Sees Possibility
Sees Possibility
What my friends now know is that, for me, receiving a present is a two-fer. Not only is the present itself a treat, so is the packaging in which it comes. Tissue paper, wrapping paper, ribbon, bows, and kraft paper all get folded neatly and stashed away in my fodder baskets, which are growing exponentially and taking over my art room and studio.
For Christmas every year my friend gifts my husband and I a box of Sees candy. She hand picks the best dark chocolate goodies, and we allow ourselves one piece per night. The box gave up the last of its contents several days ago. In past years, I never gave the packaging a second of thought. This year, however, I’ve become a fodderaholic. Nothing gets pitched in the trash until it is assessed for its potential as a texture tool, additional storage, or collage fodder.
Bingo! The plastic liner, when a tissue paper layer is peeled back, is a fab texture tool, as is the divider.
Circles and lines on the gel plate.
I used my candybox-textured papers to create a collage for the friend who gifted us the candy. It is the first collage that I have mounted on a piece of wood. Gloss gel medium did a boss job of adhering the collage papers. Very pleased!
With all that leftover fodder, I had to make a grid with 4x4’s for my journal and had fun with the text from the brochure that accompanied the box of candies.
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