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Recycled creativity!
November 13, 2009 :: Posted by - Sue :: Category - Old but New Trends
By Contributing Columnist Kimberly Barnes aka Teatowelcreek
Recycling and Upcycling has become a very important part of our nations lifestyle in order to save the planet.
Recycling is the process of using a products useful parts and turning it into a new product; Upcycling is similar to recycling in that you are taking a product and reworking it into a completely new form than what it was originally made into.
Every little thing we do on this earth can either assist in saving this planet or aid in it’s destruction.
I am very interested in what people are doing to help this earth so I started searching on etsy.com for recycled handmade items and here is what I found; Seat Belt Purses, Bottle Cap Earrings, Mini Notebooks made from Vintage Snap Animal playing cards, Guitar Straps made out of seat belts, Cereal and candy boxes turned into spiral notebooks, Metal Belt Buckles made from small pieces of old, retired and vintage license plates and the most unusual one I found was Vinyl records molded into usable chip bowls by; Itsourearth, the pic is featured above.
I am so proud of these artists for using their creativity to create some fabulous products. Not only are they helping to save this planet they are inspiring others to do some creative recycling of their own.
Pringles pic courtesy of Greendesignsbylisa
Tags: Art, artist, green, handmade, pouch, pringles, record bowl, recycle, recycled, teatowelcreek, upcycled
November 13th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
LOL! I haven’t seen those record bowls in years! We used to make those when I was a kid. Records are harder to come by now. Pretty fascinating what all people have come up with over the years.
November 17th, 2009 at 4:40 am
I guess they are making a comeback
This is the first time I have ever seen something like this. Facinating!
December 9th, 2009 at 8:25 am
[...] Recycled Creativity [...]
December 18th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
I make clocks out of the old CDs that AOL seemed to mail out daily and others as well. It feels good not to just toss them.
January 14th, 2010 at 8:31 am
Fabulous!!!!!