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Category Archives: upcycled
Etsy Find: Talking Squid Recycles Tees
Talking Squid is not just saving the planet by recycling t-shirts, they’re also helping you save money with their huge 50% off summer sale. Yup, half off! So, what could you spend half as much on?? Well, they’ve got an outstanding [...]
Posted in eco-fashion, Eco-Friendly, Etsy, Kids, recycled, upcycled
Tagged Etsy find, pillows, pom pom, repurposed t-shirts, rugs, upcycled t-shirts, upcycled tees
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Readable Furniture
What to do with those stacks and stacks of old books? Laura Cahill is a British artist who wondered just that same thing. She kept a diary of all of the items being discarded within a mile from her town center [...]
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Tagged eco-friendly furniture, Laura Cahill, old books, recycled books, repurposed books, upcycled books
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Which Came First??
And I just throw my egg shells in the compost!! Who knew I was getting it wrong all these years? Check out Kyle Bean‘s amazing egg shell creation titled “What Came First”. The detail on the piece is truly amazing [...]
Hump Day Etsy Find: Girl Geek Boutique
I’ve been around the electronics industry for years as my Dad has run a successful small electronics company for the last 20 or so years. When they first opened, we’d often spend long hours into the night building various circuit [...]
Etsy Find: Upcycled Piano Sculptures
I love shopping Etsy. You just never know what you’re going to find. I ran into this awesomely unique shop called Melsville. This shop owner takes unusable pianos and disables the small interior piece called the action to make unique [...]
Nursery Necessity: Comfy Chair
Now that our much awaited baby has arrived and her health is steadily improving, my thoughts are quickly turning to setting up a suitable nursery for her. One of the most important items you need for your baby’s nursery is [...]
Posted in Eco-Friendly, Organic, recycled, upcycled
Tagged baby room furniture, breastfeeding chair, furniture, nursery chair, nursery furniture, recliner, rocking chair
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Steampunk Etsy Find – Watch Movement Rings
The Etsy shop Londons Gate is jam packed with wonderfully steampunk designs. Their pieces range from steampunk to gothic to victorian to just plain dark.
Many of their pieces involve the use of watch movements being repurposed into the focal point of the entire piece of jewelry. They’ve got a fantastic selection of rings available on their site featuring many different kinds of watch movements. One thing that I really like about this site is that what is pictured is exactly what you receive. It’s not similar to or like what’s pictured, it really is the actual item. This means you know exactly what the piece you choose will look like!
They do custom pieces or you can choose from their ever expanding selection available in their store. I use the term “store” loosely as they claim this is not a business. Just two young people working together developing their craft!
The pieces are quite affordable as well. The ring pictured here is priced at $35. It’s a 17 jewel watch movement attached to a filigree adjustable band. That’s a steal of a deal for the huge statement that such a piece would make! The ring prices vary in range but all are extremely budget friendly.
They’ve also got a variety of necklaces, cufflinks and even earrings for sale that utilize various watch movements. My favorite necklace is the one pictured here with the black flower. What a stunning accent piece that would look good in everything from casual wear to the office to a beautiful necklace to go with that little black dress. It uses a vintage watch movement mounted to a vintage silver setting. The black rose is what really set it off though.
This is definitely an Etsy shop worth checking back into again and again. It sounds as though items are added almost daily. They currently have 273 items for sale and I love almost each and every one. Some of my favorites are the Lolita gothic hair clips that they have available in vintage silver settings. Absolutely adorable!! I love the flower designs and the skull designs. You can even have them made in a different color to match a certain outfit!!
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Tagged eco-friendly jewelry, etsy, jewelry, steampunk watch ring, upcycled ring
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CSN Stores Deliver a Message of Change
CSN stores are one of my favorite places to shop online. They have over 200 different websites where you can buy practically anything that you need! I was recently asked to check out their laptop messenger bag line and write [...]
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Tagged durable, inner tube, innertubes, repurposed materials, sail cloth
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Make Green The Color of Your Valentine’s Day: Sexy Brooch
With Valentine’s Day being the next major holiday, I thought I’d share some great, eco-friendly gift ideas for that special someone on your list. These erotic brooches are literally torn from the pages of used trashy romance novels and repurposed into cheeky pins. The Etsy seller, rebounddesigns, tells buyers to wear them if they dare!
I love the erotic and retro nude pin-up girl used on the card the brooch is clipped to for sale. It’s intriguing that the naughty bits of a book is covering the pin-ups naughty bits! This etsy craft rescues books from dumpsters, yard sales and library sales to make these sexy pins.
She also makes a line of wallets and purses that re-purposes books in bad condition as well. These sorts of second life products would make great and original Valentine’s gifts that will declare your love (& desire!) for your special someone as well as your love for the planet.
The brooches come in a range of phrases that are carefully cut from trashed trashy books. This ensures that the pin you receive is a virtual one of a kind creation which is mounted to wood and varathane to ensure that the pin is protected. There are pins listed such as “being deep inside”, “slowly stripped off” and “her orgasm hit”.
Old Cassettes Transform Into Cute Wallets
Check out these cute and functional wallets made from upcycled cassette tapes by Marcella Foschi. They’re available for $39 on Design Boom and would make a great Christmas gift for all those eco-friendly girls on your Christmas list this year. Yes, I know that Christmas is still months away but it really does pay off to shop ahead!
Imagine how many of these tapes have been tossed into landfills around the world with the advent of the CD. There’s probably enough tapes sitting in the garbage to fill all the purses of even a shop-a-holic purse lover!! These are definitely worth checking out. As they are each handmade, each one is different. You could get anything from an Alvin and the Chipmunks cassette to a Slayer cassette to the Beach Boys! You’ve got to absolutely love something so entirely random…
Thanks for the link Bibi!! Check out her travelling adventures blog Flash Nomad. She travels the world with an eye for style, design, grace and elegance with a camera in one hand and a laptop in the other.