The Creative Brain

Marie, a dear friend of mine who once worked for a paper manufacturer, continues to clean out her garage and comes across reams of old paper, samples, cardstock, photo paper, card kits and more. 

She'll send an e-mail every once in a while and ask if I want the box-full.  Are you kidding me?!  Of course!!  And then as if by miracle, this wonderful Papercraft Enabler will drop off her stash.  Here was one load last summer:

How could you NOT see magic in this rainbow of papers?

OMG!!  Marie thought this was junk??!  Once when Marie delivered this gift -- free delivery, too, and she was grateful to "get rid of it" -- she said something that's stuck with me:

"Ellen, the difference between your brain and mine is that you see a rainbow of possibilities in what I think of as trash."

Or, in other words, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," or "one man's trash is another man's treasure." 

So in honor of Marie, I will post this picture of some things I found when cleaning out a cabinet in my home office this morning:

Office Supplies "Junque" - February 23, 2011

Check back later ... maybe today, maybe tomorrow ... to see what I make in my CraftZone from some of these little treasures!