Give Your Scraps a Second Chapter

The scrap basket can become a place where good paper waits a very long time.

Today, bring out a few pieces and give them something to do.

Try working with the shapes they already have. Back a long strip with cardstock for a bookmark. Fold a wider scrap into a small note. Let a clipped illustration disappear beneath another layer, where its missing edge won’t matter.

Set aside anything that doesn’t spark an idea. You can choose just one piece for now.

By the end, you might have a little something to tuck into a journal—or into the book you’re reading tonight.