My fave art supplies comes from thrift stores

I might be a shopaholic when it comes to secondhand. I get a kick out of finding good materials for art, and I think I have to say that shopping in op-shops and good wills and flea markets gives me a kick almost as good as creating the art itself! Do you know the feeling?

Today at Studio Friday the theme is fave art supplies, and I came to think about everything I want to do right now. Like I said yesterday, it’s just to much. Even if I worked 10 hours a day I wouldn’t keep up with the inspiration and ideas and the ever growing list of materials and patterns I want to try – and I can’t even work that hard. I get tired and stay in my pyama some days. I drink my morning coffee so slowly that lunch hours arrives before I’ve finished…

Anyway, as you can tell by the massive categories I use I want to do everything and day by day I do it. No problem. I sew and collect fabric, I crochet and knit, I love paper craft and do collages and save magazines for ever. I’ve even tryed quilting wish I’m fascinated by but scared off. And more! So as you see I couldn’t really chose pearls or yarn over fabric and water colours. Or my camera over my computer! Or my stash of magazine clippings and paper collection over the felted wool, the sewing machine or the black writing pens for my diary! Impossible! :-)

Anyway. For Studio Friday today I chose thrifted stuff as favourit art supplies. And then it can be just about anything that I can use anywhere in my crafty and arty adventures. And for pictures, I’ve got lots of them. Here are some stuff I got yesterday:

Two big pieces of pink rosy fabric (love this one!) for 20 SEK.

And the whole lot together. Another baby doll for another doll assemblage I think, a old and emty diary with red lock and with pages that were yellow at the edges. So cool, I don’t know if I can write in it? It looks like a diary for a young girl in love… oh, the days. And a book called Bild och form (picture and shape) about how creating freely is developing for kids.

Bigger picture of the baby in the cute mini pram (5 SEK). For a little cupboard piece of art (shrine like)?

And here are some previous pictures of thrifted things that I haven’t blogged yet:

Another plate. I don’t know how this happened, but now I have a growing collection of these! Why? They are pretty (and good for cat food actually). Most of them have roses on thought. Also thrifted the green fabric underneath the plate. I’m so into green right now.

A unused set of pearls for candles and table decoration (15 SEK) that I couldn’t walk away from.

And no, that is not enough. My mother-not-in-law knows me too well, she gives me her “left overs”:

Two odd right hand mittens with beautiful patterns to alter or do “something” with. And a reel with linen thread! I just thought the whole compositions laying in my table was beautiful. Beautiful enough for a photo?

I also got a vintage magazine holder (plastic) with cool green pattern on + lots of strange art magazines from 1960-80 with b/w images and text to use in my collages.

Do you see the possibilities in all of these things? I do. I’m ready to sew, collage, cut out, reuse, paint, read, write and make a baby shrine! Another day, when I don’t feel so tired.

What would you do?

Inspired by Studio Friday and other’s favorite art supplies added this week.