This is Artur Bordalo's (aka Bordalo II) series of artwork that aims to draw attention to the problems of waste production, materials that are not reused, pollution and its effect on the planet. These are problems that are likely to be forgotten, become trivial or become necessary evils.

Street artist Francisco de Pájaro (aka "Art Is Trash") takes piles of garbage found on the street and turns it into quirky art by painting faces and

I know it has been awhile since I have posted anything. I have been in the middle of remodeling and my son has moved back in with me which has made it hard to work on what is needed around the house. But I do want to share some photos of a junk journal swap on http://myscraproom.ning.com/ I was in a couple of months ago. I had so much fun creating this little journal.  Cover of the junk journal The requirements for the swap was that it had at least 50 pages, there was pockets, tags, found/re-purposed items used in it. I tried to also incorporate things that my swap partner liked too.  Close up of the charms and embellishments I hope this gives you some ideas to create something fun yourself. Enjoy and thanks so much for looking! Tonya