Our recycling is full of junk mail and election flyers. Hating to see all that colorful and heavy card stock paper just go to waste, we decided to create something from them. Here are the results of our endeavor. After the jump, find out more about how we made this simple junk mail triptych.
• Collect flyers from your mail. The more varied and colorful, the better. You can also use magazines and catalogs, but we prefer the thicker weight of these election and junk mail flyers for this project.
• Use a black Sharpie marker to draw droplet shapes on the flyers. We liked drawing them about the same size and shape, but a little variance also makes the finished project more interesting. We drew the droplets over a variety of color backgrounds, with and without text or images within each droplet.
• Next, use a scissor to cut out the droplets, making sure to cut outside the black outline.
• Arrange and glue the droplets on a sheet of paper in an interesting, random pattern.
• Frame the finished piece. Tada! You got yourself some lovely junk mail art!
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cool. what a great idea. and cheap to boot! :)
Cute!
Wow that is pretty neat, never thought of that, looks cool.
this is a nice DIY project.
K T G: Thanks! It took about 2 or 3 hours for all three.
Wow! LOVE it!
i love it!
now get yourself off of as many mailing lists as you can, sweetie.
You can get on a do not mail list, like this one: https://www.directmail.com/directory/mail_preference/
I have had good luck with that, although I still get local circulars for grocery stores once in a while.
*This is a cool project btw, and very pretty.
Hella cute!
Have you ever seen the work by artist Aurora Robson? It's all recycled materials and she even does some beautiful junkmail collages. You can check them out here: http://aurorarobson.com/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=47&g2_itemId=26
and here: http://www.theshinysquirrel.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=443
also great re-use of plastic bottles. if you're into artistic recycling definitely check out her website
Sneakers: Thanks for the links! I hadn't seen her work before. They are beautiful!
Genius!
Those Bed Bath & Beyond coupons never expire and you can use a bunch at a time- one per item. I have a stack of them I keep in the car if I find myself driving by and remember that I need a new paper towel holder, or wedding gift, or whatever.
Though they do add a lovely shade of blue to the artwork.
Teeze, Linens and things will also accept those bed bath and beyond coupons.
also, this i a really cute idea.
hi I took a stab at your cut out from cardboard type ads and magazine pages they came out great not sure how to send you a photo of my completed art work . I am going to try this with my 8 yr old grandaughter who loves to do crafts with her Nonna. Love your site learned about it from a Facebook post. thanks Ann Marie