Artist Coalition

Calling all pack-rats, collectors of junk and those who need to get rid of some scraps!!

I am starting an Arts Coalition in my neck o' the woods – Houston's First Ward. I would like to provide my members with supplies for creating together, but I am broke and need YOUR HELP! I will take anything from cardboard, to wallpaper, to fabric, to yarn, to paint. (Read on for full wish list.) You can contact me at nicole.ecclesia@gmail.com OR 734-664-0278 if you would like to donate anything. Many thanks!

Wish List:

• any kind of scrap paper

• beads

• brushes

• buttons

• candy wrappers

• card stock

• chains

• colored pencils

• coloring books

• comic books

• construction paper

• crochet hooks

• dremel tool with small drill bit

• embroidery floss & hoops

• fabric

• fabric scraps

• funky patterned out-of-style clothing

• game pieces

• Gesso (canvas primer)

• gift wrap & bows

• graph paper

• hammer

• Industrial discards, misprints & overruns

• Jewelry (whole & broken pieces)

• jewelry fixings

• keys

• knitting needles

• letters

• magazines

• markers

• matte board

• Mod Podge (decoupage)

• nails

• netting

• newspaper

• old/vintage maps

• paint

• paper for binding into journals

• pencils

• photos (new & old)

• playing cards

• posters

• puzzles (incomplete is fine)

• quilt squares

• recipe cards

• ribbon

• ric rac

• rope, twine, & cording

• rubber stamps

• rulers

• scissors

• scrapbook paper

• scrap lumber

• sewing needles

• sharpies

• small toys

• snaps

• stuffing

• tape

• tea bag envelopes

• textiles

• thread

• tulle

• vinyl & leather pieces & scraps

• waxed linen thread

• wire

• wood pieces (trim & veneer)

• yarn

• yarn scraps