tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post2613612034879849028..comments2023-11-05T00:57:58.060-07:00Comments on Cassie Stephens: Art Teacherin' 101: Episode 7cassie stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850034034580646768noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-87454382266822155932016-07-11T16:57:39.148-07:002016-07-11T16:57:39.148-07:00Oh, if some generous soul gives you magazines and ...Oh, if some generous soul gives you magazines and you want to hurl... look up your local ESL or immigrant english class school. They can totally use them: print accompanied by pictures, but in a format adults aren't humiliated to use. <br />-CSBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-4451269580160957902016-06-27T10:03:39.601-07:002016-06-27T10:03:39.601-07:00Where do you recycle markers? I have been looking...Where do you recycle markers? I have been looking into Crayola's Color Cycle.Erica Northnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-16593685287032145842016-06-22T18:18:47.042-07:002016-06-22T18:18:47.042-07:00Lol,I think we are!-M3Lol,I think we are!-M3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-8989934435402554792016-06-19T11:55:49.259-07:002016-06-19T11:55:49.259-07:00Oh man, THAT is what awaits the person who will re...Oh man, THAT is what awaits the person who will replace me when I finally retire. I'm such a pack rat...I can't image what a person coming in after me would think!cassie stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850034034580646768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-76358796043781645972016-06-19T11:55:04.430-07:002016-06-19T11:55:04.430-07:00Yes, I too am a hoarder of buttons and fabric. I a...Yes, I too am a hoarder of buttons and fabric. I also keep old oil pastels. I've heard you can shake them in a bag of rice and that cleans them (or is that chalk?). Like I got time to do that! cassie stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850034034580646768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-19561818852593862016-06-19T11:54:02.516-07:002016-06-19T11:54:02.516-07:00I bet it felt SO STINKIN' GOOD to pitch all th...I bet it felt SO STINKIN' GOOD to pitch all that stuff! I know your custodians were happy, mine always are when I finally part with my "junk". cassie stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850034034580646768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-13517995479986239442016-06-19T11:53:14.693-07:002016-06-19T11:53:14.693-07:00There is NOTHING worse than stale cigarette smoke....There is NOTHING worse than stale cigarette smoke...nothing! Bleech!cassie stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850034034580646768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-69149018004772533022016-06-19T11:52:15.672-07:002016-06-19T11:52:15.672-07:00Oh, man. MAGAZINES. That is the one thing I DON...Oh, man. MAGAZINES. That is the one thing I DON'T hoard...I've encountered one too many "lady product" ads than I'm proud to admit. Oh! AND the 60's magazines which I thought would be safe but were full of ads for fem hygiene...in the worst possible way. cassie stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850034034580646768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-54720280776211708082016-06-19T11:50:57.487-07:002016-06-19T11:50:57.487-07:00I do too! I was gifted an enormous amount of yarn ...I do too! I was gifted an enormous amount of yarn last year by a parent who took up knitting and then decided it wasn't for her. I was so thrilled, we've been using it nonstop since! That kind of stuff I'll take over toilet paper tubes ANY day ;)cassie stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850034034580646768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-2002937759235349072016-06-19T11:49:53.815-07:002016-06-19T11:49:53.815-07:00Love me some bubble wrap. I gotta ask: did a paren...Love me some bubble wrap. I gotta ask: did a parent gift you those wine corks or did you earn them the fun way? Regardless, sounds like a score to me!cassie stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850034034580646768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-38624293645604224502016-06-19T11:48:52.079-07:002016-06-19T11:48:52.079-07:00Um, okay. Sounds like we could be kinfolk, just sa...Um, okay. Sounds like we could be kinfolk, just sayin'. AND love the idea of the ginger bread houses with the beads, GENIUSSSS!!cassie stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850034034580646768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-76970823074778485372016-06-17T02:26:34.658-07:002016-06-17T02:26:34.658-07:00I hoard soo many things! Carpet squares, wooden bl...I hoard soo many things! Carpet squares, wooden blocks, milk jugs ( I have them strung from the ceiling to the floor, yikes!),have a fifty pound bag of old crayons, raffia, all kinds of plastic and glass containers, it's truly scary! I use those Mardi Gras beads for when I make gingerbread (cardboard) houses with my 6th graders. We line the edges with them!