being crafty for free

i read all the time about the art in itself of making crafts made from cheap or free supplies.  recommendations always include  a  thrift store, a flea market, dumpsters, or just pieces of Shit You Don't Want Anymore.  thrift stores, i think, are the most inspirational so they serve as the greatest starting point of any project since half the creativity is done for you.  i don't know of too many flea markets that vend items that i can destroy in the name of craft (although i do know a very respectable flea...boutique).  i haven't reached dumpster desperation, and i hope that i never do, but i am willing to accept the circumstances should they arise; especially if i make friends with some freegans over the dumpsters near NYU during finals.

but lately i've been looking at all the Shit I Don't Want Anymore and thinking of ways to employ that second R in the trio of this eco-friendly time.  i picked up way too many paint samples paper strips from home depot as jason and i had a fear of commitment (once again?) while perusing supplies.   I had enough blues and greens to chop them up and paste them onto an Ikea frame (3 for ...cheap? $2?) and voila!

i have a pretty damn cute frame with a beachy and mathy feel--double plus!  it's a good project for kids but i'm not sure if it's Project Team-kosher since you need scissors and more than an hour.

so i'm going to venture out and buy more basic supplies (glue, needle and thread, yarn, stuff) to see what other regular items i can terrorize in the name of creaboredom.