Un-Paper

We use WAY, WAY too many disposable products in our house - and while I feel like I'm making headway with using the cloth diapers (at least A won't contribute to the never ending, slow decaying diapers in the landfill!) I still find myself buying tons of paper towels and tissues - I feel like I'm (literally) watching my money being thrown away. So, I've decided to create my own.

Today's project is un-paper tissues - which, I guess, are also called handkerchiefs, lol. I guess our grandparents had it right! I made mine roughly the size of a kleenex folded in half, since we tend to do that anyways. They are made out of a thin white flannel, and serged around the outside. They are now resting in a pretty wicker basket I had in the closet, and I think it looks much nicer than the tissue boxes from the stores. Plus, they can double as emergency mess clean up! You can't get much better than that.

Next up: un-paper towels - I think I'm going to make those with more flannel and maybe a pretty cotton print. If I'm going to make my own, they may as well look nice! (and maybe, just maybe, the print will help to hide stains)