Works for Me Wednesday: Thrifty Fun Shreds!

Okay. Are you familiar with those bags of shredded paper that you can buy for gift baskets? They're sometimes called "fun shreds" or "tissue shreds", etc. I really, really, really hope you aren't buying them when you can make your own! Use whatever you have lying around: construction paper, tissue paper, computer paper, wrapping paper, card stock. Whatever is cheap and handy. Put a clean bag in your paper shredder, run the paper through, crumple the shreds, and voilà! Your very own shreds for gift baskets. Tip 1: Using stiffer paper like cardstock will allow you to position items in your gift basket with ease if you have heavy items. Tip 2: Store a clean bag in underneath the full bag in the paper shredder for quick use. Tip 3: Don't have a paper shredder? Staples has them free after rebate this week. If you can find them. Cheap shreds- works for me!