My Makie Heritage
Makies, aka artists, crafters, and creative types, are amazing people. My mother is a potter and creates everything from bird baths to buttons to dinner sets out of clay. My grandmother painted, and I wake up daily to her artwork on my walls. Sewing, cartooning, and graphic design are what fuel my own creative sensibility. So, I was very happy to win a prize from another makie, Dipsy Doodle Designz.
Art and Upcycling
My prize from this Surrey-based crafting business consisted of a compact, paper weight, magnet, and two prints. In keeping with the hipster trend of the moment, the entire prize is succulent-themed.
However, what I’d like to focus on is the paper canvas for these prints: old dictionary pages. I’m a big fan of this kind of upcycling. Vintage encyclopedias, dictionaries, trashy novels, and more can all be transformed into something beautiful. Here are some great ideas if you’d like to try your hand at book upcycling.
The Olde Farmhouse Market
Dipsy Doodle Designz was one of the exhibitors at The Olde Farmhouse Market. It was through this market’s Facebook contest that I won this prize. Plenty of upcycling is on display at the market, as well as, new items, and original, intact vintage pieces. However, I especially love finding new uses for previously loved items. For example, I have my vinyl collection in a Valley Canadian Apples box and stash my coupons in a Player’s cigarette tin.
By choosing vintage and upcycled, items I’m rejecting the disposable and over-consuming mindset of today’s culture. Simply put, we have too much stuff. Thus, if we can try to get the most out of what we already, rather than continually producing new things, I think we’ll be moving in the right direction.
My Winning Streak
Well, this is my second prize of the year, so I’m off to a great start! I’ve also already won a third prize, but I will tell you more about that one once I pick it up and taste it (that’s the teaser for you!).
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