Kelly and I were recently brainstorming on ways to incorporate more recycled products in the overall makeup of our line, while cutting costs everywhere we can (usually these two ideas don't go hand in hand...). In our brainstorming process we decided to do a housewide craft supply/material inventory to see what we already had. We ran around the house gathering anything and everything that could be used to create something, which rules out very little. Once we gathered our overwhelming pile, we soon realized we had an ungodly amount of old paper bags from all the different sorts of shopping we do.
Looking at all these bags, we just had to figure a way to use them. One of our biggest cost here at bennykelly is cardstock. We use it not only for all our tags and marketing fliers, but also as stencil paper. And as of recently we've been having difficulty finding cost effective cardstock made from 100% recycled paper. So to end our paper woos and bring more sustainability to our line, we decided to create some HOMEMADE CARDSTOCK!!
Make your own cardstock...all the how tos after the jump!
