulled out the envelopes. I have completed 2 flowers, first one not so good but second one came out just fine. My circle cutter has scalloped edges and they look real pretty. Thanks again.
You are so creative!!! I sat and made 50 flowers this week because you inspired me. My daughter has been helping me. We also did Christmas tags to have for our Christmas presents. The flowers will go on some of the tags. I need to take a video because I've made a lot. I made cards last weekend while watching you making cards. Thanks so much for your inspiration.
These are great little embellishments and they're beautiful tags...no one would know what they're made of. I've been using security envelopes for awhile now: I love the patterns and I've got some vintage ones, too. Thank you for sharing your ideas and process.
Wow! Imagine ALL the empty envelopes I could've saved. This is so Beautiful and simple!, Time to Recycle my junk mail! Lol 😊 Thank you for your creativity.
Your comforting. I just happened upon your video. I make clay jewelry. You made the simplest craft interesting because you got a kind comforting personality. I'm making beads and normally listen to something in the background. Glad I ran into you.
Thank you so much for your inspiring video. I, too, feel it's important to repurpose as much as I can. You've started my old creative wheels turning and I really appreciate your motivational process (a "see what happens" not a "do it this way" approach). Thanks again for sharing.
I absolutely love watching your videos. You are so talented and creative, and your voice is very enjoyable to listen to, some of the demo video the person goes on and on, and you are enjoyable and inspiring to listen to. Thank you.
Thank you i do the same. I just got through with vacation bible school and i used mine for flowers lace toppers peacocks etc. I am smiling and enjoying this rihht now. I have a like minded friend. Thanks for a beautiful time Lois in the Caribbean
Thank you so much for all of your wonderful and very creative ideas that you keep coming up with.. I really have enjoy all of your videos and just listening to you and watching what you are doing. It have motivate me to try, and you make it fun and easy too.. Yes you have inspired me and so many, many others.. Maybe you could make like hanging paper ornaments.. Thanks always..xoxoxo..
I am so with you! I'm obsessed with all the graphic variations! I've made a number of things with them...small origami stars, mini vacation journals, card holders, etc....just a word of caution though, they are usually not printed with smear-proof ink so ink or paint (or glue) may make the design smear (I've also used them for mixed media projects which is how I found that out). Love when I see people making treasure from 'trash'! Yay!
You are a fantastic Imagineer!!!! Great Idea for a gift set ,a "hand made" identify for a fellow ccrafter,just endless possibilities!! Thank you for helping me recycle ,reuse,repurpose!!
Thx again Tracy for ur insight on this beautiful projects of urs you’ve got a great imagination and I like the way you see something wonderful in everything...
I absolutely love these !! I have been on a flower making kick and this is a great idea to add to my stash! I love to recycle, and yes- now my stacks of mail won’t be piling up- I’ll be waiting for more to come so I can make more flowers! (I couldn’t even wait for this video to finish, I had to pause and run and grab the punch and glue and an envelope and get started while I watched the rest of your video!) Thanks for the great ideas!
Just found you recently. You are soooo inspiring. I love it when you fumble around and ramble. It is very relaxing and I feel like I am visiting with a friend right in my living room. Thank you for sharing your crafts on UA-cam.
+Mary Gir Hi Mary!❤Your comment made me feel wonderful. I'm so glad you feel that way. Thank you so much for watching, me crafty friend! ✂🍁✂ Hugs, Tracey
When I was a young girl we had no money and craft stores didn't exist. I was always scrounging for unused items to make things. You remind me so much of myself when I was young. I still to this day only buy a few items from craft stores and use many items that would normally go into my recycling bin. You are a wonderful inspiration to young people. I even made my own glue and handmade paper, etc. I'm not a seamstress but I made purses my friends envied and asked me to make them one. I just told them that I couldn't possibly make one identical because the supplies were limited. They were one of a kind.
