Posted by Danielle in Blog and was tagged with upcycling plastic, danielle, reusing plastic
Fox Business recently featured an article about upcycling where in a woman, Kelly Campbell of Kellybeth Designs, transforms old credit, debit, and gift cards into jewelry and sells them. A brilliant and inexpensive business idea, she uses discarded and donated cards to create eye catching necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. From the article:
Blox Bracelet from KellyBeth [...]
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Posted by Leanna Reece in Blog, Upcyling Tutorials and was tagged with upcycle, tutorial, diy, leanna, vase, vases, jute, bottle, rustic
From soda to vase in a few quick steps!
It's not often that I buy any drinks in a glass bottle, so when I impulsively bought a soda the other day, I knew it was fate. It would be destined to be... something. In this case, I had come across some less-than-lovely jute that would lend [...]
Posted by Leanna Reece in Blog, Upcyling Tutorials and was tagged with upcycling, tutorial, diy, upcycled, magazine, upcycling fail, craft fail, picture frame
Have you seen our Round Paper Frame? Looks super easy to make, right? That's what I thought. Why buy this cute little picture frame when it can be made so easily? The pictures tell the story....
Looks so easy!
Looks so awful!
While I am indeed compensated for my time by Hipcycle, I do indeed make every effort [...]
Posted by Danielle in Blog and was tagged with upcycle, reuse, danielle, upcycling app
Did you know that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that the average American dumps almost 4.5 pounds of waste into landfills every day? Meanwhile there are nearly 300 million iPhone and Android devices in the marketplace. Both of these numbers grow daily.
That’s why the idea for the Create Change App was born.
Sean McKenna and Jenelle [...]
Posted by Danielle in Blog and was tagged with eco wedding, upcycled wedding, wedding gifts, green wedding gifts, danielle
Instead of jumping on the "wedding gift bandwagon" and buying yet another traditional set of china or crystal punch bowl, why not go green when you attend that upcoming wedding? Anyone can give money or a gift card to the happy couple. But they will be blown away when they receive an eco-friendly wedding gift [...]
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Posted by Leanna Reece in Blog, Upcyling Tutorials and was tagged with upcycling, tutorial, diy, upcycled, book, leanna, bud vase, vase, vases, light bulb, old books
Books and light bulbs go together like, well, books and light bulbs!
Remember the old light bulb upcycling tutorial? It's been a while, eh? Well I didn't forget about it... but I'm one of those people that start a bunch of projects and take a loooong time to finish them. I still have a ton of [...]
Posted by Danielle in Blog and was tagged with upcycle, upcycling, reuse
There is much wisdom in the saying, "What's old is new again." While the "old" could be an adjective to describe fads in clothing, music, or attitudes, it most aptly implies reusing old materials in new ways.
The possibilities for repurposing items are only as limited as the human imagination. A little creativity and refurbishing will [...]
Posted by Susan Tucker in Blog and was tagged with bag, upcycled bag, travel bag
Don't I look snazzy with my cool bag?
I am a bag addict.
Sounds weird doesn't it? having an addiction to bags. Well, I do and it drives Hubby CRAZY. I don't need the latest and most fashionable clothing item, but I do drool over almost every cool bag I come across. To me, bags are so [...]
Posted by Leanna Reece in Blog, Upcyling Tutorials and was tagged with tutorial, diy, how to, upcycled, leanna, scrap fabric, hanger, hangers
This hanger is ridiculously easy and relatively foolproof!
One of my rescued items when a neighbor placed the contents of their storage shed on the curb was a TON of fabric that was made into a ribbon. (My apologies if this actually has an official term!)
If you don't happen to have something like that, consider cutting [...]
Posted by Danielle in Blog and was tagged with upcycling, upcycled art
We'd like to welcome aboard our new Hipcycle Blogger, Danielle DeSoto! Stay tuned for weekly posts by Danielle.
We're all familiar with upcycling, the hip and eco-friendly art of taking old stuff and making new stuff with it. Anybody who's ever melted a bunch of candle stubs into a glass jar with a new wick is [...]
