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MOODBOARD #19:
Genbrugsguld: Fra street art til junkbooks ¦ Upcycling: From one man’s trash to another man’s gold

365 moodboards i 2014. Moodboard #19: Genbrugsguld: Fra street art til junkbooks. Fotograf: Susanne Randers

Jeg har været på en hemmelig street art mission i dag…

Pakket mig godt ind i skiundertøj og gået walkabout i den iskolde østenvind i Køges gader og stræder…

Gået tur på havnen, på stationen, på torvet… Alle mulige steder, hvor der siden efteråret har hængt en masse neonpink reklameplakater på diverse elkasser, som længe har skreget: “Tag mig, tag mig, tag mig” – fordi jeg i høj grad kan bruge dem kreativt.

365 moodboards i 2014. Moodboard #19: Genbrugsguld: Neonpink plakat fra gaderummet. Fotograf: Susanne Randers

Genbrugsguld: En mands skrald er en anden mands skat

Jeg er VILD med genbrug og patina – og jeg prøver i høj grad at praktisere mit eget hjemmebryggede mantra “Stop buying, start using“. Det går ikke altid lige godt, når jeg ser billigt eller flot maskingtape (!!!) men jeg er ekstremt bevidst om, at købe så få nye ting som muligt…

Derfor har jeg en personlig mission om at genbruge så meget som muligt – og i dag kom turen så til de neonpink gadeplakater, inden de bliver dækket over af en ny plakat.

Olsenbanden på street art tur

Jeg følte mig helt som Kjeld fra Olsen Banden, der altid skulle stå for stetoskop, talkum og gummihandsker, da jeg indsamlede spartler og handsker til min mission :)

365 moodboards i 2014. Moodboard #19: Going walkabout on a secret mission. Fotograf: Susanne Randers

Faktisk havde jeg også en sprayflaske med opvaskevand med til at opløse tapetklisteret – men den kom aldrig rigtigt i brug, da de fleste plakater viste sig at være hængt op med trælim eller det, der var værre ;)

Måske er det en skør arbejdsskade…?

Jeg bor i Køge og arbejder i museumsbutikken på KØS – museum for kunst i det offentlige rum, som både i 2009, 2011 og i 2013 har haft street art udstillinger og gåture i byens gader – så jeg er vant til at spotte plakater og street art i gaderummet.

Og hvor var det fedt med en tre timer lang gåtur i det her vilde, voldsomme vejr med den stiveste kuling flyvende ind fra havet!!!

En smule skør har man vel lov til at være…? I hvert fald har jeg nu en kæmpe bunke patinerede, forrevne og vejrbidte plakater, som jeg skal bruge til coveret på en række nye junk journals :)

Vil du se flere lækre grafiske plakater, jeg har spottet i gaderummet – så kig med her…

Kærlig hilsen Susanne

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365 mood boards in 2014. Mood board #19: Upcycling: From one man's trash to another man's gold. Instagram filter Valencia. Photographer: Susanne Randers

Upcycling: From one man’s trash to another man’s gold – junkbooks in the making

I have been on a secret street art mission today…

Put on warm clothing and gone walkabout in the icy eastern storm in the streets of Køge…

Walked around at the harbour, the station, in the town square… Because of a lot of neon pink advertising posters which has hung for months on electricity boxes and cried: “Take me, take me, take me” – because I can use them creatively.

Recycled Gold: One man’s trash is another man’s treasure

I am CRAZY with recycling and patina – and I try very much to practice my own homebrewed mantra “Stop Buying, Start Using“. It is not always working when I see cheap or nice maskingtape (!!!) But I am extremely aware to buy as few new things as possible…

Therefore, I have a personal mission to recycle as much as possible – and today it was the turn for recycling the neon pink street posters before they will be covered with new posters.

The equipment must be in order

I felt quite like an undercover gangster when I collected spatulas and gloves for my mission :)

365 mood boards in 2014. Mood board #19: Going walkabout on a secret mission. Instagram filter Valencia. Photographer: Susanne Randers

In fact, I also had a spray bottle with soapy water with me – for helping dissolving the paste – but it never came into use, as most posters seemed to be pasted up with wood glue or what was worse;)

Feeling kinda crazy – in a good way :)

I live in Køge and works in the museum shop at KØS – museum of art in public spaces, which both in 2009, 2011 and 2013 have had street art exhibitions and walking in the streets – so I’m used to spot posters and street art in the streets.

And how I enjoyed my three-hour walk in this wild weather, with the coolest breeze from the sea!

A bit crazy maybe, but in a good way… At least I now have a huge pile of patinated, rugged and weathered posters, and I’m going to use it to create covers for some new junk journals :)

Wanna see more delicious graphic posters, I’ve spotted in the streets? Take a look here…

Lots of love and happiness, Susanne

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MOODBOARD #18:
Hyggegave til pastel veninde ¦ Just a little something in pastel

365 moodboards i 2014. Moodboard #18: Hyggegave til pastelveninde. Moodboard til hjemmesyet notesbog. Smashup. Fotograf: Susanne Randers

Moodboard til hjemmesyet notesbog af papir og scraps

I dag har jeg tilbragt dagen i selskab med mine skønne barndomsveninder… Tøser, som har kendt hinanden i over 30 år!!!

