Poetreasure

Upcycling discards as your Sunday creative prompt

My niece inspired me to this creative prompt. When we were visiting her home, I saw she used the empty cases of Instax instant film as frames for the insta-photos (mind you: “insta” as in “instant”, not as in “Instagram”). Brilliant, I thought, and an idea was born: what if I use the otherwise to-be-discarded empty cases not just as insta-photo-phrames, but as little embellished treasure chests?

I had one left, and someone I wanted to send something to. So, I ran a pilot project. I painted the empty case, took a photo I wanted to send to my chef-friend Joseph, added a handwritten poem by me, a sticker and a printed poem from a friend, and combined it all into a little poetry treasure: a poetreasure.