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Junk Mail and Labels Series

There were two swaps in December that dealt with recyclables, the Junk Mail series and the Labels series. Each of these required that the majority of items used come from the category of trash in the title. I've included lists of the stuff I used to make each card.

Junk Mail

Cookie Cutter Murder
The card itself is from a tool catalogue cover featuring a photo of lots of different kinds of hammers. The inspiration, however, came from the cookie image, which I got from a bank flier, of all things. I also included a stamp from a "mass mailing" envelope.

Vintage Gardener
This card was from a gardening catalogue. I knew what I wanted to do as soon as I saw the "Vintage Gardener" blurb. In fact, the entire Junk Mail series involves puns and silly jokes. I had a lot of fun playing with images.

Early Bloomer
The base card for this came from the cover of a rose nursery catalogue.

Flowers
This card came from the same catalogue cover as that used for "Early Bloomer."

Labels - Reduce/Reuse/Recycle Series

For all of these ATCs I used recycled items. The only non-recycled stuff is the glitter that occasionally shows up. (I can't help myself.)

Sunflowers I
The card is part of a cardboard box. The embellishments are from a sunflower seed packet, an insert about the vibram soles of my new hiking boots, a postage stamp from a letter I recently received from a friend and glitter, which is a thing I have trouble not adding.

Sunflowers II
The card is part of a cardboard box. The embellishments are a sunflower seed packet, the insert attached to the laces of my new hiking boots, the card for a locally made glass pin and copper wire binding from an old spiral bound notebook I recently dismantled for recycling.

Holiday Lights
The card is cut from the packaging for a pair of fleece socks. The embellishments are from a Starbucks bag and a package of Starbucks coffee. Also, glitter.

Words to Live By
The card is a remnant from craft paper used in other projects. The embellishments are ribbon that was tied around the packaging of some chocolate bars I purchased, an HP Inkjet ink cartridge box, two different tea bags (Choice Tea and Numi Morning Rise Tea), an insert attached to the laces of my new hiking boots, the card for a locally made glass pin and a Starbucks bag.

I named the piece Words To Live By because it seems that’s what advertisers and sellers want us to do, to live by the words and images they promote and so buy more of their products.