I try to do my part for the environment. I am farrrrrr from perfect but I found four simple things I can do to cut down on waste.
1. I always use my cloth bags at the grocery store. When I forget and have to use plastic, I am shocked at how many they use. Multiple that by all the people in the world that are going to the grocery store on a weekly basis. Lots of plastic bags.
2. I don’t buy juice boxes or caprisuns. For the most part my kids drink water or milk. I know milk comes in plastic bottles but you have to start somewhere. Sometimes if we are having a cookout with lots of kids I will grab a box of caprisuns, but once again I am shocked a the waste that these drinks create.
3. We stopped buying bottled water for the house. Now if you see me at the gas station and I am paying for a bottle of water don’t give me a dirty look. I do get thirsty. We don’t buy it for the house anymore. Those plastic bottles add up quick in the recycle bin.
4. I try to use things that are headed for the trash for art projects. For example…..
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| Grab some plastic bottles that are headed for the recycle bin (the above plastic water bottle is my husband’s). |
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| Find a beautiful assistant that carries around a pretend cell phone. You will need Modge Podge or watered down Elmer’s glue, and a foam brush or paint brush. |
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| Tear small pieces of paper from a newspaper, old book, or pretty crafting paper. |
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| Brush on the Modge Podge and press the paper on the bottle. |
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| To antique your bottle use Valspar antiquing glaze (found at Lowes) or use watered down brown paint. Yes that is a Kid’s Cuisine meal tray. Another area that I could work on, but I do reuse the trays. Only the best for my kids! |
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| Brush on the glaze and then wipe with a damp paper towel. |
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| The glaze adds dimension and gives the bottles an old, antique look. |
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| Pick some flowers from your garden, or if you are like me and kill everything that grows in dirt, make some flowers using left over scrapes and buttons. |
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| One less bottle in the land fill and a smile on someone’s face when you give as a gift! |
My name is Angela Statzer and I love to incorporate just about anything into my artwork. Ranging from recycled materials, vintage items, wood, jewelry, other people’s junk, buttons and fabric, my style is fun and diverse. You can find me smiling at any yard sale, thrift store or flea market. I am a momma to two amazing kids and wife to one hot husband. 
