#junk journalling

Pages in progress for The Beholding and The Flesh!

i love re-using stuff and upcycling and making things from stuff you'd otherwise throw away, BUT all of it will end up in a landfill either when the thing you made is no longer fit for purpose, or when you die, or maybe when someone else who has inherited it dies. you are DELAYING when that thing goes to landfill, not saving it from that fate.

and i knowww this isn't a huge deal, but i think it's honestly important overall that we are honest about the issue of landfills and so on.

the reason why upcycling etc is good for the environment is because it stops you buying new. i almost never buy new scrapbooking paper, because i use my mum's old magazines; someone who uses monster energy cans to make spikes for a jacket isn't buying spikes off amazon; someone who upcycles an old t-shirt into a new one they like more isn't buying a new shirt. (it also often saves you money, which is very nice)

Happy Valentine's Day to all in the Helleverse! Have a HuskerDust junk scrapbook page! (trust me it looks so much better in person - still trying to figure out the best way to do the photography in an affordable manner >w>; )