So this is beautiful sunny Florida and we don’t get inches of snow and bone chilling cold, but we do get rain. Since today is one of those days, it’s great to be inside and to do some journaling and making some Christmas albums and gifts.
For starters, what do you do with all those used or scratched CDs or DVDs that you bought by the case load? When Sam’s first offered the CDs in the 100 pack tower, I bought them thinking what a good deal I found. I thought I would use them to back up my personal files and stuff or maybe save some pictures on them. It was a good deal but 2 years later I still have about 65 of those shiny unused discs remaining in the tower. It seems that I’m the only one that’s always on the tail end of technology.
Now days, instead of saving my pictures or short files on the CD, all I have to do is just save them to a tiny little flash drive. This device is small enough that it can safely be tucked into my jeans pants pocket and conveniently be tossed in the laundry without notice.
However, I don’t recommend washing your thumb drives. Most generally, the data isn’t saved and the jeans don’t remember a thing. Remember what Mom said about checking your pockets. You’ll never accidentally put a CD in your pocket and toss that into the wash.
With just a little imagination, the shiny discs do have a useful after-life. They can easily be converted into Christmas ornaments. Just cut out 2 pieces of cardstock slightly smaller than your CD. Stamp your favorite image on each piece. Adhere the finished image to each side of the CD. Punch a hole in the top with a crop-a-dile (great scrapbooking tool) and tie a ribbon through it. Now you have a cute ornament. Let the kids make some for the Grandparents and you have another journaling idea for the holiday scrapbook.
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