If you have kids at home, you will get me when I say that the home is filled with tiny color pencils. They come from different sources: gifted by various airlines or at restaurants, or even as birthday return gifts. I have always liked them and saved them knowing one day […]
Tag: recycled projects
Recycled Coasters {The Color Caravan}
We love all things re-cycled and up-cycled, and had to share Swati Seth and her Color Caravan’s new product line of recycled coasters. They are sold in sets of 2,4, 6 & 8 coasters, and each coaster is 9 cm in diameter. These recycled fabric coasters are made using strips […]
The Retyrement Plan: Upcycled fab from Anu Tandon Vieira
Anu Tandon Vieira’s The Retyrement Plan is an unusual, new-age business venture. She creates beautiful, eye-popping decor pieces out of things as ordinary as twine, old rubber tyres, old wood, bamboo, cane etc… She says her products are about connecting the dots to make something new from old stuff, and […]
Give Old Bottles a Makeover – Glitterally!
I was looking for some DIY summer projects for my daughter on Pinterest and found some cool recycled glitter bottles. I pinned some of these images on my Pinterest board.Take a look at these images and try one for yourself. These are really easy to create – you can transform […]
Crumpled Brown Paper, Ribbons and Candy: Gift Wrap Idea
Guess what this is? A dear friend’s birthday – the gift was ready, but all I had was crumpled brown paper – not perfect, but then I hate the perfection of store-bought wrapping paper. So I used it. Here’s how it all turned out. Roll gift (a pair of […]
Recycling inspiration from Shruthi!
Shruthi Berera Recycling, up-cycling, re-use, reduce – well, we have all heard these words. For some of us life is busy, and these are nothing more than words. I admit I don’t do as much a I should for the environment, but when I saw Shruthi Berera’s art pics, I […]