Fun Monday # 83 Everything is useful!

Our hostess this week is Rayne and she says:

'Almost everyone I know keeps things that others would consider junk. Twist ties, used wrapping paper, etc. What thing or things do you hang on to, and why?
Or, if you are one of those super organized and practical people and don't hang on to things like that, do you have a collection that you would like to share with us?'

I was brought up after the war when things were scarce and when I first got married in the mid 60's we didn't have much money so everything was saved and recycled. The current recycling trend comes fairly easy to me, although, I know, many would consider I keep junk.
All the things you see in the collages below I keep and use again. Rubber bands come around the mail, envelopes come in junk mail, and cardboard boxes are not so easy to store. I don't get too much string these days but it's very useful in the garden, wrapping paper is re-used especially by Father Christmas! Jam jars are kept for just that and pickle making and for other types storage. Plastic bags are always used again, and if I need to send parcels I have plenty of padded bags. Old Christmas cards and birthday cards are made into tags and notelets a couple of you will have received these!

You might wonder why I have included coffee...well I buy several jars when they are cheap, that's just another saving device.
This may not be quite what Rayne had in mind but it's one of the excuses reasons I have so much clutter around my house. If the grand children are visiting and need things to be creative I can usually come up with the goods as I did this summer. So as far as I'm concerned that is reason enough to keep squirreling things away!
I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else saves so see you soon.

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