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Fall Arrangement

If you’ve got some milk or juice cartons, don’t throw them out! You can easily create this unique arrangement that will light up your home at this year’s Thanksgiving feast.

Cut your carton to the size that you want using a sharp knife. I love the Fiskars finger tip knife because it’s smile and easy to guide.

After a coat of paint, I have a work in progress:

I cut out a leaf pattern on my center holder and have ideas for trim to go around this arrangment using leaves, acorns, and other outdoor treats the Fall brings to our yard. I will post a final view when the arrangement is complete in time for the holidays. 🙂

 

***CAUTION: Some paints are flammable! If using a flammable paint, it’s best to use an immitation tealight.***

Recycled Journals Sale!

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Today’s deal are CUTE recycled letterpress journals from smockpaper.com!

For $3 you get two of these cute journals!

Just enter “LuckyDaily5” at checkout!

Recycled Wrapping

To help you get started on planning this holiday season, check out Tip Junkie’s printable Christmas Planner! Save money and resources by printing your own planning system at home on recycled paper!

I have blogged about my experience with the Executive Homemaker binder system before. Though I do still use and actually daily planner, I use the Executive Homemaker system for many organization purposes such as keeping up with phone lists, shopping lists, the Christmas Planner, our Property Binder, and Birthday lists, etc.

If you’ve got an old cookie sheet, think about repurposing it into a Christmas Advent Calendar!

For gift wrapping ideas… here are just a few:

Add some markers, some paint, some fabric, & a lot of imagination! What a fun, recycled way to give!

I am not affiliated with Tip Junkie, though my ideas have been featured!

Fall Wreath Idea

I saw this on Tip Junkie, and had to share it with you all! This is one of the cutest darn wreaths I have ever seen! Made from book pages, this would be a perfect recycling project for one of those dusty novels lining your shelves!

A Recycled Arrangement

This adorable arrangement would make a great feature on your tabletop, desk, or side table! Made from recycled plastic bottles, this Green Decor can be personalized with your childrens’ faces! This adorable arrangement is courtesy of Tracie Lampe of Radical Recyks.

A Batty Halloween

I posted yesterday on some eco-friendly ideas for costumes. I thought I’d share my costume today! I used two t-shirts to create this upcycled “Bat Dress.”

Bacardi Shirt

I cut the sleeves off of this men’s bacardi shirt. I chose it because I wanted an orange and green theme, but I thought I could play up the bats on it!

I took another XL men’s t-shirt in orange and cut the bottom to create a trim.

Orange t-shirt trim

I cut the seams on both sides of the t-shirt to open it up, pinned the orange trim to the bottom of both sides and used a zig zag stitch to sew them to the shirt.

I cut the sleeves off of my orange t-shirt, opened them up and sewed them to the sleeveless dress with an exposed zig zag stitch. I also cut the ends of the sleeves off to leave a raw edge.

The neckline was cut into a boat neck shape and left with a raw edge.

The finished product?

The neckline looks funny in the picture, but it’s a straight boat neck! I’m working on a pin to cover up that bacardi logo … some bat wings or maybe a full scale bat! 🙂

Lots o' Scraps

I’ll have a tutorial later on for what happens to all these left over scraps!

Upcycling clothing is simple. I didn’t use a pattern for this dress. To create my own pattern, I often trace existing pieces for the size. This is also free and doesn’t require you to keep up with a lot of tissue paper patterns. If you do want to use a pattern, it’s easy to transform a pattern into something else. I do have patterns that are cut from what they were originally intended to be into something different.

I’ll have more tutorials coming up on this subject.

I watched Live with Regis and Kelly this morning. They were featuring many of the crafts suggestions from Family Fun magazine which I am subscribed to. I love this easy repurposed decoration:

Adorable Milk Jug Centerpiece

You use a permanent marker to draw a face on a recycled milk jug then stick a flameless tealight inside. You have an adorable centerpiece, decoration for your porch or think of how CUTE these would be lining your walkway! If I can find the jugs, I want to set these out along my walkway!

Upcycle Baby

I’m crazy about upcycled clothing! It’s cute, it’s one-of-a-kind and it’s eco-friendly! Upcycling means there’s less fabric being tossed into landfills and less toxins being used to produce manufactured nonorganic fabrics. When I saw Upcycle Baby clothing, I was dying to review and promote this company!

The Front:

The back:

Kelsey made this special Kimono Hoodie for B that I love! It’s cute, comfortable, and the peace sign on the back is such a groovy detail. Her sizes run a bit larger than typical. This, for instance, was a 12-18 months, but probably fits more like a 2T. It’s perfect for me because it’ll keep him warm through the winter and hopefully beyond! It washed well and is very high quality!

{Such a cute fan photo – please ignore the drool}

Kimono Hoodies are only one of several items that she makes. You can also find yoga pants, bermuda shorts, an adorable top, and a skirt! Something for boys and girls! Be sure to visit her website and see all of her upcycled creations! A HUGE thank you to Kelsey for making B something so special!

How to purchase: you can purchase both through Kelsey’s website or at several establishments in Vermont! Don’t hestitate to contact her about a custom order.

About Kelsey:

I am an art teacher, a crafter, and a mom of two little girls…so little in fact that I had to take up sewing in order for them to have clothes that fit. Fed up with having to constantly “take in” every pair of pants that my daughter owned, I turned to the web figuring there must be something online that would show me how to make a simple pair of pants to fit my daughter.  Apparently all I needed was a sewing machine and an old t-shirt. It just so happens that my husband’s closet is overflowing with t-shirts so I picked one with a fun color and a cool logo and that began my new passion- upcycling.  I love knowing that each piece of clothing I create means one less t-shirt will end up in a landfill and that no additional textiles had to be manufactured which saves our precious resources. Every small act of green living makes a difference.  I feel lucky to live in Vermont, a state filled with supportive communities that share the ideals of recycling, being green, living simply, and buying local.

I received this product free of charge and all opinions expressed are my own.

Fused Plastic with Tracie Lampe

I’m so excited to report that I received a copy of Tracie’s book, Upcycled Accessories: 25 Projects Using Repurposed Plastic! When you purchase this book, here is what you’re getting:

 Get your copy Autographed sent to you in a Repurposed Plastic envelope that you can cut open and reuse for patterns, important papers, out going mail, etc… PLUS get a free Repurposed Plastic gift made by me just for YOU! This way you can have a piece to refer to while whipping up your own Repurposed Plastic pieces!

When the book arrived, I tore the package open in delight. I’m going to be honest… I was thinking, “How could she possibly make 25 things out of fused plastic!?” Well, not only did she do it, but she created many useful and fun items out of fused plastic!

You can see the tote, apron, and robot pictured, but what you don’t see are how to make a wallet, a place mat, a coupon organizer, little storage totes, and many more useful items! I’m not giving away all her secrets – you’ll have to purchase the book to see for yourself. 🙂

If you want your own Radical Recyk ORIGINAL, here are some of Tracie’s really fun pieces!

LOVE this! Notice the "D" ring you can hang your keys from!

Plastic Bottle Ring

If you haven’t taken the time to look at Tracie’s tutorials, I’ve included here again for your viewing pleasure:

Create your own keychain using a water bottle flower:

And here she’ll walk you step-by-step through fusing plastic to create your own ooak accessories!

Are you ready to think your recyclables yet?

For you Twilight fans, check out this GIFT CARD necklace! This is something special and unique that your sure to get compliments on! At $7.00, you can’t go wrong!

Recycled Giftcards!

 I received this product free of charge and all opinions expressed are my own.

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