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Trees are poems that Earth writes upon the sky. We fell them down and turn them into paper, that we may record our emptiness. ---Kahlil Gibran

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Junk Drawer Valentines


 




Just how much junk do you have laying around? If you are at work, just take a look in that bottom desk drawer.

 

Yes, the deep one where you removed the old file folders, scanned the contents and stored the info "in the cloud" and now use as a place to hide your secret stash of Little Debbie Cakes.
What else is in there?



 Could you make someone a valentine gift using the contents?

geek love from computer part
 
floppy disc planter


necklace from marker caps




 
 
You couldn’t? Why? Oh, because you are very neat and orderly at work?


Like I believe that, but ...wHaTeVeR!
 
How about at home? I bet you could open up that kitchen cabinet under the sink and come up with something clever?
For Example:

plastic bag wreath


plastic cleaning bottle
 
junk drawer bracelet
 

Your kitchen is TOTALLY organized? You say you’ve spent a lot of time on Pinterest and -unlike the rest of us -you haven’t just been pinning, you have actually put those ideas into practice?
Are you, like ...you know...OCD or something?
 
Messy
Organized
 
What about that closet? Got any junk in there that you could get rid of without shedding tears?
 
Before
I bet you could repurpose some stuff into cute little valentines!
 
T-shirt rug
blue jean earrings
 
sweater heart 
Oh, let me guess. You just took a load of stuff to Goodwill and then had Closet Factory come to your home and systemize your entire wardrobe?

After

You know, I'm beginning to like you less and less.
Hey, I know….step out into the garage! I’ll bet your husband/brother/son has a bunk of “man junk” out there you could use to make some pretty UNUSUAL valentines! It doesn’t matter if you don’t know what half that stuff is even used for. I’m betting he won’t even miss it!
hex nut and leather men's braclet
gear heart pendant

wire and burlap wreath
 
 
Say what? Your husband/brother/son is as neat as a pin and there is absolutely nothing in your garage that doesn’t have a purpose.
 
Okay, now I KNOW you're lying!



Unless it has already been REpurposed - that's okay!
 
paint a wood spool pink
 
paint can art   (I love this!)
Well, what about your children’s bedrooms? If you’ve got a small child, I KNOW you have debris! And if you have a TEENAGER [OMG!] you have even more! And if you have a FEMALE teenager…well, you have hit the junk motherlode!
 
 
Nothing there? Okay, well, you must not have children. Or ever had children. Because when they leave the nest, they leave stuff behind. [Stuff that they expect you to hang on to for years and years. And they think that their old room should be kept as it was when they lived there too! Kind of like a shrine.]

 
If you never had kids, or if the kids are long gone and you’ve dismantled the shrine, then I’m guessing that the hobby/craft room that you’ve been dreaming of for years is fully operational now, right?

 
Well, enjoy it while you can, because once the grandchildren arrive it will become a spare bedroom again to accommodate random sleepovers when their parents (your grown kids) need a break.


 
Meanwhile …JACKPOT! I’m sure there is more than enough beads, yarn, fabric, buttons, paper, watercolors, and other odds-n-ends to make some beautiful recycled valentines. You better get busy!
 
 
What? You DO NOT do crafts?

What the hell do you do with your spare time?
READ???

Get a life! Seriously!


 
 


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