Collages, color, photography and perfume

I just got done going through some magazines. I love to make collages and I look for colorful ads and photos to rip. That's my style. And some things to cut precisely. So I chose a magazine that I had looked at while at the Y about a year ago called "InStyle" it is a fashion magazine and I'm thinking, "yeah, right...me and a fashion magazine.." almost an oxymoron like jumbo shrimp. But I was in the middle of doing some photography projects and was needing inspiration and they were literally full of gorgeous photography. So far killing two birds with one stone. Then today I decided, "you know, we really do have a ton of magazines.. I should probably go through them just to pick out the best pages and pitch 'em." But then two other reasons to keep them came up. At Next of Kiln they are going to be figuring out how to make baskets by recycling magazines for the basket material. Definitely want to do that (whenever that class happens) I am not a pack rat. I used to be but not any more. I sift through and sort and toss. I turn my collages into postcards to send to friends. Anyway Anyway Anyway I found one more fun thing to do with the magazines...which InStyle is full of and that is the perfume ads!!!!!

Now is this cheap or what? Have you never sat in a doctors exam room with a magazine and secretly spread the perfume on your neck and wrists? Or am I the only one to admit it? SO... I've got a collection of Coach, Giorgio Armani, Donna Karan, Oscar de la Renta, Calvin Klein...blah blah, blah blah. So my idea is to take scissors and trim next to the flap that is adhered to the back of the page and then clip two inch segments of the strip and keep one or two in my purse for emergencies! I barely wear perfume so these would be used for church. Someone might say, "hmm, you smell nice.. what are you wearing?" and I could reply, "page 45!"

I know some people really abhor perfume ads and you don't always find them in Women's Day or Real Simple magazines. My subscription is going to run out and I don't think I'm going to subscribe again although I have found SO MANY uses for it now... I'll have to think about it. That is my tip of the day.

Have a great one!