1 post tagged “crafts”

i read all the time about the art in itself of making crafts made from cheap or free supplies.  recommendations always include  a  thrift store, a flea market, dumpsters, or just pieces of Shit You Don't Want Anymore.  thrift stores, i think, are the most inspirational so they serve as the greatest starting point of any project since half the creativity is done for you.  i don't know of too many flea markets that vend items that i can destroy in the name of craft (although i do know a very respectable flea...boutique).  i haven't reached dumpster desperation, and i hope that i never do, but i am willing to accept the circumstances should they arise; especially if i make friends with some freegans over the dumpsters near NYU during finals.

but lately i've been looking at all the Shit I Don't Want Anymore and thinking of ways to employ that second R in the trio of this eco-friendly time.  i picked up way too many paint samples paper strips from home depot as jason and i had a fear of commitment (once again?) while perusing supplies.   I had enough blues and greens to chop them up and paste them onto an Ikea frame (3 for ...cheap? $2?) and voila!

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