I keep everything. Some call me a horder. I just can't handle the thought of something that could be potentially useful just being tossed out. I don't buy a lot of stuff, so I don't feel like I have a plethora of "crap", but I keep every little thing that I think I might be able to do something with some day.
This stepping stone is a good example of what I view as garbage potential. All the little bits are pieces of broken glass that I have kept because they might have been useful one day. The cement is leftover from a mixture I was using for something else. I had to think quickly. "I have leftover cement! Quick! What do I do with it!" And this is the result...
Not the most beautiful stepping stone. I suppose it isn't bad considering that it was my first attempt, that I learned the process from google, that I didn't have all the materials suggested on the website (I substituted packing tape for contact paper). Still, not super attractive.
So now what do I do with it? I don't have a garden to put it in. (Well, I have a community garden plot, but I don't feel it would be appropriate to adorn my section with knick knacks.) It's not exactly beautiful enough to sell or give as a present. It seems that the pieces had more usefulness BEFORE I created something out of them.
Anyone want a stepping stone? FREE!
It's beauty emerging... metamorphosis/transformation in process. Keep it. Let it remind you of all the potential there is in everything!
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome to put it in the community garden. I think it would look great there! Maybe inspire some of the rest of us to "brighten up" our plots :-)
ReplyDeleteI think it's lovely, why not just put it at your front door? Although I just can't imagine somebody keeping broken glass without a plan in place first, but then that's me!
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