Beautiful rubbish, picture 3

Beautiful, natural waste.

Beautiful rubbish, picture 2

These are just some of the drugs I have been taking over the past year and half. Beautiful to some (to those people that these painkillers actually work for) but rubbish to me. All these drugs have failed to help subside my back pain. Whenever my friends would ask how my latest dose or change of medication was, I would reply "rubbish".

Expensive rubbish.

A hack

I found myself looking in the soap section in our bathroom today and found one of the fancy soap boxes nearing to finish. The box is well made, strong and has a look about it. It looks like it has cost more to make the actual box and packaging than the soaps. More conspicuous consumption for our fancy bathroom maybe?

I put out the last soap in the box and opted to throw the box away but alas! I thought of reusing the box came to mind instead.

Instead of destroying it by hacking into, I decided to add to it instead and to continue using it as a box/ container of some sort. I found 30cm of fancy Indian ribbon that was laying around spare. With my creative mind in place and my earlier blog on Christmas, I thought of using the wasted ribbon to turn the box into a gift box or to even be used my sister at home for her girly bits.

The ribbon disguises the writing on both, top and bottom of the box. It looks brilliant. The best thing is, it's cost absolutely nothing and has made use of rubbish at home.

Evidence of my unnecessary consumption

I can't believe my luck! I was just thinking to myself how I am due a new pair of trainers, little did I know I had a brand spanking new pair all boxed up and untouched, ready for me to wear! I must have bought these earlier this year and forgotten about them. Clearly, I could have done without them then.

Beautiful rubbish

My sister kindly sent me a picture of art she took at Sacramento airport on her last trip. I love the fact that none of these suitcases are expensive or designers. They're old, beaten up and unfashionable – a perfect illustration of a restless age!

"Waste" for the wildlife

Lately, I have been driving to my local park for my regular walk for my daily back excercise and while I do my walk, I have started feeding the wildlife "waste" (okay okay, slightly less fresh bread) from home. The bread isn't bad but we're fussy about how fresh the bread is. Rather than throwing it out in the rubbish and wasting it, I have started feeding it to the geese and other birds.

Reused waste at home

Here are some pictures of used goods being reused at home.