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| my recycle center |
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| some hardware on standby waiting for a creative spark |
Have you ever purchased things you have never used?
8.30.2012
Random Supplies
When I go shopping for new hardware I am like a kid in the candy store. I dig through the boxes and my creative mind goes into overdrive.
Buying hardware by the pound means that everything I see and love goes in the bag. I realized the other day while I was cleaning up my studio in preparation for the busy holiday season, I have lots of things that I loved when I saw it but once I got it home could not figure out how to make it work.
I'm sure that as time goes on, one day I will find a use for all the random hardware I have purchased. Sometimes I just need to see it 2, 3, or maybe 4 times before the ideas start clicking.
Have you ever purchased things you have never used?
Have you ever purchased things you have never used?
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I know what you mean; I used to be impatient to use them up, but it's better to wait for inspiration. Yes, many things not yet used.
ReplyDeleteI hear ya! I have boxes and boxes of random supplies still waiting for the perfect project. But it's fun to look through them and find new inspiration from old supplies :)
ReplyDeletethe shot of the recycle center has me very very jealous!
ReplyDeleteI love how organic your creative process is: how you build ideas strictly from looking at and experimenting with your materials.
ReplyDeleteHardware. Never in a million years would I have thought of hardware as potential craft supplies! Wow...a whole new world has opened for me.
ReplyDeleteI'm that way with fabric. I figure if I like it when I buy it, I'll figure out what to do with it eventually!
ReplyDeleteHaha... sounds like we are all this way with some things. I have tons of jewelry supplies that I've saved for quite a while because I'm still waiting for the right idea to come along. Sometimes it's helpful to set ideas (and supplies) aside and come back to them later... Kinda like a puzzle. Walk away from it for a while, come back, and you find a new piece that fits! :)
ReplyDeleteI think that all artists have things that they've purchased but never used. I am jealous of your recycling center!
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