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I've recently started junk journaling - which is creating an art journal out of literal trash - junk mail, packaging, etc. and I have to say it's quite addicting! Something about the psychology of a pandemic is driving me to be very mindful of waste.
My challenge today is to make a card or project out of literal trash - a piece of junk mail, an old magazine, etc. and at least two mediums! The majority of your project should be garbage haha.
I have a video for you where I used a LaCroix box with alcohol ink and texture pastes.
(I also have a version here where the host of the Varmints podcast voiced it over while watching and trying to figure out what I was doing that is hilarious.)
We have not a lot of waste at the best of times since I buy most of my food with minimal or no packaging and most distributors respect our "no junk mail" sign. But if course we have some - and, I have been saving some old Nation Geographics so my Citra-Solv is drying.
I shudder when I think of all the plastics and grocery bags that have been thrown out during this. We couldn't bring our own grocery bags and the recycling bins in the grocery stores disappeared. And all the food that used to be in the 'serve yourself' counters that are now in plastic packaging. Yikes.
__________________ Jean Bean the Dancing Queen "You can play a shoestring if you're sincere." -John Coltrane
Jean, yes to that. And masks just dropped anywhere as the new litter to replace plastic bags :-(. We were one of the first countries to introduce a charge for single-use plastic bags in stores, and it dramatically reduced the amount seen in hedgerows. We were heading towards as little single-use plastic in work as possible before all this kicked off. Not any more - although most of what we use does go for recycling.
I was intrigued by Lisa's beer can labels. Here they are normally printed directly on the can. At least, any of the ones I buy. I was very disappointed when I brought a lovely Argentinian one home from work to discover that it was just a plastic shrink-wrap over the can and not really suitable for die-cutting after all.
At first I thought I didn't have any garbage but the more I dug in the trash in my craft room, the more I thought I could use. So here's my fun creation:
MIX410 - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
