Friday Sew and Tell

Well I finished getting my paperwork together to take to the accountant. I have to find a better way of keeping track of my paperwork. I feel like I have a shoebox, I throw receipts into.

Our youngest son is in the Army and was home for the holidays and his Dad noticed that his luggage didn't have a name tag on it. I had made these before and gave hime a few.

Husband's version. I took old military name tags and added them to larger luggage tags from Brigade Quartermaster. I tried to find these same one's and they changed to a different style. The new ones now come in neon colors and have a plastic top where the shoestring attaches. I was going to just make the same style, but I had a hard time finding the 2 inch web belting without buying a 20-yard roll. I did find a surplus place in town that sells 1 1/2 inch black only. Using 18 inches of belting, I embroidered our last name onto the belting twice, then folded the belting thru some snap clips I had in my stash and stitched them down, around all four sides. I got two tags from a Yard of web belting. Our older son is going into the Army in 2 weeks. He needs some tags for his bags.

The daughter liked the idea but she wanted purple to match her luggage. She's going to her sister for spring break in 3 weeks. I changed the text to more girly and smaller and waaa laaa.

While getting the tax stuff ready, I was at Office Max tring to get copies made and they had a bunch of business card cases on the counter. I bought one to modify.

I added Magnetic business card stickers to the inside to hold needles and pins. Next time I won't add a magnet to the inside cover, I really like just the bottom it works great. My business card magnets were bought at Walmart. Mine were used, I just used a glue stick and it is holding like a champ. I have a business card section stuck on my freezer of businesses I call regularly, like the car dealership, the snow plow guy. This way I don't lose the business card.

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