Love your envelope idea, what a charming lady you seem to be. I'm delighted to have found your channel. Thank you for you brilliantly creative ideas.
Yup!! Instead of throwing away or taking to recycle bins..I chose to do my own for FREE!! So much you can salvage that is priceless to me..my motto is always Make Something From Nothing! Now THATS *MAGIC*!!!! Thank You for being a Lovely Kindred Spirit and Sharing The Love!!💗🤗😇💝🌺
Love this idea!!! Everyone hates getting bills but anyone would love to receive these. They are beautiful!!!! It's sure to bring a smile to someone's face!! Have a great day!!!
I could spend the whole day watching you create!
Two of my favorite phrases: "let's see what happens, " and "don't be afraid to. . ." Loved your flowers! Thank you for sharing your creativity!
Cindy Feather
LOL!!! And I also like "I think I`m gonna add some stitching around here" :))) Oh, Tracy really is a GEM :)
I think the best ideas come out of challenging yourself to use what you've got. Great job!
I just love how you can make something so beautiful from nothing. Gives me found memories of my Mother-in-Law. She could make anything out of fabric or yarn! And FOOD!! The woman could prepare a feast out of simple things. I plan to use some of these ideas when my grandkids are off from school. My craftiest granddaughter will love making the flowers!! Went through my stash and found a 1" circle punch! Thank you for sharing!
"Upcycle Queen"!!! You are wonderful. Love ALL of your creative ideas. Thanks for sharing.Aloha from Hawaii 🌴
I loveeeeee your channel. I'm glad i stumbled across it. I'm not crafty at all, but i love watching you. Keep up the great work and keep the videos coming.
Beautiful Idea. Only God gives out EYE talent to see something like this. I must say that your voice is very soothing to listen too. Great Job!!!!
I really love your ideas. I am always looking out for ways to reuse materials and you are the queen! I also like your style - your voice is soothing and your improvisation reassures me that creativity just needs to be allowed to flow. Thanks!
You are a really true crafter, love the idea of repurpose any kind of paper instead of spend money in expensive scrapbooks paper.
Oh my goodness, the flowers and tags are absolutely wonderful, gorgeous and I adore them, what a brilliant idea!! Thank you so much, I am in awe!
I used to make junk mail envelope mini albums but I love your embellishments! You've opened up a whole new world for me.
Awesome! I love using my junk mail. It's like having free craft supplies!🌷
You always make such beautiful projects so creative love it when you take junk mail and turn it into something pretty.... I always look forward to your posting
I really love the patterns inside the envelopes! I think those tags came out really nice.
You are amazing!! I wish I had that creativity to look at junk mail and see the beauty in it! Lol
It really takes a special person to see anything good in junk mail. Awesome job may GOD bless you. Rita
Awww! Thank you so much, Rita! I appreciate the kind comment! Hugs, Tracey
Amen!
G
merita Holmes $f
I use all kinds of everyday items to craft with. Instead of buying all those sayings, look in old magazines. The library gives away outdated magazines. I cut the sayings out and mount them on cardboard. Sometimes when I'm sending bills, I will put a little crafty note in the envelope to brighten the person's day on the other end.
I really loved how you recycled the mail into beautiful flowers.
OMG! Tracy you have me saving EVERYTHING! I've NEVER really LOOKED at my cereal boxes because I am more interested in what's INSIDE the box! Now I'm saving junk mail envelopes and cereal boxes. Lol! Thank you.
+Christine Mckoy LOL...I love it! Everything is art. Happy creating and thanks for watching❤
Wow!!! Love these flowers and tags!! This has to be the best way to recycle envelopes that I've ever seen!!! They are just beautiful!!
OMG... I have been running around trying to find gift tags like this with no luck.... You just made my life so much easier. Ill just make my own. INSPIRED! !
