Share the Rubbish!

Once again I am fuming that a person has been arrested for taking something from a council hard rubbish collection in Churnside Park. I think it is such a waste of police resources, not to mention the fact that it totally goes against societies enthusiasm for recycling, re-using and saving perfectly good items from being crushed in the garbo truck and taken to the tip. It's made me so angry I think I need to YELL a bit .
Apparently hard rubbish becomes council property once it is put on nature strips, which are technically council-owned land. So arrest me! I am guilty of stealing from greedy councils and I won't stop.
Last week I was happy to see alot of my hard rubbish disappear before it was destroyed. I chatted to a girl about the history of a piece of furniture as she put it in her car. I hope some one enjoyed fixing up our old bike and is putting their cuppa down on my old coffee table.

I am lucky that kind souls all over the country are checking the hard rubbish and notifying me of old lino that needs rescuing. Just yesterday Gabrielle from Miss Trinket Jewellery Designs sent me some fantastic lino she found lining the shelves of an old cupboard. All the way from Armidale N.S.W.

I can just imagine the house where these pieces came from. The funky geometric patterns are probably from the kitchen and bathroom, the scrolly design maybe from the hallway and the super cute kiddy design with lambs, trainsets, bunnies and blocks would be from the nursery no doubt.

I've made some goodies already with the Armidale lino. They'll be at Finders Keepers this Saturday and Sunday (except the Geo-metric brooch which is a gift).
And just a reminder. I am happy to custom make any piece from my jewellery or clock range for you. If you like the lino here, get in quick as there is not much and once it's gone, it's gone!

Update! Police are set to drop charges against a man who took a vacuum cleaner from a hard rubbish pile after a community outcry. And so they should!!!!!