Showing posts with label frame. Show all posts
Showing posts with label frame. Show all posts

October 30, 2011

Sustainable Sundays: Corrugated Mosaics


Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality and higher environmental value. 

Upcyclers is a team of 1415 shops that are upcycling all over the world!
Each Sunday we feature a sustainable product from one Upcyclers shop that helped with the success of our team.

This week's featured shop and item...

Mixed Pair of 4x6 Photo Frames, made from corrugated boxes

Corrugated Mosaics, by Luci Lytle, is an unusual collection of one of a kind creations that transform recycled materials and found objects into Fine Art & Crafts.  We love her slogan, "Turning corrugated boxes inside out and upside down!"  Luci is new to Etsy and Team Upcyclers and we are excited to welcome her amazing creations! 

Shop Stats:
Opened August 25th, 2011
28 items for sale
0 sales
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Luci also has another upcycled Etsy shop, FoundonCurb, which was opened in June 27th, 2011 and already has 31 sales! Here she features found recycled and vintage materials, like this lot of recycled glass: caramel marbled matchsticks!


It is always hard to pick one upcycled item from all our active shops each week! You can find more sustainable creations on Etsy by using our official team search tag: teamupcyclers when shopping.

Happy Upcycling until next week,
~Bee
The Wooden Bee
www.thewoodenbee.etsy.com

April 15, 2011

Love 2 DIY on the Weekend: Upcycled Jewelry

Yea it's Friday once again! And time for another great DIY for you to try. I found this fun blogger on our Upcycle team on Etsypreneur and she was very enthusiastic about posting her tutorial for us! Her name is Cynthia and is a brand new blogger, she even added a little surprise at the end, so please show her some Upcycled love by following her blog so she isn't quite so lonely!

Junk Art Frame DIY From Costume Jewelry
I made a recycled, junk art frame to share with you today.  With a bag of junk jewelry, a glue gun, and a pair of pliers I made this little frame in about an hour.  Maybe more (time) because I fuss with my projects...but if you are aggressive you can complete your own in no time at all.





This was my original bag of costume jewelry and blank picture frame.  I selected a thrift store frame that I acquired for .25 that is metal covered with paper.  A wooden frame would work, too.





To see the finished product please head over to My Junk Inspired Life! And have a fantastic weekend!