Steve Jobs said, “My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.” I treasure time spent with my daughter. Each year on my birthday I ask for the same thing – her time. We have built a bear, sang, swam, skated, walked, climbed, colored and cooked. In my Ivy Lane Designs shop, my creations are made from materials rescued from trash and recycling bins. It only make sense that our favorite mother-daughter activity would be crafting together, often from recyclables. One year when we were apart on her birthday, I sent her balloons in a box – one of my proudest moments in my handmade gift-giving history. A super fun project is making a tote bag from juice drink pouches. Here is how we did it.
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