Blog Action Day **Greening Up**

There will be many blogs participating in the Blog Action Day event. Thinking about what I can do to be more green, I decided to talk about greening up in the paper arts world.

How I am going Green

1. Use those scraps. I scrapbook and I love all the neat papers that come out twice a year. In an effort to not kill anymore trees than necessary, I use my scraps in my art journals. Plus, my kids like to play when I scrapbook, so they also use my scraps for their little projects.
2. Reuse. I used to alter things all the time. Notebooks, boxes or whatever was available. Instead of going out buying new things, I have been looking at all the packaging that comes in my house differently. How can I use it? I have used mailing boxes as stencils and painting tools. Very cool!
3. Digital scrapbooking. Digital is one less way to kill a tree. You still get to create wonderful crafty stuff without going out all the mess and leftover paper scraps.
4. Donate. Schools are so desperate for donations and materials for art classes…well, schools that still do have art classes. I am saving things and offering them to my kids teachers. Kids always seem to find unique was to use what we consider useless.
5. Research. There are paper companies out there that are eco-friendly. Find them, support them.