Og da symaskinen stod fremme med neonpink sytråd, var det fristende lige at sy en hyggelig lille gave til dem alle…

En lille notesbog i A6 format til evt. at have med i tasken og skrive hvad som helst ned i… Og med cover valgt i forhold til deres yndlingsfarve… Og pimpet lidt op indvendigt med dots, stickers og stempler.

Så skønt at se nogle af mine mange papirer blive forvandlet til en hyggelig notesbog…

365 moodboards i 2014. Moodboard #18: Hyggegave til pastelveninde. Hjemmesyet notesbog. Fotograf: Susanne Randers

[Fire fine hjemmesyede notesbøger – med neonpink sytråd]

… Og de neonpink sytråde flagrede fortsat, da jeg gav notesbøgerne væk. Det var aldrig gået i min mormors tid, men jeg synes nu, det er lækkert, at det “roder” lidt i udtrykket – og der samtidig er lidt for fingrene at pille ved…

Kærlig hilsen Susanne

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Just a little something in pastel

A home made notebook made by paper and scraps

Today I have spent the day in the company of my beautiful childhood friends… Girls I have known for 30 years!!!

And when the sewing machine still was threaded with neon pink sewing thread, it was tempting to sew a nice little gift to each of them…

A small notebook in A6 format to carry in their bags or where they want to put it. And with cover chosen according to their favorite color… And pimped up inside with dots, stickers and stamps.

So great to see some of my papers in stock being turned into a nice notebook…

365 mood boards in 2014. Mood board #18: Just a little something in pastel. Home sewn notebooks. Instagram filter Valencia. Photographer: Susanne Randers

[Close up picture of the front cover of my home sewn notebooks]

… And the neon pink sewing thread was still fluttering, when I gave the notebooks away. It was never an option in my grandmother’s time, but now I think it’s delicious that it has a kind of “messy” expression – and something for the fingers to tinker with.

Lots of love and happiness, Susanne

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MOODBOARD #17:
Hjemmesyet junk journal til min US penneveninde ¦ Home sewn junk journal to my US pen pal

365 moodboards i 2014. Moodboard #17: Moodboard til hjemmesyet junk journal til min US penneveninde. Smashup. Fotograf: Susanne Randers

Siden jeg er kommet på Instagram, er det gået hurtigt med at netværke internationalt. Jeg har allerede fået to US penneveninder og en i Japan – og i dag var det tid til at forkæle den ene…

En hjemmesyet junkjournal / smashbook / scrapbook / notesbog…

WallflowerJenn, som hun hedder på IG, skal have en helt særlig hjemmesyet bog fra mig – lidt i stil med den første Book of Scraps jeg syede i efteråret – og alligevel noget helt andet…

Jeg er ikke sikker på, at den helt har et navn – endnu – men fællesnævneren er i hvert fald papir og neonpink sytråd…

Og ikke overraskende er farvevalget stort set også det samme, da bogen er syet sammen af papir, jeg har på lager herhjemme. Gamle nodepapirer, millimeterpapir, brochurer, blokke, scrappapir – nyt og gammelt papir blandet sammen i en pærevælling.

“Neonpink surprise book”

Kan vi kalde den foreløbigt… Og sådan ser den ud efter en tur i symaskinen:

365 moodboards i 2014. Moodboard #17: Sneak peak: hjemmesyet junk journal til min US penneveninde. Smashup. Fotograf: Susanne Randers

Kan i øjeblikket kun vise dette sneak peak, da indholdet skal være en overraskelse…

Jeg har dog optaget en video af bogen – og mange flere billeder, som jeg lægger op, når bogen er landet hos Jenn i Indianapolis.

Ha’ en skøn weekend – i sne, slud eller sol!

Kærlig hilsen Susanne

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365 mood boards in 2014. Mood board #17: Mood board for a home sewn junk journal to my US pen pal. Instagram filter Valencia. Photographer: Susanne Randers

Home sewn junk journal to my US pen pal

Since I have joined Instagram, I have made quite a big network internationally. I’ve already got two U.S. pen pals and one from Japan – and today it was time to make a gift for one of them…

A home-made junk journal / smash book / scrap book / note book…

WallflowerJenn, which she called on Instagram will have a very special home made book from me – a bit like the first Book of Scraps I made ​​in the fall – and yet something completely different…

I’m not sure that the book has a name – yet – but the common things are at least paper and neon pink sewing thread.

And not surprisingly, the choice of colors are almost the same as the last sewn book, because it is sewn from paper I have in stock at home. Old note paper, graph paper, brochures, blocks, scrap paper – new and old paper mixed together in a hotchpotch.

“Neon pink surprise book”

Let’s call it that preliminary… And this is how it looks like after a visit in the sewing machine:

mitkrearum.dk kreativitet 365 mood boards in 2014. Mood board #17: Sneak peak: Home sewn junk journal to my US pen pal. Instagram filter Valencia. Photographer: Susanne Randers 365 moodboards in 2014 17 hjemmesyet junk journal US penpal sewn sneak peak neonpink IG filter Valencia

I am only able to show this sneak peak, as the content is to be a surprise…

However, I have a video of the book – and many more pictures that I publish when the book is united with Jenn in Indianapolis.

Have a great weekend – in snow or sun!

Lots of love and happiness, Susanne

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