I'm a big fan of recycling, and sometimes I wish I could suppress my urges to hang onto everything because I might "need" it someday.

Case in point. I decided I didn't like my filing system, which relied heavily on manila folders to keep everything organized. It seemed that every time I tried to pull one of those folders from the drawer the contents of the folder would wind up sprawled on the floor. Yes, I admit that I overstuff the folders, but I just got tired of picking stuff up.

New filing system? Envelopes. Big envelopes. Now everything stays contained. I also started using some of those plastic things with all the slots for sorting. They work nicely for things like taxes, insurance info, etc., that need to be kept safe and sound.

Now what to do with all those manila folders? Thank You tags. I cut the edges off, found a cool typewriter font, and ran them through my printer. Punch 'em, string 'em, and voila! Fun tags. Recycled. Don't ya love it?

Scalloped Seahorses. Reading that, it sounds like an exotic seafood dish, but it's not. I found this image of a seahorse with lots of detail and shading, and I decided to turn him into scalloped tags. They're so cute!!!

And then I decided to make some tags using vintage Alice in Wonderland illustrations. After messing with them for awhile, I found that I just couldn't get them all to look right if I made them all round or all oval or all square, so I created an assortment of shapes and sizes.

Pickles, fish, peppers, corn, and pizza. So I got an idea for some silly gift tags, and here's the result. It all started when I was on the treadmill, walking...walking...walking... and I happened to look up at the ceiling (in the basement, so it was really looking at the floor joists) and see a silly gift I gave to my husband way back before he was my husband. The Super Pickle. It struck me funny at the time, and it still cracks me up when I see it. A pickle with little feet and a cape. Because he's Super Pickle.

That made me think of doing something with a pickle, and I had this cool green cardstock just waiting to become something neato. And so were born the food tags.

I think they're a hoot. A couple of people have already bought them (one bought some pickles, one bought some fish), so obviously I'm not the only one with this silly sense of humor. Check 'em out in my Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=63053&section_id=5006265