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i have another what do i do with... question, which i promise is not in the memories. and although it's paper i'm working with, it's a special circumstance, i assure you.

as a freelance writer, i am beginning to accumulate a stack of rejection letters. only i've found it's best for my sanity if, rather than getting depressed over them i celebrate them! (my logic being, a rejection means i'm putting myself out there, i'm living my dream, rather than, i am a terrible writer). so i want to do something fun a crafty with them, but i have a few caveats:

1. i want it to be... add-on-able. because i will keep getting them i don't want to like, make a collage, because then every six months i'll have to make another. i thought of using strips of them and looping them together, like how you would make christmas tree decorations when you were little, but then you can't really tell what they are.

2. i want them to be discerably rejection letters, even if i cut them up or make them into different shapes. for example, making cherry blossom flowers out of them would be fine, since i could still see the writing on the letter, even if not in complete form.

3. color would make it more interesting! how do i dye paper without covering up the writing (i.e. not with paint).

so... any ideas???