Tyler Handmade: Reader challenge!

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Reader challenge!

I need your help! There are 2 things I need your help with.

First, I need your opinion with this thing me and my boyfriend were talking about. It has to do with this puzzle from Sunday's post:

I start with the letter E.
I end with the letter E.
I usually contain only one letter
Yet I am not the letter E!
What am I?

He swears the answer to the puzzle is "Eye." The answer is actually "Envelope" (get it...it contains a "letter"...haha.) Anyways, his reasonings is that "Eye" starts with E and ends with E, and that "I" contains only one letter. But I say "Eye" and "I" are two different words! You can only answer the riddle with one word! So what do you think? Vote in the poll on the sidebar!! >>>>

The second thing I need feedback with is your creative uses for seemingly useless items. See some of my old posts like Uses for CDs to see what I mean.

What are some ideas you have for reusing:

- Cassettes

- VHS tapes

- Scrap yarn

- Scrap paper (or newpaper)

- Tissue boxes

- Magazines

OR Cardboard tubes?

I'd love to hear your suggestions!

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Shelley · 781 weeks ago

Interesting question, the either of your answers could be right, but I think yours is probably the answer they are looking for.

Saw you in the forums on Etsy & decided to stop by & say hi!

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TylerHandmade 58p · 781 weeks ago

Haha (I know I'm right! :P)

Hiiii! Thanks for stopping by, Shelley :)

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Rachael · 781 weeks ago

I make custom note card designs from tissue box cardboard and cereal boxes :D
I also made "business" (as in for my blog) cards out of the same, plus magazine clippings.

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TylerHandmade 58p · 781 weeks ago

Thanks awesome! Do you have any type of tutorial to point us to?

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Lilithine · 781 weeks ago

I take old newspapers and use them as a faux fertilizer/compost in the fall. After winterizing a flower bed or veggie garden area, spread a layer of newspaper down about two to four sheets thick. Soak it all down with water, cover with landscaper's plastic or just plastic garbage bags that have been sliced up the sides to open them fully out. Stake the plastic down over the newspaper and leave it for the winter, watering it occasionally if it gets really dry. Over the fall and winter seasons, the paper breaks down and adds nutrients to the soil.

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TylerHandmade 58p · 781 weeks ago

Wow, i didn't know newspaper could do that! Thanks Lilithine :)

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Angela · 781 weeks ago

I reuse magazines in one of my etsy shops- www.cutnglue.etsy.com

I didn't know what else to do with them!

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Karen · 781 weeks ago

Love your use of the cd's and your diagonal scarf is so cute...great colors! I like to use yarn scraps to crochet coasters and flowers to give as gifts to my Etsy customers...the color combos with the scraps can make some cool looks!
Karen

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TylerHandmade 58p · 781 weeks ago

Thank you! And coasters sound fun :)