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Don’t you get cheesed off when stuff vanishes...here I go again. I avidly feed my local birds and spend a small fortune on their gourmet dinners .
A lot of their food stuff comes in plastic tubs with lids. I’m a great hoarder of stuff that might come in useful one day.
I’ve just run out of my tear off palette ... so “ thinks” dug out a pile of lids ,washed them and I have brilliant palettes. 
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Excellent recycling Sylvia. I have some like that, but I find that if I use lids, then I don’t clean them.
Is that cling film on your table? I use newspaper, so I can dry my brushes or get rid of excess paint on it. I’ve also found that the stuff that bouquet’s are wrapped in is really good for protecting surfaces - a bit more robust than cling film. I’ve been using the same bouquet wrapper for over a year now as not all wrappers are up to the job.
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Good idea Linda , sadly no newspapers come here anymore Bill was the newspaper guy I just listen to Radio 4 . I popped the cling film on the other day as I was feeling lazy, eagle eyed lady . I still have quite a lot of news print paper I used to do my life drawing on. Will use that in future .
In fact when my current cling film roll is all used up will not replace it as apparently the recycle stuff is good.
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by Sylvia Evans
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I save any small-ish plastic container (that originally contined some food stuff or other). Plus their lids. But supermarkets nowadays are ditching lids in favour of the peel-off variety. (not practical when you only eat a 'bit' of something and put it back in the fridge!)
On my 'work space' thingy, I have a kids plastic table protector sheet (nicked it from the grand daughter). It mostly protects the table, but occasionally I have a cleaning splurge and have to scrub the table top. (then I don't want to paint for a while as its so nice and clean!)
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I had that discussion re lids in Tesco only the other day...like you say it’s a pain ; I keep my old lids. Yes a good idea a child’s table protector I also have various colourful cloths.. please note non of the guys are contributing to this. Wonder why.
In fact I hang on to handy items so much that one day there might be no room for me .
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We’re hoarders (sorry, recyclers) too, Sylvia, though maybe not the same things, e.g. jars full of screws, odd bits of wood, etc. There was a time when I could grab a small plastic bag out of the kitchen drawer as a rubbish bag for plein air. Sadly have to buy them now. Recycled plastic tubs are useful for leftover paint that I put in the freezer.
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Boxes( among other things) are my "fixation". Shoeboxes, delivery boxes( lots during lockdown), gift boxes, some so well made and attractive it would be a crime to waste, and years ago I used to buy lemon shaped soap which came in boxes. All of the above are secreted in my art room. Some have tubes of paint in them, some will come in useful for re sending things, some(the wooden ones) will one day be turned into beautiful objects d'art - 😆😆😆
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I’m still using some very robust melamine trays that I acquired whilst working for a company that made food trays for use on aircraft (first class), 40 years ago. Mine still bear the embossed logo of B.O.A.C. airline. Remember them. It saddens me to think of the hundreds of thousands of these that we made and were used once and then binned!
As for boxes, I keep all sorts of boxes ... until the wife finds them, then then they get culled.
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Sylvia/people - because I only seem to paint every few weeks at best , and mix too much paint , I have a one-foot square flat polythene box , about one inch deep , with a close-fitting lid . (probably bought in Hobbycraft) . By cutting a sliver off one edge of my plywood pallette , I can pop the pallette with usable paint into the box and with the lid on it keeps the air to a minimum . I work in oils and the paints will keep for about a month before developing a skin . My other solution for keeping left-over paints is that I have a collection of those tiny jam/marmalade jars they serve in hotels . The only problem with those is it's tricky getting all of the paint out . A disused dinner plate ( I can put cling-film over it ) is quite useful too .
I like the bird-feed lids idea . I too am a hoarder so I have a heap of clutter of things I have " saved " . If (IF) I ever get a dedicated workspace it will probably resemble something once worked in by Francis Bacon .
Steve
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I even recycle sketches if they are on decent paper or card. They are offered to hubby for his model railway. He will make buildings out of them. The hoarding of boxes gets a bit much though. What with my shoe and jewellery boxes and his guitar boxes. I can hardly move in my studio/conservatory.
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