+Tisa Young Awww! I'm so glad you like this and you're going to make your own! Have fun creating! Hugs, Tracey ❤❤✂
Your projects get me motivated to use my own skills. Love your channel. Bless you
Thank you so much for posting this creative use of junk mail. Sometimes, I get junk mail with really nice paper and I always wonder what I could do with it...now I know! I love the pin wheel flowers! The "thinking of you" tags are really sweet. You packed a lot of great ideas into this video!
Omg...that is so cute and so creative. I'm not going to throw my junk mail out now lol
You are so good at turning nothing into something.
I absolutely love these flowers and I am going to make them thank you for sharing this! I love what you do, don’t stop please!
Love recycling and creating something beautiful out of nothing. Thumbs up to you.
You're amazing with your creations! ❤️ how it turned out!
You're so creative and frugal, I love it.
I would have never thought of this! Sooooo awesome!
Just discovered you. Love your ideas and the quiet calm way you give instructions. Actually I have been watching your videos all afternoon.
You are an amazing lady full of ideas. You have definitely inspired me. Thank you 😊
Those are so cute! I love your philosophy of just letting the ideas flow. You made me laugh so hard about your husband! It must be something husbands have in common, to fear crafting materials. We see treasures💎, they see piles of trash 💣😉
Omg!!! Recycled envelopes. You are amazing. And it's so simple. Tfs your mindless (genius) creations. ❤️
Your. Attitude positively shines!! Love ALL YOUR Ideas!!!!!!
You're so smart Tracey. Who would have ever thought of making something from the inside of bills except you lol. Those are so pretty.
You are the coolest lady? Junk mail... who knew??? Beautiful projects. You have inspired me.
Those gift tags are ADORABLE!!! TYFS ❤️
I love red, black and white together too. It's so crisp, clean and fresh. You're in the driver's seat, so you can do whatever you want! Have fun. You could use a sponge dauber and color the pattern with a light color like yellow, pink, green, or blue.
That little tag is so cute and very creative. I love red, black and white, too.
Hail "Queen of Recycling & Up-cycling" ! You are an amazing lady , crafting with a heart ! :)
I'm getting Gift Basket Appeal and May May FEVER!!! You two have me trying to paper craft...as if I didn't have a million other kinds of crafts going on. I just love you two. Blessings!!
630am and I'm ready to go cut circles out of the inside of my bill envelopes:). You're an inspiration and great crafter! Thanks for sharing your gift and being such a blessing.
I have been doing this for a long time. My grandma use to save every piece of paper from everything. She taught us how to make all kinds of pretties from junk. I'm glad you found the fun in it too.
Love your tags and flowers! I try to use the inside of envelopes in my art as much as I can. Love love recycled art!
How awesome! I would have never thought to recycle all my junk mail envelopes. Thank you for sharing. I love your ideas.
Oh, how pretty! Great for teaching youngsters that they have to look after our planet. Re-cycle. Re-use.
Thanks! You have given me hope that I can do something with my new life.
The envelope you used for the tag with the red center Daisy reminds me of grass. Color the envelope liner green and use a die or just cut grass from it and use it on your cards or tags. Great job. BTW found 2 envelopes in my trash and retrieved them. Haha!
Fabulous idea of recycling junk mail. Thanks so much for sharing. Definitely makes me look at everything a second time before they go in the recycling bin. You're GREAT!!
BEAUTIFUL! Great for ANY holiday!!!!! I am TRULY AMAZED!!!! So much cheaper than buying at the store & what I believe to be a stress reliever! Thank you sweetheart so much for sharing, God bless & PLEASE keep the videos & creativeness coming our way!🖒🖒🖒🖒 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
+Michelle Haden Thank you so much, Michelle! I truly appreciate the kind words. Have a blessed day❤❤ ❤hugs, Tracey
Ever since I’ve seen this video I’ve been checking all of my mail for patterned paper. I’ve got quite the assortment now. This is SUCH an amazing idea. Thank you! I love all of your videos.
