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Happy Friday!

The weekend is finally here … hooray!

This weeks feature is a funky, fresh and ECO  fabulous etsy seller…

with a knack for giving new life to items that might otherwise be tossed into a landfill…

such as the plates and cups used for the dessert tray featured above…

What an adorb upcycled treasure +  fancy reuse idea!!!

<3

“From Great Waste to Great Taste!”

Lauren Usher of UPCYCLED unlimited

is the crafty and creative artist behind all the work…

be sure to also visit her BLOG too!

NOW for a  little upcycled fashion porn…

(click on image for larger view)

love LOVE love!!!

don’t u?

from potholders to place mats to ties to buttons & belts

unique and one of a kind eco friendly purses, accessories, jewelry +decor

re purposed  just for YOU!

I heart finding uber fresh upcycled and recycled goods.

makes me all giddy inside …

delighted to share the green 411 with ya!

have a wonderful weekend!!

support handmade.

Support a Motivated Hippy!

peace. love. & happiness.

the {upcycled & recycled} Couch: Vegan Eco Strap!

TGIF!!!

Check out these recycled seat belt guitar straps! Aren’t the colors are awesome?

The Vegan Eco Strap has always been a best seller at Couch. It’s simply the best-made, best-looking, most functional vegan guitar strap available anywhere in the world at the best price. Know also that we’ve thoroughly considered how this product relates to the world around us, not only by making this strap cruelty free and vegan, but by using 100% recycled seat belt materials, and making this USA made strap sweatshop free, locally here where we live, in Los Angeles, California.

Want one?  Just visit their etsy store.

I like the orange & teal color!

And this vintage camera strap would look fabu attached to  my Nikon D40…,  no?  “D40″ needs a name I’ve decided. Hmmmm. 

This camera strap is made of the actual 30 year old vintage deadstock vinyl used in many early late 70’s and early 80’s Mercedes Benz cars.

Pretty eco RAD … love me some vintage!

Stay cool out there this weekend, peeps…  temps are going to be well into the 100’s, here!

aye caliente!

Have a lovely weekend!

Any special plans??

the {upcycled & recycled} Recycled Crafts @CraftGossip!

TGIF!

We’ve been crafting during the hottest parts of the day usually between 1-3pm. It really just depends on nap, lunch, what were doing at the time… etc.

Really quickly…

Did you know, it’s National Pollinator’s week?

buzz, buzz!

On Wednesday we made a bee using construction paper and also purchased beeswax from the local honey guy.

Later that evening I made a salve from the beeswax. Even the local beekeeper believes in upcycling!

Anywho!

Thought you’d like to know about a fun site called Craft Gossip which features some pretty groovy Recycled Crafts...

A few fun upcycled inspirations…

-    A bunch of pretty designs made from recycled paper tubes

-     Recycle plastic bags into super cute iron on images

-     How to make a new credenza from an old dresser

-    An oh so pretty new spin on a classic recycling project-tinted jar votives

What have you been up to this week?

Any fun crafting???

C’mon spill!! Love hearing your thoughts.

Have a great weekend!

the {upcycled & recycled} green ideas for summer!

Photo credit: Gingerbread Snowflakes

Howdy!

It’s Friday ….hip, hip, hooray!

How about a little Friday crafty, upcycled & recycled summer F-U-N…

Earthdiva’s Blog:  Recycle Your Flip Flops

Dollar Store Crafts: Recycle Canisters into an Adorable Mushroom Village

The Crafty Crow: Homemade Bubble Wands

Martha Stewart: Elephant Feet

re-nest: A Great Way To Reuse A Toilet Paper Roll

& check out Inhabitot’s 2010 Spring Greening Contest winners!

Have a marvy weekend, friends!

the {upcycled & recycled} Part Two: Birthday Crown

Hola, friends!

Is this week over, yet? cuz, TGIF!!!

Last week, it was all about the birthday banner I made for the boys…

This week, I present you with the honorary birthday crown! Tristan absolutely loved wearing his crown on his birthday. I think it was the best part of his day. It made him feel special!  I don’t think  it mattered much to the birthday boy, but I wanted him to have some embellishments on the crown. Since he is an Earth Day baby,  I had the idea of cutting up one of his organic onesies depicting our planet and will sew it on eventually (timing was not good this year). I do like the simplicity of the crown though.

I used the same pair of jeans as I did for the banner and used a felted wool sweater for the front piece. One night, after finishing up what I wanted to get done on the banner, I realized I could also make a crown. The crown idea just came together in my head… I didn’t follow any tutorial or pattern. I just went with my sewing instincts. But, here’s a fabulous tutorial done by one savvy, AND very creative green mama.

For the most part, I’m happy with the way it looks.

Oh and I was hoping to share the final product with you sans pins (banner and crown)… but my lovely D40 took a dive on me yesterday! Clark managed to get it off my desk and it fell on the ground. Now, I hear a little jiggle on the inside of my camera! Fun! So, as soon as I can upload pics again… I’ll edit the ones here, asap.

Birthday parties don’t have to be filled with all the party hats, treat bags, and other party disposables etc.

If sewing isn’t your thing, you can find birthday crowns and felted party hats (and other eco party supplies) at Green Party Goods!

I’m planning to make a birthday crown  for Clark as well. I figure they shouldn’t have to share this one. For now, I’m laying off the birthday projects and focusing on others…

this project is definitely going on the sewing list!

Hope you have a great weekend!

What are you up to??

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