Where is all the toilet paper? (turns out to be a Friday Smile)

Hurrah!  I'm back online.  Yesterday morning, for once when I called AT&T (my worthless internet provider), instead of getting the normal bored person who was tired of hearing my pleas, I got a recorded message telling me it appears there has been an outage in my area.  The sweet (?) voice on the recording soothingly assured me technicians were working on the problem and I would be back online as soon as they had corrected the problem.  At first I checked every hour, then every four hours.  At midnight my time, I called and got that same recording.  I felt horrified, because I had not, unlike normally, scheduled anything.   Finally, I was able to get online.  It was a fluke that I even checked.

Now that I'm back online, I'm joining Valerie's Geometric Shapes theme at Art Journal Journey, and without originally planning to, I'm also joining Annie (at A Stitch in Time) and the wonderful ladies at Friday Smiles. 

This is a tongue in cheek look at toilet paper and why (at least in the U.S.) it is so scarce.

I call it Where has all the toilet paper gone?

Here's the true story:

Did you know that toilet paper we buy for our
homes is made from VIRGIN pulp of trees?
It goes through many processes, including
bleaching so it is white.

Why is it hundreds and hundreds of palettes of
toilet paper are sitting in warehouses just
gathering dust?  It is because it is designed
for industry, like restaurants, libraries,
schools, laundromats, factories, offices, and
other public restrooms.  The fiber content is
different, as is the process.  The process
uses recycled fibers, not virgin pulp.

Now you know!

It's ironic that, because the process that wipes our bums at school, in restaurants, and other pubic places, isn't good enough to wipe our bums at  home.  Because all these public places have been closed due to COVID-19, the toilet paper designated for public places cannot (for some ridiculous, I'm sure government initiated reason) be repurposed for home use.  I remember when I worked in industry, the toilet paper had the words "contains recycled fibers" or similar wording written on it.  For those of you who worked in schools or hospitals, I'm sure you remember the toilet paper was a bit less soft.  I bet you used less at work than at home, too, mainly because the stuff you use at home falls apart faster.

Having said all that, I recently stumbled on an Old House Journal magazine in my stash.

I defy you to find the toilet paper

in any of these three high end baths from the early 20th century.

For this two page spread I created in my Stress Free altered book, I began with pages I had previously painted red with leftover fluid acrylic.  For the left side, I started with a complete deconstructed security envelope.  I showed the page title through the security window and added the words backed by a different colored security envelope (that unfortunately picked up some of the black water soluble crayon when I laid it too close to the other, still wet images).

For the right side, I included two images backed by another security envelope.  All three images were found in the Old House Journal, a freebie magazine issue I received a few years ago in hopes I would buy the magazine in the future.

Today I'm sharing this at Art Journal Journey using Valerie's Geometric Shapes theme, as well as Annie (at A Stitch in Time) at Friday Smiles. I'm sure Valerie can find a few geometric shapes in this spread and I suspect the lovely ladies who visit Friday Smiles will get a chuckle out of this spread, too.

For Day 17 of 22 leading up to bEARTHday, I recycled three images from an old freebie magazine and three security envelopes.  What have you recycled today?