You found that where?

Today I went dumpster diving.

I found myself utterly mystified at what ended up being left in this dumpster. Among the trash and the hundreds of VHS tapes, there were a pair of nearly new blue jeans, a few shirts, and other clothing that easily could have been donated to the local thrift store or salvation army.

My brother thinks I'm crazy for pulling clothes out of a dumpster, but after running them through the wash they will look good as new, and I guarantee you no one will be the wiser as to where they came from.

My hope was to find old mechanical items that I could deface and make into other things such as Steampunk Jewelry, (see my favorites; {1} {2} {3} {4}) but I started far too late and I lost daylight before I could sift deep enough below the many layers of VHS tapes.


They say one mans trash is another man's treasure. I wouldn't call clothing treasure, but its certainly something I can use that would be better served on me than in a landfill.