{"id":1220,"date":"2006-11-12T17:02:44","date_gmt":"2006-11-12T22:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2006-11-12T17:02:44","modified_gmt":"2006-11-12T22:02:44","slug":"arts_scraps_ins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/arts_scraps_ins\/","title":{"rendered":"arts &#038; scraps inspires creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/arts_and_scraps_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Arts_and_scraps_2\" alt=\"Arts_and_scraps_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/arts_and_scraps_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>When I attended Eastern Michigan for my special education degree, I used a wonderful resource called <a href=\"http:\/\/scrapbox.com\/\">The Scrap Box<\/a> for a lot of my school projects and lessons.<\/p>\n<p>I also picked up a number of unique goodies from there for my <em>then blossoming<\/em> recycled paper business called April&#8217;s Ideas (now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aipaper.com\/\">a.i. paper design<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Now that our studio is based closer to Detroit, I&#8217;m happy to say we regularly donate all kinds of art goods to another great resource &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsandscraps.org\/\">Arts &amp; Scraps.<\/a>&nbsp; <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Their mission is to provide children with affordable and creative experiences using recycled industrial scraps to actively involve them in learning while increasing their confidence and encouraging independent thinking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Art_scraps_1_2\" alt=\"Art_scraps_1_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/art_scraps_1_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Art_scraps_2_2\" alt=\"Art_scraps_2_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/art_scraps_2_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>How awesome is that?&nbsp; Like any non-profit, there are always lots of opportunities to <a href=\"http:\/\/66.36.171.74\/Merchant2\/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&amp;Store_Code=AS&amp;Category_Code=DON\">donate money<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsandscraps.org\/help.htm\">volunteer your time<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsandscraps.org\/save.htm\">drop off goods that you might normally throw away.<\/a>&nbsp; They recycle 28 tons of material annually and serve over 275,000 children!&nbsp; <\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/arts_scraps_ins\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/arts_scraps_ins\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I attended Eastern Michigan for my special education degree, I used a wonderful resource called The Scrap Box for a lot of my school projects and lessons. 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