UPCYCLING YOUR TRASH

You may remember the adage that says, "One man's trash is another man's treasure," right?  Well, I am suggesting we put an artistic spin on this, making the adage read more like, "One man's trash can be the same man's treasure"--or in this case woman's treasure.   My daughter encouraged me to begin recycling a few years ago, and I have been doing pretty well at that.  A recent blog post by an artsy friend talked about reusing artistically what we might normally recycle, so I have been thinking a bit about this. 

Today, when I used the last page of a refrigerator magnet pad for making lists, rather than recycling the pad, I took it to my studio.  Here's what I used to repurpose the pad:

• gesso to seal the cardboard
• 3 Dylusions spray inks to create the background
• a Dylusions mask for the female form
• a leftover piece of scrapbooking paper for the dress
• Tim Holtz number rub-on
• archival black ink pad
• 3 stamps (script, handprint, smudges)
• toilet paper roll insert to create circles

And, here's the result (now back on the refrigerator as art):

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Joy to you!