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-47701721501716288582016-06-16T08:40:34.907-07:002016-06-16T08:40:34.907-07:00I have a HUGE bag of wine corks in my closet just ...I have a HUGE bag of wine corks in my closet just waiting for me to take all my free time this summer (yeah, right!) and turn them into stamps!! I also am hording a huge roll of bubble wrap a teacher was kind enough to gift to me!! Kinder printing in the future!Chrissybozzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039652050488653193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-6291078669034169372016-06-16T07:37:47.001-07:002016-06-16T07:37:47.001-07:00I love receiving non paper art materials like yarn...I love receiving non paper art materials like yarn, beads, and fabric. My students are will hopefully love next year with the idea I have for the use of unusual materials. Thanks for the post.Samuel P Massie Art Departmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12515802598096533573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-49784113733860694072016-06-16T06:36:49.874-07:002016-06-16T06:36:49.874-07:00Your post cracked me up! Didn't think I would ...Your post cracked me up! Didn't think I would do it, but I threw out old magazines that had been cut into sooooo much, not a picture was left!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14435892958012006870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-80410324813309718692016-06-16T06:36:34.995-07:002016-06-16T06:36:34.995-07:00Your post cracked me up! Didn't think I would ...Your post cracked me up! Didn't think I would do it, but I threw out old magazines that had been cut into sooooo much, not a picture was left!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14435892958012006870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-35834154919488347472016-06-15T20:08:02.719-07:002016-06-15T20:08:02.719-07:00University of South Alabama in Mobile had several ...University of South Alabama in Mobile had several murals created out of Mardi Gras beads back when I was looking at colleges. FYI, Mardi Gras originated in Mobile not New Orleans. As far as questionable donation - award ribbons that reaked of smoke so badly that I almost literally hurled. Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06269071955469656408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-57463236163383002302016-06-15T19:36:24.291-07:002016-06-15T19:36:24.291-07:00My cousin (who is in the Lions Club in Memphis) ...My cousin (who is in the Lions Club in Memphis) MAILED me a sizable box of old eye glass lenses. He even called me first before he coughed up the postage for that bad boy! I thought surely I would do SOMETHING WONDEROUS with those things. But after several years of the custodians moving them out and back in my former Art room (or me getting moved to yet ANOTHER room for Art)--they got hurled...along with any donated bags of yarn that somebody else couldn't untangle (REALLY??). I've gotten a whole box of wooden skewers which I kept for a while, but they made me nervous to think of kids using. Gave them to the Music teacher -so they're close by if I think of something. She's not used them yet. So they're fair game! Smokymtgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09943631305235744666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-84044161259282438912016-06-15T19:36:06.067-07:002016-06-15T19:36:06.067-07:00My cousin (who is in the Lions Club in Memphis) ...My cousin (who is in the Lions Club in Memphis) MAILED me a sizable box of old eye glass lenses. He even called me first before he coughed up the postage for that bad boy! I thought surely I would do SOMETHING WONDEROUS with those things. But after several years of the custodians moving them out and back in my former Art room (or me getting moved to yet ANOTHER room for Art)--they got hurled...along with any donated bags of yarn that somebody else couldn't untangle (REALLY??). I've gotten a whole box of wooden skewers which I kept for a while, but they made me nervous to think of kids using. Gave them to the Music teacher -so they're close by if I think of something. She's not used them yet. So they're fair game! Smokymtgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09943631305235744666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-35238330839077374612016-06-15T19:06:52.114-07:002016-06-15T19:06:52.114-07:00I hoard beautiful buttons and fabrics samples. I h...I hoard beautiful buttons and fabrics samples. I hurl all the old nasty oil Pastels Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550691620888025345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-27675931858217819002016-06-15T18:27:14.509-07:002016-06-15T18:27:14.509-07:00I had to hurl it. I am new to art. I inherited a b...I had to hurl it. I am new to art. I inherited a beautiful room and a closet but I couldn't walk into it because it was messy (I wish I could show you a picture). It took me one whole week to movevtgebjunk off the floor, just do that I could begin yo organize the shelves.Behind the junk were precious treasures awaiting me!Sister Helgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784359064157864655noreply@blogger.com