Zero Waste Industry

As many of you know, Magic Mama makes Cat Hats (among other things). The production of "things" often generates some kind of remnant. These remnants are called "waste" when we do not put them back into some kind of production.
There is no such thing as "garbage." Everything goes somewhere when we're done with it, some things get buried, some get burned which puts more of other harmful stuff into the environment. So, we make an extra effort to reduce waste in our cottage industry by making new things out of our scraps. Here's something we did with some Cat Hat scraps....

Magic Mama has been rescuing things from the waste stream for years. We have broken leis left over from various birthday parties, random beads from all over, cotton surgical thread we found at a thrift store in Oregon on our last West Coast Tour, colored drinking straws (we cut them into small sections), a few pom poms and some other silk flower parts.

A lei is any series of objects strung together with the intent to be worn. We are preparing for Valentine's Aloha performances next week and will be gifting some of our creations to the audience. Lei's are a traditional Hawaiian way of expressing affection.

Thread a needle, create a pattern by stringing these various bits of "junk." The Cat Hat scraps are scrunched up, accordion style, in little wedgies that look like blossoms.
Magic Mama's Kuleana....

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