More than two years now, I think.
Bad me, for not writing. x3
I'm going to try to do it more often, even if its just short little posts instead of massive long ones.
What am I up to right now?
Well, we moved, from Maryland to Idaho.
I got my Associate's Degree, so that's something more interesting I can put on my applications I'm filling out as I look for a job, ugh.
I'm volunteering at the library store right now.
And I'm trying to do more crafty artsy things.
Mostly because I made a pinterest account. xD
My current interest is in upcycling. It's where you take old things and repurpose them.
My favorite is when people take old books, that would just get tossed or recycled, and turn them into things. Notebooks, sketchbooks, secret compartment containers, shelves, decoupage old pages onto things, make origami from the pages, etc. The sky's the limit, really.
But my current interest is in upcycling old board games.
I'm sure most people have seen the pendants made from scrabble tiles, but there's so much more you can do.
We've picked up a couple of old Monopoly games for pretty cheap at the DI. (Once was missing a couple things - including EVERY 5 dollar bill. o.O - the other was pretty beat up, so it's not like someone would have bought it to play...)
Between the two of them, I've got a good stock of bits and piece to play with:- Houses and hotels and moving pieces for making charms from.
- Two playing boards to cut up to turn into...coasters or notebooks or something.
- Chance and Chest cards to cut up for the pictures to turn into magnets or for lining inside covers of sketchbooks (they fit REALLY well on the back of the deed cards). Some cards, such as the Get Out Of Jail Free cards may be usable just by themselves.
- LOTS of money. For decoupaging or...well, you'll see in a bit. :3
- Some pictures cut off a cardboard inset from one of the games.
One of the boxes Mom took for shipping Ebay stuff, and I kept the other to keep all this in. :3It fits well, no? x3
When I got the first game the other day, I didn't know, yet, that I was keeping ALL the pieces. I knew I was keeping the movers and the houses and hotels, but I wasn't sure if I was keeping or recycling the rest.Then I started looking online for ideas and came across a BUNCH of ideas. :3
So I kept it all. AND the board. xD
I was trying to figure out what to use the money for...when I remembered the old 'making bracelets out of candy wrappers' craft my friends used to make in high school. A bit of trial and error, and I made a bracelet for my sister. (On the left in the photo below)
I also came across an interesting origami thing called a 'mette ring', which is on the right side of the photo. (I think I'll try making the 10 piece ring instead of the 18 piece one next time.)
In the end, I scavenged every part of the games to use.Every piece...except one, that is. x3
