Leftovers and Recyclables

 

It's time to once again join Erika, aka BioArtGal and Chris, aka Pearshapedcrafting our hosts this month at Art Journal Journey.  Our theme this month is Inspired By (Eileen).  I'm inspired by art I recycle and the pieces left over from other projects.

Today I give you a piece I'm calling Banana Tea.

Let's return to the beginning.  Everything I used in this spread was left over from some other project.  The flower was left over from last month's Art Journal Journey challenge and the paint I got at my local Household Hazardous Waste Swap and Shop Facility (HHWS&S) some time before March, 2020, when I went into quarantine.  

It was essentially FREE to me, although the county adds around $8.00 (USD) to my annual property taxes.  I might as well get my money's worth and definitely have in the past.

 

I haven't sewed anything this month, so it was time to do just that.

I cut the flower down to fit on the page.  I then sewed it to the teabag, which has the iconic shape of Lipton tea bags.

The sheet music was left over from a previous project, 

and I always keep security envelopes on hand because they have such great and varied designs.

 

I pulled the paint chip samples out because I hadn't used any yet this year and they fit the color scheme I was going for.

My friend Scott, who shops for groceries for me, knows when I ask for TWO bananas, one of them must have a sticker on it.  He doesn't have to be reminded, because he never lets me down.    

These adorable animals were cut from an ASPCA sticker.  I rotated the image so you could see it better.

For this page, I assembled several leftovers and recyclables onto a sheet of copier/printer paper I removed from my recycle bin.  I sewed all the pieces to the printer paper using variegated thread, then attached the page to my Coll-AH-ge Two altered book using a glue stick.

It occurred to me it's been awhile since I showed this book.  Although I wish it laid a bit flatter, here is a side view in all its glory.

For Day 10 of 22, I recycled and repurposed leftovers from my stash.  I used a repurposed flower from a calendar I painted using paint from the HHWS&S, a teabag, a cut sticker, two paint chip samples from my stash, two banana tags, sheet music left over from a previous project, and a portion of a security envelope left over from yesterday's post.  Thank you so very much for joining me on this quest to recycle products to keep them out of the landfill.  I am so very grateful to you and your visits.  Bleubeard and I also hope to see you at Art Journal Journey with your own take on what inspires you.