once upon a time there was a little girl that re-
ally wanted to be a princess. She dreamed about being
a princess every night and thought about being a princess
all day. One day, the little girls who wanted nothing more than
to be a princess, met a
Sto
ma
rie
gic bunny. This ma
s to T
gic bunny told
ell
her that
she could have anything she wanted, as long as she would go get the
bunny some spinach out of the gard
By jENNIFER GALLAChER
en. The little girl, overjoyed at the
prospect of finally fulfilling her hopes and dreams and becoming a
princess, raced to the garden as fast as she could. When she got there,
instead of a beautiful green garden that had been there that
KERMIT THE FROG lamented, “It’s One way we as scrapbookers can
no
morning, there was only blakc,
t easy being green.” With all go green
charred earth, devoid of
is to look for and support
due respect to everyone’s favorite companies who are manufacturing
amphibian,
life, and
it’s really
most impo
not that hard g
rtantly, any spinach.
reen products, such as papers
to be green these days, even in printed on recycled paper. We can
the world of scrapbooking. In fact, also do things like incorporate the
I’ve found it to be a challenge that packaging from embellishments,
stretches my creativity while offering or find ways to use vintage book
the reward of peace of mind. pages, clothing tags, or chipboard
from cereal boxes. I keep scrap files
Reducing, reusing, and recycling in my cabinet, one for each color,
isn’t a new concept – in my then “shop my scraps” first when I
grandmother’s day, the saying went need to add paper to a project. If
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or you look for ways to be creative,
do without.” We may be motivated thrifty, and yes, green, you will find
more by a sense of responsibility them.
today than the necessity she felt
during those difficult economic On your journey to help the
times – but the idea is the same. Use environment, document your
less, stretch what you have, and be efforts. In our house it’s my youngest
creative about ways to reduce your son who reminds us to recycle.
impact on the environment. The efforts we make now will be
interesting to look back on as we
note what our generation did to
make the world a better place.
Take pictures. Tell that story.
“...Use it up, wear it out,
make it do, or do without.
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