Posted in Ideas, tagged art from recycled materials, recycled art, upcycle, upcycled, upcycling on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I was so impressed when I stumbled across julienjaborska’s Etsy store. The store’s name is Rebicyclist and this upcycling artist does belts, keychains and coasters. What a great idea, turn those useless old bike tires into something useful and stylish.
My favorite belts are the chunky road tire type, I think they’d be an edgy statement in the workplace.
Posted in Ideas, tagged art from recycled materials, etsy, recycled art, recycled crafts, upcycle, upcycle crafts, upcycled, upcycling, upcycling crafts on March 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
When I was searching Etsy today for someone new to spotlight, I entered ‘upcycled’ into the search engine and was so impressed to find these works by KD. The green circle bracelet is so elegant and then looking through her store I found some lovely earrings as well.
ArtworkbyKD also has some very fun and quirky flower rings as well. Her shop is worth a second look, or third or fourth, enjoy.
Posted in crafts, Journal, tagged Cara L Johnson, easy crafts, easy recycling, homemade crafts, recycled crafts, recycling crafts, recycling ideas, upcycling on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s fall here in Brazil, we’re getting colder at night and still I just can’t accept it. With Easter just a week or so ago I can’t seem to reconcile myself to this side of the Equator. So in my home it’s spring and we’re making little pastel houses and decorating eggs with vintage trim.
The little houses are upcycled cardboard with vintage lace. I’m still at work on the birds who will live in these sweet little homes.
Posted in Journal, tagged Art Doll Quarterly, Cara L Johnson, green craft magazine, green crafts, green ideas, Somerset Magaine, Stampington Co., upcycling, upcycling crafts, upcycling ideas, upcycling magazine on March 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Guess what, I’ve gotten some great news lately and my upcycled geisha doll will be appearing in Art Doll Quarterly‘s May 1, 2009 issue. I just can’t wait!
Art Doll Quarterly is published by Stampington & Co. and I love, love all of their books, in fact I’m really excited about their Green Craft magazine that will come out in late Summer. Have a look at the site and if you’ve got green crafts to share, send them in!
Posted in Journal, tagged Cara L Johnson, recycled crafts, recycled sweaters, recycling projects, upcycling on March 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I like buying patterns from Etsy and using my own collection of old and worn out clothing to make new stuffed friends. She is made up of a great lumberjack shirt in orange that I just couldn’t part with.
Hoot!
Posted in Ideas, tagged birthday party, brazilian decorating, brazilian party, easy crafts, easy decorating, easy recycling crafts, recycling, upcycled crafts, upcycling on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Here in Brasilia there are lots of parties, fireworks break the silence most weekend nights, and sometimes even during the week. The parties are loud and they go on until dawn begins to break. It’s amazing how long and often these Brazilians party.
A past weekend our neighbors began preparing their home for another all-night fest, and while I was dreading the noise until the wee hours I was envious of the decorations. Along the front fence and then into their yard were meters and meters of banners. The banners consisted of little pastel and fluorescent colored squares on a thin string. They were all colors and when night fell the addition of just a little light made them really pretty. The best part was that then they took them down and used them for a party on the following weekend.
We’re going to get ourself settled enough to have a party at the end of October, so I’ve been upcycling some of my thrift store clothes into cloth banners to do up our yard. I can’t wait!
Posted in Journal, tagged ATC, easy crafts, flash cards, recycled craft, recycling crafts, travel crafts, upcycling on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I’ve been writing about what I’ve been doing to keep my hands out of trouble as we travel and here is the first little collection of my Flash Card art. Read the Tips for more info.
Posted in Everything, tagged etsy, found art, found items, recycled art, recycled crafts, recycling art, recycling artist, recycling craft, upcycling on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve collected over 8 pages of Favorite Sellers on Etsy at this point and part of my pick me up, in these days and weeks until all of my crafts catch up with me here in Brasilia, I’ve been looking at other people’s work.
I wanted to share Lemon Oak Studio with you. Tricia and her sister both have shops on Etsy, I understand from her portfolio and blog that she began making the angels from items she collected during daily walks, and that it was originally a means for working through her father’s illness.
Check out the wonderful angels and prints, maybe they’ll inspire your next walk. What a great way to deal with stress and make something out of an experience. I’m so impressed!
Posted in Ideas, Journal, tagged easy crafts, recycling craft, thrift store shopping, upcycling, upcycling crafts on March 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ok, if you haven’t visited yet, please go check out Etsy this morning. Etsy is a marketplace for handmade crafts, so it’s much better than the other E-named marketplace. Many cool people, many cool things. Besides the listing fees are a bargain compared to that other E-named site. I am so impressed with the sweater purse I saw in this morning’s featured Treasury.
Etsians (I think I’m using that right) log in and make their own treasury submissions and the Etsy team selects treasury collections to display on the main page.
I love sweaters repurposed as purses, new clothing, or birds. I thought that this cute little grey sweater made for a soft sweet bird. Anyone have a cool sweater item? Send me some e-mail and I’ll post your cool photo here!