How very pretty!!! WHAT A GREAT IDEA. Thank you for sharing. Never would have thought of this, how very talented you are.
I have literally a ton of these envelopes. I’ve seen flowers made from book pages and it never crossed my mind to make them from my envelopes. They are lovely and this video has prompted so many ideas. I’m so glad I found your channel as you have a great talent for seeing beauty in things I would never think of. Thanks for sharing this wonderful project☺️
This is so inspiring. Thank you. I simply cannot throw away a scrap. I even get old envelopes to the bin and hesitate and grab them back..hee. Now I have some beautiful creations to try..I love these flowers..
These are so adorable and I love that you made these gorgeous tags out of junk mail! Those folded over circle ones look like pinwheels and I think it would be really cute to make it look like a spring pinwheel on a tag or card. Could also put one on each side of a little dowel or Popsicle stick and use them in flower arrangements or in your household flower pots! You could use them in your decor using the co-ordinating color combo. Thank you for sharing.
You are AMAZING!!! What a great project you Created! BEAUTIFUL!!!
I just came across your channel. I’m in awe how talented you are. You were born with a gift. You were born with a brain that doesn’t work like others. I consider myself kind of crafty. But there are a few things that I must have left the room during. Drawing and imagination. You on the other hand have both. God bless you. You give people the ability to use your brain on their head! LoL. I just watched the junk mail envelope video. I didn’t even want to blink!! What great ideas. And you show you don’t need a lot of money to make beautiful things. Junk mail, Dollar Tree items, and bingo you have it done. Don’t have a hole punch? Trace and cut it out. You even help with those ideas. Thank you so much for doing for me and giving me what I’ve been lacking. I think my 2 granddaughters will love doing this as well. Thank you and God Bless. As my mom used to say, “YOU WERE BORN WITH GOLDEN HANDS”.
Wow! Who knew? I love these & so happy to see that this junk can be repurposed! Thanks!
I ran across this video this morning and was so grateful...I grabbed my recycle bag and pulled out the envelopes. I have completed 2 flowers, first one not so good but second one came out just fine. My circle cutter has scalloped edges and they look real pretty. Thanks again.
These look great, Rita. Very elegant looking.
You are so creative!!! I sat and made 50 flowers this week because you inspired me. My daughter has been helping me. We also did Christmas tags to have for our Christmas presents. The flowers will go on some of the tags. I need to take a video because I've made a lot. I made cards last weekend while watching you making cards. Thanks so much for your inspiration.
Thank you for being kind enough sharing your talents xx
+Petra Bentley You, my friend, are so welcome! It is truly a blessing to share what I love! Hugs ❤ Tracey
You are so talented! I am so blessed to have found your channel. Your ideas and creativity is amazing! Really neat and fun ideas!
These are great little embellishments and they're beautiful tags...no one would know what they're made of. I've been using security envelopes for awhile now: I love the patterns and I've got some vintage ones, too. Thank you for sharing your ideas and process.
Wow! Imagine ALL the empty envelopes I could've saved. This is so Beautiful and simple!, Time to Recycle my junk mail! Lol 😊
Thank you for your creativity.
Your comforting. I just happened upon your video. I make clay jewelry. You made the simplest craft interesting because you got a kind comforting personality. I'm making beads and normally listen to something in the background. Glad I ran into you.
I recently used a butterfly punch on sale pages that came in the mail - glossy and colorful. Love your idea!
All I can say is brilliant! Who knew this could become something so fabulous! TFS. I will be sharing this video!
Thank you so much for your inspiring video. I, too, feel it's important to repurpose as much as I can. You've started my old creative wheels turning and I really appreciate your motivational process (a "see what happens" not a "do it this way" approach). Thanks again for sharing.
I absolutely love watching your videos. You are so talented and creative, and your voice is very enjoyable to listen to, some of the demo video the person goes on and on, and you are enjoyable and inspiring to listen to. Thank you.
