Recycling T-shirts – New Hat

Did you know that you loose something like 80% of your body heat through the top of your head – ok that’s a factoid (I don’t know the fact I just know what I’ve been told by ‘them’). We lost the little girl’s hat the other day, it was a 99 cent bargain from [...]

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Best of Intentions

So we spent most of this holiday week with a head cold – can I just say that there isn’t much worse that a sweet little girl with a cough. My sweet little babies have both had the cold this week and thankfully both are feeling better…

I did get a few more things done [...]

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Cool Recycling Art

Wow, I love this! What a great use for recycled books – some of those look like the size of telephone books, when was the last time you were happy to find those puppies on your doorstep? Ummmm Never.
I’m thinking the next time I’m living in a situation where we have more [...]

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Green Living in Developing Nations

I was surfing the channels tonight and happened across the PBS program called E2 – the chapter I watched was on Energy for a developing world.  It was so interesting to hear about how simple changes, some of them in the form of small micro loans were doing so much to improve poverty and at [...]

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Recycled Upholstery – Matryona Dolls

The other day when I was making those recycled thank-you notes I was going through my stash of upholstery scraps and I was inspired to make some recycled scrap dolls. I’ve been seeing some really great Matryona dolls and I was ready to start something new after all the Christmas stuff.
This is my first [...]

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Freecycle Network

Just an idea now that some of us have spent all day playing with new toys in our jammies. I think I’ve reached that special time of year (now that I have new toys) when I look around (at old toys) that I’ve accumulated and I ask myself- what was I thinking?
Before you box [...]

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Third Time’s the Charm

Have you ever noticed how much better your third try is at something than the first and second tries were?  I’ve found that the third version of my work is alway the point where things finally look ‘perfect’.  The first time I do something I am still thinking about what is going to work – [...]

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Another Recycled Scrap Quilt

I finished up a couple more of my little scrap recycling quilts yesterday. These have been really fun – I’m enjoying them so much I want to do more.
I look through my scrap box and see what they remind me of. The little tree quilt was left over triangles from a bird ornament.  [...]

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Business Cards – Recycling and Printing

So, I sent out a sale from my Etsy site today and decided it was time to print off a few new business cards… only this time using my Gocco (long live Gocco!).  I used a funny little book I picked up at the thrift store as my cardstock. First I read through the [...]

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Recycled Jeans Purse

I found this really great purse for my sister before we left Colombia. It’s made from recycled jeans and other scrap fabric. The best thing about this company are their clever screen prints. This piece is made from recycled jeans, they are softly worn and such a great color.
The name of [...]

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