Finally! A tag!

 

Had I realized how much of this tag would be recycled, I would have created it sooner.

I've never been a big fan of tags.  I don't know how to store them, or what to do with them after I create them.

However, I felt I owed my dear friend Valerie, the administrator of Tag Tuesday, the courtesy of joining her theme this fortnight, which is Anything Goes.  I also wanted to thank many people properly, too.

Thank you one and all.

Thanks again.

A million thanks aren't enough.

This tag is at least 80% recycled. Valerie has always said a tag could be any shape, so I'm taking her word for it.  Let's start with the only part that isn't recycled.  The top layer began as a piece of new cardstock that I colored with watercolors after I stamped the gifted (by Erika) Thank You words on it.  

The next layer was corrugated cardboard that I removed from a box that had been lingering in my recycle bin for far too long.  It took awhile to separate the two sides, but it was worth it.  

The bottom layer was a gift from my neighbor across the street.  When her daughter was planning to get married, my neighbor got samples of wedding invitations and announcements from several companies.  Upon her decision, she asked if I wanted the samples.  Never one to refuse collage fodder, but not knowing how I would use the announcement in my art, I gave a resounding yes I would gladly take the samples.  I began by deconstructing the outer layer of the card face.  I had to find a way to hide the sample announcement and the corrugated cardboard was the perfect size to hide everything.  Everything was sewn together using variegated thread.

The final thing to be recycled was a tiny bit of fabric I tore from a piece I originally dyed using turmeric.  

So who am I thanking, you ask? Why YOU, of course.  If you visited even once during my 22 days of recycling, this tag is for you.  I made it in your honor to show how grateful I am that you dropped by to follow my recycling projects.  I can't possibly show how grateful I am, but maybe I can share it in my recycled art! Thanks again dear friends, readers, followers, and lurkers.  Now it's time to visit Tag Tuesday.

 

Finally,  I have an update on a previous post. 

Recently I showed this piece I created using toilet paper and paper towel holders.  When I lamented I messed up trying to remove a pencil circle I created, one of my new internet friends, Annie at Annie's Musings, commented, and I quote: "I have found only one eraser to be my best friend in art and everything else. A Pentel Clic Eraser. It very rarely fails me."  I decided I would look for one the next time I went out.

 

My old keyboard sat on top of a drawer on the keyboard tray.  It was the only place I could get it to work properly, and only if I didn't move it (it being the old keyboard).  When I placed my new keyboard in the tray where it belonged, the drawer was exposed.  Once I looked inside, imagine my surprise and happiness at what I found.

 

My Pentel Clic Eraser of course.  Annie was right.  I was able to remove the pencil marks in no time at all.  That pencil circle is definitely gone.  Thank you, Annie.