How GumwrapperGirl Started

I usually get a strange look when I tell people I have over 12,000 gum wrappers saved in my bedroom, until I explain what I do with them. A following conversation usually includes how I came up with this idea.

When I was Primary age, my siblings would peel gum wrappers and stick them on their scriptures during church. I started saving wrappers for my siblings to use. My sister and her friends did an activity where they were decorating composition notebooks with paper, ribbon, buttons, etc, and I decided to put gum wrappers on one. My first notebook was for my mom. I'm grateful that moms cherish homemade gifts, because this notebook isn't something I'd like to claim as my work. I made a few more notebooks using the wrappers. Then I brought one to school one day. A few girls said they'd pay me if I would make them one too. That was the start of "GumwrapperGirl."

Some of my first notebooks ^

-GumwrapperGirl