September 27, 2020
Experiments in watercolor and pastel!
One Man's... - January 29, 2020
I've been making paper things for years and years now. There were bags and bags of ornaments in my garage. There were shelves of folded books. A few months ago I nearly threw them all out by because I couldn't figure out what to do with all of them.
A coworker came to me asking for ideas on decorating the children's area in our library. I told her about the bags in my garage and offered them for whatever she wanted to do with them.
This afternoon she was called me at my desk and asked me to come out to the children's area.
She had taken all of my things and created an underwater scene using my pieces like coral and shells.
It really shows that one man's trash is another's treasure. (And it's not really trash! I just can't use it!)
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