A Quick Way to Update Your Address Book
When the flurry of holiday greeting cards arrives I check the return addresses on each envelope. If it’s a new address, I tear off the return address label and glue it into my address book.

Stamp Collecting
We always check out the postage stamps on the envelopes we receive in the mail too for our stamp-collecting album.

Recycle Lovely Greeting Cards
Some greeting cards are just too beautiful to discard. Instead, remove and save the front of the greeting cards you like. Use as postcards, to decorate the front of gift packages or frame the special cards that fit your décor. Card art works great in scrapbooking projects. To use artwork from cards, cut around the shapes or designs you’d like to incorporate into an album.

Deborah Tukua, www.hollycreekbooks.com. For more great household tips, you’ll want a copy of Deborah’s book, Pearls of Country Living.