The Reuse Centre, or, Fun Finds!

I've been meaning to check out the Edmonton Reuse Centre, and I finally got around to it! For anyone with a crafty inclination, this place is a must. It has a stash of all kinds of exciting things - from books to old CD cases to scrap fabric to stationary. All the items are donated, so if you're cleaning out your house and want a good place to send some stuff, consider making a trip down there. You can check their list of accepted items to see what they'll take, and what you might be able to get if you're hoping to pick up rather than drop off! "Buying" at the reuse centre is super simple too - for $5, you can take as many things as you like!

To give you an idea of what you might find, here's some of the things I came home with:

• an HDMI cable, brand new
• some small notebooks
• these neat swan-shaped candle holders:

I would have come home with a lot more, but I traveled there by train (another perk - it's conveniently located right behind City Hall) so my carrying capacity was limited.

Perhaps the most fun I had there was in speculating about other peoples lives - it's intriguing to form a perception of someone (or of a city) by what they cast aside. One of the notebooks I picked up was not quite empty - it had a few sketches in it, evidently made by a child. Watch for more on those in my next post!