Thank you i do the same.
I just got through with vacation bible school and i used mine for flowers lace toppers peacocks etc. I am smiling and enjoying this rihht now.
I have a like minded friend.
Thanks for a beautiful time
Lois in the Caribbean
Thank you so much for all of your wonderful and very creative ideas that you keep coming up with.. I really have enjoy all of your videos and just listening to you and watching what you are doing. It have motivate me to try, and you make it fun and easy too.. Yes you have inspired me and so many, many others.. Maybe you could make like hanging paper ornaments.. Thanks always..xoxoxo..
What a great idea! I love the concept! Look at what is all around you in a completely different way. The definition of "creativity".
+Jilann Trainor ❤❤❤
I knew there was something that we could use our junk mail for. Thank you so much for sharing.
Great video! Love your ideas. They are also great for mixed media projects & collage. Thanks so much for sharing!!!! Blessings......
Oh Trac!! This is amazing!!!
Tracy I am so excited about watching this video! I save all my envelopes like this, and I am excited to see what you’re going to show me!
Looks like a fun project. Thanks for sharing. I'll never look at my mailbox the same way again!
I am so with you! I'm obsessed with all the graphic variations! I've made a number of things with them...small origami stars, mini vacation journals, card holders, etc....just a word of caution though, they are usually not printed with smear-proof ink so ink or paint (or glue) may make the design smear (I've also used them for mixed media projects which is how I found that out). Love when I see people making treasure from 'trash'! Yay!
Great ideas!! It's amazing how you used something negative into something really positive and fun!! Thanks for the ideas!!
And this is why I just Love to watch your channel. Ingenious! TFS
You are a fantastic Imagineer!!!! Great Idea for a gift set ,a "hand made" identify for a fellow ccrafter,just endless possibilities!! Thank you for helping me recycle ,reuse,repurpose!!
You are so talented and creative. I love your clever ideas. You really look like you're having fun and I enjoy watching you.
you are a joy to follow...your voice is soothing as you teach, your ideas are truly amazing!!
Thx again Tracy for ur insight on this beautiful projects of urs you’ve got a great imagination and I like the way you see something wonderful in everything...
Love the way you turn trash into something beautiful and useful...thx for sharing
Thank you and Happy Holidays!
I love making magnets and will take this idea and add one to the back, so cute. Thank you!
Your Cards from Junk Mail is so Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Super!! I keep lots of. Dud envelopes it is great fun here! Love it
What a clever idea! I’ll never look at my bills the same way again. THANK YOU!
I love this idea! I'm going to start saving the envelopes now! Thanks for sharing! God bless, Kim
Thanks so much for sharing your ideas using the envelopes. Love the flowers you made.
I absolutely love these !! I have been on a flower making kick and this is a great idea to add to my stash! I love to recycle, and yes- now my stacks of mail won’t be piling up- I’ll be waiting for more to come so I can make more flowers! (I couldn’t even wait for this video to finish, I had to pause and run and grab the punch and glue and an envelope and get started while I watched the rest of your video!) Thanks for the great ideas!
Just found you recently. You are soooo inspiring. I love it when you fumble around and ramble. It is very relaxing and I feel like I am visiting with a friend right in my living room. Thank you for sharing your crafts on UA-cam.
+Mary Gir Hi Mary!❤Your comment made me feel wonderful. I'm so glad you feel that way. Thank you so much for watching, me crafty friend! ✂🍁✂ Hugs, Tracey
Hi 👋🏻 your flowers would make a nice border for a plain photo frame.. I love watching you create your unique tags and flowers 🌺
Oh. My. Gosh! How clever and imaginative you are! I'm definitely going to give this a try--Love it! Thank you so much for sharing!
Brilliant! I too also look at discarded things & think what else can I use this for. My results aren't always this beautiful. Keep it up!
Oh my! Wow! I so love it, you are so creative! You have inspired me to think outside of the box creatively!!