Recent Posts Tagged With 'recycling'

• The Secret Life of this Book...

  Posted on Monday November 17th, 2008 at 18:02 in painting, book, recycled, recycling, box, new life, carl larsson

  So my friend Buzz had a birthday. And this is what I made...She gave me this book to use in a project a couple of months ago.And then recently I was hanging out in her office for a bit and she showed me one of her favorite paintings by Carl Larsson. ...

• Milk Made

  Posted on Thursday November 13th, 2008 at 11:10 in sculpture, recycled, recycling, light, puzzle, awesome, milk

  Look at my new light sculpture!What have I recycled now?Did you get a clue from my post title?That's right! It is made of the plastic from gallon milk containers!It is 30 individual pieces that I hand cut from 10 milk jugs. The pattern was in ReadyMa...

• Recycled Jack O'Lantern Magic

  Posted on Wednesday October 29th, 2008 at 14:21 in fun, recycled, Paper, cute, recycling, orange, jack o'lantern, glass jars

  Where have I been, you ask? I have been trying to remove labels from my food jars so I could make these darling Jack O'Lanterns!All I can say is some of the adhesives used on food jars do not want to release the labels. Hot water and elbow grease is ...

• More Recycle Mayhem and My Husband's Photography

  Posted on Monday July 28th, 2008 at 11:54 in cat, recycled, cats, recycling, necklace, toliet paper, wreath

  While I am happy to report that the mannequin finally got the picture to the proper place and up, I am sad to report that I did not make it to 100 items by my deadline. I missed it by eight.If I count the pairs of earrings I made as two instead of on...

• Everything's Coming Up Roses

  Posted on Friday July 18th, 2008 at 13:33 in recycled, flowers, crafts, recycling, flower, guessing, upcycle, upcycled

  I want you to look at the picture below and tell me if you like the product.Now look at this picture. Can you tell me what the rose is made of?Now look at these earrings. Do you like them?What are they made of?The petals of the flowers are made from ...

• Thinking Outside the Box Using the Box

  Posted on Sunday July 13th, 2008 at 16:19 in ideas, thinking, recycled, new, recycling, working, upcycle

  I have never felt so good in my brain. I have so many ideas for the different items that I am waiting to recycle/upcycle.It feels wild because just a few days ago I was totally blocked and not having anything fresh coming into my head. I guess the co...

• Busyness Cards

  Posted on Friday July 11th, 2008 at 16:36 in tags, recycled, Paper, recycling, business cards, upcycle

  Today I made some little busyness cards. I made them out of things I had around the house... I reused some paper that had gone through the printer and came out with only a page number and some tags that I rescued from from a friend's "trash" -- she h...

• Postcards from the Edge

  Posted on Wednesday July 9th, 2008 at 17:34 in painting, recycled, recycling, postcards

  So I promised myself I would work on a project and have something to post by midnight tonight. Well! Here it is 3:36 p.m. and I have created seven crazy recycled postcards. The postcards I found outside Target and the paintings are done on laminated ...

• Walking and Picking

  Posted on Tuesday July 8th, 2008 at 11:33 in walk, recycling, trash, junk

  When I go for my morning walks, I want to pick up everything I see that is even the slightest bit interesting and bring it home and make it into a project. If I had picked up everything I wanted to bring home this morning, the list would look like th...

• First day of being schooled is coming up!

  Posted on Sunday June 22nd, 2008 at 16:23 in crafts, recycling, beginning, nervous

  Boxing Day, my little company, will open its proverbial doors on June 26, 2008. I will be selling on-line the crazy and wonderful wares that I have been working on for the last six months while the doctors investigate the mystery that is me: Kelly.Si...