so here we have disposable chopsticks.....so ordinary (and bad for the environment as well!).....how do you make these extraordinary once you've finished your sushi???? (so they won't wind up in landfill?)
Because we've had such a fab response so far to our hints we're going to be giving away a random RAK this week as a thank you so if you've commented already or if you post a comment on our hints any time before our first challenge is posted then consider yourself in the draw!
ok..chopsticks..paint em and whack em inyour hair..or,make darn nicepage borders if you wrap string around them,paint them and whack em on your page..maybe evenstitch cardstock around them, and make an album cover out of them..dunno what I mean?..well,me either but I can see it workin in my head!!LOL..Love the idea of playing with garbage..cant wait to play!!!
Posted by: Deb Godley | September 10, 2007 at 08:51 PM
Make a photo frame out of them, either raw or painted inked, stamped whatever!!!
Use them to hang embellishments off
or...
use them as a base to tie lots of ribbon of and make a ribbon border
HUgs
Kayla
Posted by: Kayla MacAulay | September 10, 2007 at 09:37 PM
Oh yeah keep it out of the landfill. How about making a "scroll" page with it wrapping the edges of your paper around it. Or use it as borders. Stems as flowers or trees.
Posted by: Lisa Jamerson | September 10, 2007 at 09:40 PM
Loving the new blog girls, cant wait for the 18th!
I have always been a believer that rubbish isnt always rubbish to everyone!
Chopsticks and paper bags, do we see a mini album somewhere.... :)
Posted by: Lis | September 10, 2007 at 10:24 PM
I think that the chop sticks could take well to some stamping and be made into frames
Posted by: julie | September 10, 2007 at 10:38 PM
Well I could see using them just as they are or paint them for a page accent. Or get a lot of them line them up and lace them together, use them as a background for a LO.
Posted by: Theresa | September 10, 2007 at 11:42 PM
Paint them and use them on a LO, or use them in the binding of a mini album. Or make a pair of small knitting needles by sharpening then ends. Or like Deb said earlier put them in my hair!
Posted by: Cheryl | September 11, 2007 at 01:15 AM
Love the idea of looking at the everyday in a new way! Use chopsticks as a spine for a mini album - fold paper in half and make snips 1/2" apart up the spine. Now thread every other snip of paper through the chopstick and put a rubber band in front of the chopstick. Voila - unique mini album!
Posted by: Bettina | September 11, 2007 at 02:27 AM
How about as sticks for pennants? They could be placecards, to mark the plant type in a potted plant, holiday pennants.
Posted by: Cindy | September 11, 2007 at 03:20 AM
well, they are usually made of really soft wood so i'd cut in half (lenghtwise) to reduce the thickness, with a good craft knife, then, paint it to match paper or photo and mount it as a frame on a LO ????? no ????
Posted by: Brigitte | September 11, 2007 at 09:53 AM
You could make a scroll as a journalling block and put a stick at the top and bottom as scrolls have.
Posted by: Andrea Klaster | September 11, 2007 at 05:47 PM
Well you just know that I am going to say something silly like stick em thru strawberries so you can dip the little sweeties in chocolate, don't you?
But I will also try to think of something oh so arty and intelligent to say as well.....how about using the chopsticks as paint sticks to do some cool Aboriginal-style dots?
Posted by: Petrina McDonald | September 11, 2007 at 07:27 PM
LOL, I love all the ideas so far! Have nothing to add .....yet, but this whole challenge blog seems very cool! I'm sure gonna drop in on the 18th!!!
Posted by: Marjolein | September 12, 2007 at 02:19 AM
Paint them up all pretty and make your own designer placemats. If they're the round ones, use as a rolling pin to smooth down paper.
Posted by: Kat Browne | September 12, 2007 at 11:47 AM