From Trash to Treasure
I am very fortunate to be surrounded by some wonderfully artistic and creative friends. This includes my very dear friend Maria who creates some truly beautiful and amazing cards from recycled paper and cardboard.
Christmas 2019, another dear friend gave me gifts wrapped up in the most exquisite red and gold embossed paper. I salvaged as much as I could as a keepsake, but I was left with some tattered remnants. However, rather than throw them in the bin, recycling bin or otherwise, I put them with the Christmas cards I was not keeping and went on a stroll to see Maria, who by chance lives quite closely to me. I asked Maria if she could please make me some cards for Christmas 2020 using the scrap pieces of Christmas wrapping. This is just one example of twelve very different Christmas cards that she made me using that paper. The wreath is my favourite design, and Maria’s too. I gave this card to my partner for Christmas this year. Each flower in the wreath is made using my wrapping paper scraps. The red bow is cut from a paper gift bag, the green holly leaves and red berries are made from a cardboard tissue box and the gold acorns, candy canes and pine cones are cut from the gold lining of a chocolate box. It just shows you that what is rubbish to many, can be recycled into treasures when passed through the right hands.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” this week is “recycled”. As soon as I saw the theme, I immediately thought of my artist friend Maria and her amazing cards. The difficulty was choosing which to photograph. I hope you will forgive me selecting a Christmas one after Christmas is over.
From Trash to Treasure
I am very fortunate to be surrounded by some wonderfully artistic and creative friends. This includes my very dear friend Maria who creates some truly beautiful and amazing cards from recycled paper and cardboard.
Christmas 2019, another dear friend gave me gifts wrapped up in the most exquisite red and gold embossed paper. I salvaged as much as I could as a keepsake, but I was left with some tattered remnants. However, rather than throw them in the bin, recycling bin or otherwise, I put them with the Christmas cards I was not keeping and went on a stroll to see Maria, who by chance lives quite closely to me. I asked Maria if she could please make me some cards for Christmas 2020 using the scrap pieces of Christmas wrapping. This is just one example of twelve very different Christmas cards that she made me using that paper. The wreath is my favourite design, and Maria’s too. I gave this card to my partner for Christmas this year. Each flower in the wreath is made using my wrapping paper scraps. The red bow is cut from a paper gift bag, the green holly leaves and red berries are made from a cardboard tissue box and the gold acorns, candy canes and pine cones are cut from the gold lining of a chocolate box. It just shows you that what is rubbish to many, can be recycled into treasures when passed through the right hands.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” this week is “recycled”. As soon as I saw the theme, I immediately thought of my artist friend Maria and her amazing cards. The difficulty was choosing which to photograph. I hope you will forgive me selecting a Christmas one after Christmas is over.