Recycling Materials

Today, I tore up an old purse.  It was one of those fake-straw summer jobs.  I forgot to take a picture of it before I tore into it with the scissors, but here's the "straw" that I salvaged:

The individual straws are only about 10 inches long, but they should be usable for embroidered details.  The straws are very pliable, and probably made of plastic.  I like the pale straw-y color and the slight waviness from being part of a woven piece.  The purse was a total goner, but had served me well for 4 years.  I'm glad I could save some of it.  Also saved some hardware...perhaps that will show up on the blog sometime in the future.

Next:  can I use these to make a star??  We'll see :)