Originally Posted by
seasaw2mch
Receipts! I don't want anyone knowing how much I'm spending.
All else can be used or recycled, even down to the lint and tiny threads that's cleaned out of the machines are used by the birds to make nests.
How funny....receipts! I scan mine into a 'Neat Receipts' scanner so I can track my annual spending. It's a real surprise at the end of the year! But, I toss the paper receipts.
As for using old sewing machine needles to hang wall hangings, I'd be concerned a needle might come out and end up on the floor for one of our dogs to 'eat' -- one of our dogs actually checks out the quilt room for anything on the floor; does the same anywhere in the house. (Quilt police? we have the 'unknown-object-on-floor police' whether edible or not (aka: 4-legged vacuum cleaners).