Recycled Roses

Send some roses to your loved one, not real flowers, the recycled paper kind....

Florali, a Fine Flowers Florist based in Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda, CA creates these wonderful recycled rose bouquets which are made from carefully selected pages of old magazines.

Colors come in a choice of cream, coffee, chocolate, cherry, raspberry, lemon, lime, and orange.

What a great idea. Image a wedding bouquet of recycled roses; you'd have your bouquet as a keepsake forever!

Penny Key Chain

We found this on pinterest, and thought what a great idea. Pennies, made into a custom key chain pendant, created by patsdesign

Pennies relating to a lucky year, it could be a birth year, favourite year, year your child was born, year you got married, etc.

Image c/o patsdesign

Recycled Market Business Cards Ready

Keeping to our recycled theme, we purchased a custom made stamp to make our own business cards by stamping recycled card, in this case the back of an empty box of fruit bars, cut to business card size.

One could also stamp the back of cereal boxes, damaged books, greetings cards, discarded paint sample cards..

Repurposed Household Furniture

Most household furniture comes with a lifespan. Before discarding a piece of broken or unwanted furniture, which will no doubt end in landfill, there may be ways to reuse it, by creating 'new' useful, home decor.


Some creative re-purposed furniture ideas found on the www..

Image c/o pinterest

Image c/o lovelylisting

Image c/o recyclart

Image c/o imgfave

Recycle your jars

What to do with all your empty mason jars? A few ideas...

Stars jars via splattered glow paint inside mason jars

image c/o weheartit

 Snowglobe/pincushions. 

Image c/o pepperstitches

Tea in a jar
Image c/o PFE Photography

Pie in a jar
Image c/o a cup of Joe


 Booze in a jar
Image c/o That Kind of Woman 



 

Bunny/Dinosaur jar terrariums (great for kids!)
Image c/o West Coast Crafty

Greg Lauren Recycled Tent Fashion

Former actor, painter, and artist Greg Lauren is no stranger to fashion, for he is the nephew of fashion giant Ralph Lauren.  Greg has recently transferred his skills into wearable art, with his range of designer jackets made with recycled materials; army tents and duffle bags, now available to buy in Barney's. Price tags are not easy on the wallet, but his jackets are pleasing to the eye.

Greg Lauren Tailback Jacket

Twill open jacket with notched lapels. Contrast grommet and topstitch detail. Removable inner vest. Made from vintage army duffle bag. Available in Army Green

 $2,490 from Barney's

Greg Lauren Duffle Bag Coat

Reconstructed cotton canvas jacket with peaked lapel and front flap pockets made from vintage military duffle bags. Available in Army Green.

$2,485 from Barney's 

Greg Lauren Army Tent Jacket

 

Twill high collar jacket with notched satin lapels, flap front pockets, and ribbons ties at sleeves. Grommet details throughout. Center vent. Made from vintage army tents. Available in Green.

 $2,375 from Barney's

Upcycled Wooden Ruler Ideas

Rulers have long been made of wood in a wide range of sizes, but not all rulers these days, are wooden.  Vintage wooden rulers hold a certain old school nostalgia don't they? 

Old School Wooden Rulers

Image c/o GoErie.com

We've found some wonderful ways to reuse old school wooden rulers into new, useful, and artistic pieces.

Yardstick box

Made in Virginia by Dorothy Spencer, her yardstick box searches for retro rulers to make into keepsake boxes with roller skate wheels for feet, and a water faucet handle.

Vintage Ruler Charm Earrings

by  shoploverly

Vintage Ruler Lampshade

by RoostLiving


DIY Vintage Yardstick Table

from Country Living

 

 

Upcycled Box Desk Organizer

 From MalcolmStudioShop