All posts by anoriginalpj

Recycled 1

Business reply mail cards from Cloth, Paper, Scissors were fused to a printed copy of the house pattern.  Fold lines were stitched, then the house assembled and the chimney added. The house is stuffed with junk mail shreds for shaping, and contains a shell shard to add some bottom weight.   Finished with matte decoupage…

Runs with Scissors, a Wild Wire entry

This piece, titled Runs With Scissors, is a little wire sculpture using recycled residential electrical wire, leftover fabric scraps and buttons, a plastic scissors charm from who-knows-where, a cardboard token from a giveaway game, and a base of 2 CDs. Decoupage medium gives her "body".

Just Fun and Fetching

Woven and stitched strips of magazine pages form the background.  A painted recycled paper bead is wired on with an electrician's copper wire discards.  Scrapbooking "jewels" and puff paint copper "beads" embellish, while copper foil covers the edges.   A painted scrap of text from a magazine provides the emotion.   Sealed with hardcoat decoupage…