Envelopes from Magazine Pages

 

This project is so easy, it's hardly a project at all. I'm always looking at magazines and wishing I could do something really cool with the neat pictures. I just got some old Martha Stewart mags, and there's some really nice page designs and photography; it seemed a shame to throw it out. Sometimes I save them for things like this (my closet door):

Or my bulletin board, for lack of any better ideas:

Today I figured, why not make some envelopes. They're clearly pretty simple, but the pages, like I said, were worth more than just the recycling bin. I used a glue stick, and double stick tape to add on the labels (scraps of cardstock). Here's a few of them.

And the back (a little less cute):

It just takes a few seconds to whip one of these up, but here's a link to a how-to video by Amy at Angry Chicken, whose main goal was to quickly make envelopes for her kids' letters without leaving her chair. Even if you don't need a tutorial, it's a great video, and a fun reminder that it's okay to cut corners and even be little lazy in making any kind of projects.