Safe snail-mail CD/DVD postings - Upcycle it!
Send Your CD’s Inside A Milk Carton Envelope
Due to the fact that I do not like the plastic CD cases I always had a problem when I wanted to send CDs via snail mail. When standing once in the kitchen, I recognized that we are consuming quite a large number of milk and juice which results in a great number of diverse cartons. Milk cartons are not just light, but also made out of quite strong material,perfect to a CD case! All you need is an empty, cleaned Milk (or Juice) Carton, a cutter and a sewing machine. In case you don’t have the last one, you can solve the problem by sewing it by hand or using a stapler or some tape.
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ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS 01 02 03 04
Milk Carton Cut the bottom off Cut the bottom line straight off Cut the top diagonal
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Cut of one of the top triangels Cut a slid to close the envelope Add a fold Close the bottom with the sewing machine* (sew it by hand, use a stapler or some tape)
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Fasten with square knots the bulk threads use a needle + push the thread through the middle Cut off the bulk thread Complete corner detail
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the completed CD envelope insert the CD close the envelope add stamp + aderess + mail it!
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The CDs which I sent arrived in one piece and without a scratch! “Bravo� for the Japanese Milk Carton! by Benigna Iwasaki BCOME
BCOME is a design studio / blog run by Benigna Iwasaki - a German designer gone Japan http://biginjap.blogspot.com/