i THOUGHT i ordered padded mailers...but i receieved 100 large tyvec envelopes, which i can'y use to ship my stuff

what in tarnation can i do with this stack of tyvec?  (i searched and only came up with a couple things here.)

TIA.

the material is a felted wool sweater embellished with needlefelted wool, crocheted piping, and lined with recycled sari fabric.  it's mostly hand-stitched and took hours, partly because i'm new to making bags and partly because i just couldn't stop decorating it!  it was really satisfying, especially since i spent $2 on materials- plus it's 100% recycled.  even the thread.

i found a box of these tiles at a thrift store- they sort of remind me of mah jong tiles, but with playing card images- i have no idea how one would play a game with them, so i'm making jewelry instead.

one side has the "1" of hearts, and on the other i decoupaged a tarot card of cupid.

the rest is copper, silver, garnets, amethysts, moonstone, and czech glass.

here's my first felted purse- i felted a thrift store sweater, cut it up and resewed it, knit a handle, and add needlefelted embellishments.  so tiny.  so cheap.  so satisfying.

i just tried my hand at needle felting last night and made this for my friend's dollhouse:





i didn't have any other colors for the nose

...."build your own online store".
i'm curious to see examples of sites and hear people's feedback.

[you will need:]

happy holy-daze!
here's a little something to whip up for your tree (or to give away, or even assemble kits for).


you will need:
beads
beading wire or other fine gauge wire (i used 24 gauge)
wire snips
round nose pliers


1 cut 5 pieces of wire, each about 4-5 inches long.
2 holding them all together, tie a knot in the middle.




3 spread the wires out evenly around the knot.

4 slide your beads on one wire "arm", and finish with a spiral to hold the beads in place.  repeat with the other arms, then attatch fishing line or wire to hang.  how easy was that?  

you could even get really crazy and tie a whole bunch of wires together and spread them out to be a 3-d starburst.  or, as you can kind of see below, wrap the wires around something fun, like sea glass.  or make really tiny ones for earrings!  or make a bunch and hang them on a dead branch, like so:

i've been making blank books, all less than 5"x 7", using old (ugly) game boards and other recycled materials mixed in with some new and handmade stuff, as well as a few tiny mirrors.  they're all bound with coptic stitch and wheat paste.

october 16th, in hot springs, at the steady eddy coffee bar on the laurel river (45 minutes northwest of asheville)

so far, we have vendors selling jewelry, puppets, gourd dwellings, vintage clothes, haircuts, coffee and baked goodies, and there will be performance art/dance and guided river walks.

pm me if you want to join the fun!  we still have room for more vendors and more ideas

http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/10/news/midcaps/personal_stamps/

you can use your digital camera to send pictures and images to the site, and they mail you the postage stamps.  how cool is that?