Scrap!

My new favorite place to scrounge for supplies is Scrap!

The School & Community Reuse Action Project, located in NE Portland OR, is overflowing with paper, fabric, paint, plastics and pretty much anything that could possibly be upcycled into something else. You'll be hard-pressed to find anything over a buck, with most items going for pennies. Plain paper and cardstock is sold by the stack, around .25 per inch. Fabric, both newer and vintage, no more than $2.00/yd.

Scrap! isn't just selling scrap, either. They run Camp Scrap for kids, host tons of workshops and events throughout the year, offer field trips, badge earning opportunities for scouts and even a gallery!

Don't live in or near Portland? Check out this list I borrowed from Scrap! for a Creative Reuse center near you.

Art From Scrap – Santa Barbara, CA

Arts & Scraps – Detroit, MI

ArtStart – St. Paul, MN

Bring – Eugene, OR

East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse – Oakland, CA

FabMo – Mountain View, CA

Hudson Valley Materials Exchange – New Windsor, NY

Material Exchange for Community Arts (MECCA) – Eugene, OR

Materials for the Arts – New York. Not open to the public, but inspirational

Materials Resource Center – Holbrook, NY

Recology SF Artist-in-Residence Program – San Francisco, CA

Resource Depot – Riveria Beach, FL

RMC at the Children’s Museum of Kansas City – Shawnee, KS

The Recycle Shop – The Boston Children’s Museum, MA

The Scrap Box – Ann Arbor, MI

The Scrap Exchange – Durham, NC

SCRAP (Scroungers Center for Reusable Art Parts) – San Francisco, CA

SCRAP Bin (Source for Community Recycled Artistic Products) – Carrollton, GA

SCRAP Gallery (Student Creative Recycle Art Program) – Indio, CA

St. Louis Teachers’ Recycle Center – St. Louis, MO

Terracycle Inc. – Trenton, NJ

Trash to Treasure Creative Reuse Center – Fort Lauderdale, FL

Urban Source – Vancouver, BC

What can you make from scrap? 5th Season made this great pouch using some materials found at Scrap!

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As for me, I'm going to make another pot of coffee and spend the day playing with my scraps!