When I was younger I used to throw scraps of wood like this away. Of course that almost gave my Dad a heart attack on more than one occasion. He was the type who would sort through the garbage to make sure no one was throwing anything useable away. Not long ago I sold 20 boxes of wood scraps like this to a guy who wanted to burn them in his wood stove. Yikes!!! What was I thinking? Today I am not so wasteful. You can make all kinds of useful and sellable things from scraps like these. I read on my daughter's blog how she has a "scrappy" collection of fabric pieces and uses them to make scrappy quilts. Well, these wood remnants are my "scrappy" wood collection. A few months ago I cut out a bunch of little butterflies out of some scraps, painted them up, and attached a loop of fishing wire to each with hot glue so you could hang them up. I took them to a Center we belong to and sold them all out at $3.00 each. I guess I'm a slow learner. I shudder when I think of all the good scrappy I threw away over the years. I've had other little ideas and I'll post them when I think of them.--Bob
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I am quite thrifty these days out of necessity so I understand how you feel! Great way to use up scrap wood!
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