Issue 13 Centerfold

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It's always hard to appreciate the photos in the zine due to it being black and white and by the time the zine is finished it's a copy of a copy and the quality isn't always the greatest.  I wanted to share the centerfold photo in color because the dress Sarah found is really pretty and a great score.

And this one didn't make the centerfold, but it's a great photo:

Enjoy~

Alistair Buchanan: International Free Box Correspondent

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I first met Alistair on the Camino walking his heart flag back to Finisterre.  His Camino involved sleeping in abandoned buildings, waking up in the drizzling rain shouting with vigor and running down hills at full speed.  I really liked his company and the tales of Camino quests he would take on.

He's from Cambridge, England.  He told me of a take an item, leave an item shelf in Cambridge that he would frequent and got some great items from and I hope to hear more about that.

Here's his report that I just received yesterday:

It's Alistair, reporting on a great freebox on the beach in Fisterra, at the end of the camino and the end of the world! (See attached picture). It contained some great items- not limited to a water gun, volleyball, sunscreen and towels. It served the beach well.

Super cool! 

Issue 13 Compostela Edition

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Hello, Freeboxers.
I have put out a very special Free Box the Magazine all about the various free boxes that myself and my good friend Sarah Dyer came across on our nearly 500 mile trek across Spain on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela.

I did, however, unbelievably forget one person and story that I met on the eve of our adventure and that was Liz from Australia:

She was very excited about the zine.  She said in Australia they didn't really have free boxes, but once a year they have a council cleanup day where everyone puts out their "trash" and a bunch of volunteers go around and clean it up.  Apparently lots of people will cruise around and check out the "rubbish" because you can find lots of good stuff.
If you would like to learn more about Clean Up Australia, here's a website I found about it:
http://www.cleanup.org.au/au/

I can't believe I left this story out.  I will add more detailed stories of people's free box encounters on the blog as a supplement to the zine, so stay tuned and be on the lookout, coming soon to a free box near you:

Another Person's Post About a Free Box

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I found this blog post on the web today.  It's great:

http://www.pantylinepress.com/hyperbole/2011/06/some-things-arent-meant-to-be.php

Plastic Animals

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Look what I found today:  a bin full of amazing plastic animals. 

I am so excited to use them for a project, but what?  Well, the first opportunity presented itself.  It just so happens that I was going to make a postcard of a photo of this small brass bathtub that I found in a free box on Saturday.  Apparently Carye Bye collects bathtub photos every year and this will be the 10th Anniversary.
Here's the official postcard photo:

Here's a few extra because it was so fun taking these photos!

Happy Plastic Animals!

Carye's International Free Box Day Pics

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Carye Bye just sent me a couple of photos that I thought should be on the blog because they're great!

She saw this truck on the way home from the picnic, really in the free box day spirit I would say.
Thanks, Carye!

International Free Box Day Photos

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Well, the first International Free Box day was a success.

There's more free stuff off to the right out of the picture.

I met Jennifer who gets blank shirts out of free boxes, silkscreens I heart free boxes onto them, and then returns them to free boxes.  Super cool!

Jennifer with a bunch of plain t-shirts to silkscreen and a free pair of Vans.

Tom with a I Heart Free Boxes shirt.

She left a bunch of her shirts and I am happy to say they were a hit!  I love it.

Carye brought me this hilarious item she found in a free box:

It's the natural gift idea!

Here's a photo of Carye with some of her scores of the day:

Tom actually made that coffee shop board game.  We tried to play it, but there were too many distractions; perhaps another time.

And of course this wonderful giant free box and picnic couldn't have been possible without the lovely Meghan Sinnott, free box finder extraordinaire!  Here she is checking out the image transfer book while we try to play the coffee shop game:

I hope everyone had a fantastic International Free Box Day wherever they were on this lovely planet!