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• More Chandeliers From Recycled Bicycle Parts

  
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  Similar to a post I did back in October 2012 , this could easily belong in my Tweet of the Day , Eyecatchers , or Upcycling series… …AND, both posts involve chandeliers made from recycled bicycle parts… …AND, both posts were sourced from tweets by Christopher Jobson at Colossal . …AND, ...
  4 days ago

• Bored by your Boards? Upcycling Skate & Snowboards

  
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  Share/Bookmark by Viscusi Elson Interior Design Snowboards and skateboards are built to withstand abuse from a pretty tough demographic, namely teenagers and extreme-sport enthusiasts. Like everything these days, the technology behind these high-performance board sports is worlds away from where it began just ...
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• How-to: DIY Balance Bike from a Kid’s Pedal Bike

  
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  Spread the love: Balance bikes are great for kids who aren’t quite ready for a “real” two-wheeler. Balance bikes teach kids how to balance, steer, and coast on a real bicycle, while being just as easy for a kid to use as a bike with training wheels attached. A balance bike is also a ...
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• First Mass-Produced Upcycled Clothing: Reet Aus

  
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  Designer Reet Aus uses fabric scraps from other garment producers to create her line of mass-produced upcycled clothing. There is a crazy amount of waste associated with mass clothing production. If you’ve ever done a sewing project, you can probably understand how that happens, right? You cut out your pattern ...
  5 days ago

• Behold The Hounds of Geevor. These whimsical dogs are the work...

  
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  Behold The Hounds of Geevor . These whimsical dogs are the work of British artist David Kemp , who uses found objects to create his art, “particularly discarded remnants of the mining industry in his area, on the Tinner’s Coast in Cornwall. Twenty years ago, he was alerted about a mountain of old boots that ...
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• Dont Throw Away Stale Bread! Feed It to Your Plants

  
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  Heres a quick tip: dont trash your bread when its stale; just repurpose it by feeding it to your living greens. Dry stale bread in the oven, and then grind in the blender, creating fine bread crumbs. Simply mix with your potting soil or rake into your garden. The crumbs will add nutrients and moisture to your happy ...
  6 days ago

• How-to: DIY Custom Flower Brooch from Fabric Scraps

  
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  Spread the love: When you’re mixing up a lot of colors in your outfit, sometimes you need just the right accessory to pull it all together. Think of this custom flower brooch as The Dude’s rug: …well, minus the pee. ANYWAY! What I love about this pin design is that you can ...
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• Turn Your Child’s Crib into a Chalkboard Table! #diy

  
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  Has your growing toddler gotten out of his crib and moved into a toddler bed?  Don’t know what to do with that crib?  Our 3 year old finally got out of his crib and after he slept all night in his big boy bed, I had to do something with his crib immediately so he didn’t have it to fall back on.  I had ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mother’s Day DIY Bath Salts Eco-friendly Craft

  
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  Mother’s Day is the Sunday May 12th, and we’re getting an early start on making a great gift for the special woman in your life. Everyone needs a chance to relax and what better way to give mom a day off than by making her bath salts with her favorite scent. This is a fast, easy eco-friendly craft and a very ...
  2 weeks ago

• Upcycled Magnetic Chalkboard Video

  
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      Just a quick post to say that I made a video from last weeks Upcycled Magnetic Chalkboard project.  I still have a lot to learn about filming and editing but I had a lot of fun working on this project.    
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• Clever Cleaning with Common Household Items

  
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  Whether you’re trying to reduce the amount of harsh chemicals in your home, or you’ve simply run out of your favorite cleanser and don’t have time to head to the store, it’s always nice to know of an alternative way to clean in a pinch. Below are 14 helpful hints for using common household items to keep your ...
  2 weeks ago

• Upcycled Terrariums and First Day of Age 9

  
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  Today is Caitlins 9th birthday. That means we have been in Florida for exactly eight years. Cant believe it. Each year we take a picture of the kids on the first day of that year, or their birthday, and the last day of the previous year. This is just something fun we do. Caitlin chose to stand in front of my very ...
  2 weeks ago

• Upcycling: Awesome Piano Bike!

  
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  As a blogger who LOVES bicycles , and who has the word bicycle in the title of his blog, how can I not write about this? Via grist.org : What would you do if you had an old $80 piano and a big tricycle? Would you throw them out? Not if you were San Francisco musician Gary Skaggs. He turned this seemingly ...
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• The World’s Top 10 Best Alternative Uses for Shopping Trolleys

  
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  Shopping Carts turned Chairs As a teenager I am rather ashamed to admit that I pushed a shopping trolley ( Or shopping cart depending on where you live) into a river. But before it’s un-natural departure myself and my friends had so much fun with it! Riding it, racing it and generally treating it like the ...
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• REET AUS: Mass Upcycling

  
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  Upcycling has come a long way. Creating new garments using discarded materials and scraps from the garment industry that would otherwise end up in landfills seemed difficult to scale up for the mass market. Most upcycling production models needed to stay small-scale and hand-made. But then came Reet Aus, an Estonian ...
  2 weeks ago

• Upcycled Watering Can

  
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  We have our first garden here at Hippie Village and after getting wood for the raised bed, soil, a bed liner, and plants started from seed by Brainstorm , I realized I had no watering can.  Our landlords hose doesnt reach to the part of the yard where the garden is, plus  we have some plants in containers on the ...
  2 weeks ago

• DIY Recycled Weaving Looms

  
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  Spread the love: loom image via Shutterstock Interested in weaving? Don’t want to spend money on a loom? Got some random stuff lying around? Chances are that there’s a DIY loom for you. Handmade looms, built from a variety of recycled materials, can be used to weave everything from ...
  2 weeks ago

• Link Love: Thrifted blankets, Comment Trolls and Twin Peaks

  
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  Things over the last week that made me smile, think and be a better human: No commentary needed: Mercedes Tarasovich-Clark’s pinboard for Twin Peaks I bought some vintage Sesame Street bed sheets to make Owen a blanket for the camper (exactly like the ones I had when I was little!), then realized I’ve ...
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• Mother’s Day Gift Idea: Blue Ribbon Brooch

  
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  Mothers Day is on May 12 this year, so if you want to get crafty for mom, youve only got a few days left! This Sunday is all about making mom feel special, and what says special better than a sweet blue ribbon that you made yourself? Bonnie over at Crafting a Green World used a page from a reclaimed book to create a ...
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• 10 Simple Ways to Repurpose Seltzer or Soda Water

  
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  Have you ever had seltzer or soda water left over after a party or gathering? Did you know you can do more than use it to mix drinks? You can repurpose both seltzer or soda water into something that is handy to have and it will help you to reduce your household’s carbon footprint. (photo: buzzle.com) So far ...
  2 weeks ago

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