Happy New Year everybody!
For those of you who have followed me on Instagram, you may have seen my new quest over the last year to re-purpose my old things, rather than buying new. One such offering is this ode to Dame Edna Everage, my bedazzled glasses.
Entering this New Year, I have been thinking about how am I going to intentionally approach 2020. I keep going back and forth over a number of different things, but I circle back to waste. Increasingly I keep think about how convenience, at least for me, is well, a convenient excuse. It’s more convenient to eat meat and dairy, it’s more convenient to buy something new rather than repair something, it’s more convenient to get a taxi than walk.
So this year, I’m not going to punish myself with a rigid resolution, but I am going to intentionally hold some simple questions in my heart:
- When something breaks: Do I or someone I know have the skills to repair this?
- Before I throw something away: Can I make this something I would want to keep? Could someone else use this? Charity shop or free-cycle?
However there is one promise I would like to try and keep: I will not buy anymore art and craft supplies in 2020. I have enough, it will take me more than a year to use what I have, I definitely do not need more.
What resolutions are you looking to make for yourself this year?
Art doesn't have to be worthy 
I shall not overindulge
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except in rhinestones 🙂
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Your glasses are so pretty, go you! I, too, have been trying to be less wasteful this past year and I think I’ve done ok. This year I hope to continue with that 🙂
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It’s good to try, although is very easy to just give up on stuff and buy new stuff. I have even fixed a toaster this year thanks to some handy youtube videos 🙂
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Love the glasses! Upcycling/revamping my old items is something I really want to try to do this year.
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It’s great fun and gives such a lovely satisfied feeling 🙂
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I definitely want to be less wasteful in 2020. Instead of buying things brand new Im going to try and thrift things to DIY into something that is more unique to me.
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It’s a great way to approach things, and that way they are really truly yours because you put effort into them 🙂
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I don’t make resolutions but, like you, I have more than enough art supplies to last for a long time.
Apart from replacing the pens I use most when I draw, I’m going to work on not buying any new supplies, since I could probably start an art supply shop or loan service (🤔) with the stash I currently have
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This is defiantly on my list too! Sooooo many sketchbooks, I definitely don’t need to buy paper for a while
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