One Person's Trash...

I am sure you have heard the saying before of "One man's trash is another man's treasure".  Well, as I return from my final doll show for the year, this saying popped into my mind as I unpacked all my treasures I received over the week.

Actually, I like to think of my "treasures" more as doll making potential.  Maybe it was the way I was raised as I know my mother was very creative in the many ways she could make treasures. Or maybe it is just my own twisted mind and sense of humor.

For example, one of the fun gifts the doll artists received was a "very small" bottle of spiced Rum. This was of course in keeping with the theme of the doll show which was PIRATES!  Now I know a few of the ladies giggled at receiving this bottle of decadent and spicy alcoholic potential. While myself, I was already thinking of throwing away the Rum so I could use this bottle for a future dollmaking project. 

It truly is how we each see the potential in the treasures we receive that allows us to create something that we haven't dreamed of before.  That is the magic and fun of dollmaking.  Just like this snail - is he wearing a broken tea cup or a very stylish shell that no one else will be able to replicate?  So, keep on thinking outside the box (or in this case shell) and let your inspiration run rampant as you too discover your own treasures.