Dabbling in jewelery-making

It was my first attempt at jewelery-making. I made a handful pieces of jewelery, all only for my own use.  Some are not too 'professionally-made', hence they don't get to be exhibited to people other than my family members. 

I was not the only one who caught the jewelery-making 'bug'.  My sisters, just like me, invested in some raw materials consisting of crystal beads of various shapes and colours, some clasps, end caps and plastic threads.  I invested in a plier too. 

So far, only a couple of pieces of these DIY jewelery got to be worn in public.

No styrofoam please

Nowadays, unless I forget, I will use my own plastic containers when I buy lunch for the kids.  Except for the trouble of having to wash the containers after usage, this is so much more environmental-friendly than the 'stubborn' boxes.  I call them stubborn as they are so stubborn to the earth, it takes more than a million years for these to decompose.

Papers are valuable

Have you noticed Ikea furniture are wrapped in paper as well as styrofoam? Ever wondered how these paper can be put to good use?

It is such a waste to see these paper ending up in the trash bin. These are not small pieces of paper but large ones. Well, I keep them, not for writing or drawing. I keep them so that I can reuse them to wrap my food leftovers which are to be thrown.

These papers are absorbent and so will come in useful. My mother is always hunting for papers to wrap leftovers before they are thrown into the dustbin. These are better than plastic bags which do not absorb liquid.

As for the carton boxes, they can earn you your breakfast, so think twice before discarding!