We had a great time with Daisy Troop 61024 who came to work on the Girl Scout creed-using their resources wisely.
They brought along empty Kleenex boxes that we converted into houses. This house has all the fixin’s including a tiny Styrofoam puppy who lives there.
Who needs flashy stuff when the imaginings you have come to life with the simplest of things.
Category Archives: reuse
Boxes!
Friday, January 26, 2018
We love boxes for so many reuses at the studio. In their original state they make great structural works or cut into pieces they can become just about anything else!
Things
Monday, January 22, 2018
As Anias Nin said “We don’t see things as there, we see them as we are”. So, I see Me in these cans! Potential, that’s what I see, oh, and a little challenge too. Thats the fun part.
Back in my early working days as a Costumer in the Film Industry where I worked strictly Low Budget Films, I was at home. I loved the challenge of having to use what I had to make things great. It was all about resourcefulness, I couldn’t buy anything I wanted, I had to make it or-remake it. I felt so Mac Guyver! It was a blast and I felt so good when I saw my work on screen. It was in me to work that way and I could see it in the things I used to create character looks and deadly appearances for sequal slashers. Such fun!
As I emptied my dishwasher yesterday, this stack of cans appeared from the prior days cat food meals, washed and ready for reuse. I took one look at it and thought, this says a lot about me because I see potential…
As I emptied my dishwasher yesterday, this stack of cans appeared from the prior days cat food meals, washed and ready for reuse. I took one look at it and thought, this says a lot about me because I see potential…
Happy!
Monday, January 22, 2018
When you can create anything why not create happy!
Pirates Life
Saturday, January 20, 2018
Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate’s Life For Me…
We get some amazing donations at the studio! Take these vintage Pirates Of The Caribbean Postcards from Disneland circa 1966.
Come in and create with them. They are super cool!
Fun and Games
Friday, January 19, 2018
This tear sheet from a vintage -ish @familyfunmag has triple appeal for us. 1.We love the suggested idea of creative family games- cut slits in cards to make your own house of cards game!
2. This idea naturally converts to a “creating at home” idea for us! Grab an old deck of cards from around the house that is OK to alter and snip double slits around all four sides of each card about 1/2 inch deel then, interlock cards as you wish.
3. Surely there are decks of cards floating around school campuses and that’s where our non-profit, CReATE ON YOUR CAMPUS comes in, to bring recycling habits for reuse it in new ways like taking old playing cards like this and making up something new for collaborative building in classrooms. A super fun learning tool that doesn’t cost a thing.
Happy!
Thursday, January 18, 2018
We all need a “Happy Book” filled with antidotes, doodles, words, stickers and other happiness makers.
The Girls Club Girls inspired us today ❤
What makes you happy?
Spotlight!
Monday, January 15, 2018
As our spotlight on Styrofoam shines on, we look at what creators have been making with styroafoam.
Here, a modern little bunny fuses traditional (non biodegradable) Styrofoam with its contemporary, bio degradable packing peanuts that break down as soon as they get wet.
Our bunny friend marks the sign of change in the world of packing and shiping…
Messy = Fun
Monday, January 15, 2018
Messy Toddler Art Fun meant creating and exploring with this n’ that this morning. We even got to mess around with some interesting Styrofoam stuff which is our material spotlight this month!
Be Kind
Thursday, January 11, 2018
It was great to spend a Crafternoon with the ladies from The Boomer Life group making inspired wood signs today.