Sustainable Sundays: Home Decor

Each Sunday we highlight upcycled creations made from over 1,900 sustainable shops on our Upcyclers Etsy Team! This Sunday we decided to feature a few sustainable items that are used in the home!

yellow milk glass - art deco dish - 1930s by pilgrim cottage

Vintage Wooden Wall Sconces Oval Shaped Taper Holders with Mirrors

by Rinnovato Vintage

Upcycled Coasters, Map of New York, Repurposed Vinyl

by Purple Clover

Decorate your home in upcycled style!  You can find more sustainable creations on Etsy by using our official team search tag: teamupcyclers when shopping.

 

Happy Decorating!

~Bee
The Wooden Bee
inspired to recycle wood

www.thewoodenbee.com

Upcycled Crafting: Part 2 of 5

March 2012 is National Craft Month! Team Upcyclers has been celebrating the wonderful world of crafting by bringing you an entire month of Upcycled Craft Supplies! Each Thursday during the month of March we are highlighting our Etsy shops that provide UPCYCLED crafting supplies.  

The best news, each featured shop is providing our readers with exclusive sales and coupons!

Here are this week's THREE amazing upcycled handmade crafters!

First up...

Mike's T Shirt Yarn

Mike opened his eco-friendly t-shirt yarn shop on in January of 2011. He has been amazingly successful in his first year and it's not hard to see why!

Recycled Mint Green Super Bulky Crafting Cord

Mike prides himself on using repurposed materials, and only selects unwanted tshirts that have amazing colors! Check out this Light Blue Tie Dye Yarn.

  

I love this warm Recycled Lemon Yellow Tarn, which comes in bulk!

SALE: Enter coupon code MarchMadness at checkout for 10% off your order! Mike is offering us this exclusive sale THIS WEEK ONLY! Follow Mike and his t-shirts on Facebook!

Our second shop of this week's feature is...

Brizel Supplies

Brizel Supplies sells a variety of vintage sewing buttons and novelty fabrics. One of my favorite things is how well this shop organizes this unique collection of supplies. Wood, metal, plastic, glass, shell, and rhinestone buttons can all be found in this gorgeous shop!

I loved these vintage wood buttons!

And how pretty are these Primrose vintage metal buttons?!

Oh the crafts I would do with this mix of assorted blue vintage sewing buttons!

SALE: Enter coupon code UPCYCLE for 10% off your order. (I know I did and I saved on some amazing leather buttons)!  This offer is good from Sunday March 4th thru Wednesday March 14th!  Follow Brizel's awesome blog! 

Our third shop featured this week...our amazing team's captain!

 

 

Cat, who founded Team Upcyclers, has a great eye for upcycled and vintage creations. Check out all three of her shops! She's offering us a sale in all of them!

 

Collagical is an eclectic mix of whimsical, fanciful elements and objects. Here Cat offes mixed media collages, assemblages, art tags, upcycled, vintage & handmade jewelry, charms, Cracker Jack prizes, vintage accessories, Suncatchers, paper crafts... yes, an eclectic mix!

I loved these 3D Art Shipping Tags! 

In her shop, Im Sew Pretty, Cat sells vintage sewing patterns, vintage fashions and accessories, upcycled and handmade fabric products, craft books, magazines & more. Check out her unique selection of vintage patterns!

In Cat's third shop, Photo Art by cnicely, she offers prints, digital sheets and JPEG's of her original photo art, vintage and antique photos, greeting cards, postcards, sheet music art & more!

 So trot on over and check out some of Cat's vintage photos!

 

SALE:  15% off all gift tags in Collagical, all sewing patterns in I'm Sew Pretty AND all vintage and stock photo JPG files in Photo Art by cnicely! Just enter coupon code: CRAFTINGSUPPLIES15 in any shop for the discount!

We hope you enjoy these unique upcycled crafters and their special sales! Check out all our team's craft sales this month here!

Happy (Upcycled) Crafting!

Bee
The Wooden Bee
www.thewoodenbee.etsy.com

Weekly Giveaway: Rescued Goods!

Say Hello to Vanessa of Rescued Goods~ this week's sponsor of our Weekly Giveaway! And thanks to Elyse from The ReGiftables, you can also say Congratulations to #45~ Marina, the winner of last week's Giveaway!

Our generous sponsor this week is offering a large beach tote she upcycled from a 100 lb. rice bag! It is extra roomy for all your towels and beach gear plus it has 35" inch long handles so you can throw it over your shoulder!

One of Vanessa's earliest memories was of her grandmother's friend, Lucille, calling across the fence to her Grandmother as she hung out her laundry, "Are we going sailing today?". Sailing meant yardsale~ing and yes, they'd be going! She recalls many Saturdays spent with her Gram hitting sales around her small New England town. Those days of "sale~ing" are still with her today, as Vanessa searches for lost goods waiting to be rescued and brought to a new home. She also loves to upcycle pre-loved goods into new treasures. She says that is the "spirit of Rescued Goods"...

Vintage Quilt Blocks

Tactile Tag Blankets for Babies

Besides the post consumer rice bags, Vanessa also uses vintage fabric, and found objects to create her Rescued Goods.

Vintage Fabric Burp Clothes

This month is National Craft Month, and we are featuring sellers who carry supplies in their shops every Thursday, so we'd also like to share some of Vanessa's craft supply items!

Vintage Nautical Trim

Vintage Squirrel Print Fabric~ Fat Quarter

I adore squirrels, so this tops my favorite list! You can tell us about your favorite item when you enter! I especially loved the fact that Vanessa shared an Etsy eco-tip in the listing of the fabric about using gift bags for giving, since they are reusable!

Not only will Vanessa barter for other Etsy listings you might have, she also donates to various organizations. Each month a percentage of profits (more like all the profits & more right now!) is donated to a non-profit organization for children, animals, our environment, soldiers in harm's way, or veterans. She says, "Every bit can help!" Previous organizations she has supported include; the local Animal Refuge League, soldiers in harm's way, families in need during the holiday season, the local food pantry, and a local play-based non-profit preschool. We're proud to feature Vanessa's shop and support her efforts to help others~ including Upcyclers!

If you'd like to enter the Giveaway it's easy! First, be sure you are a follower of this blog, Love 2 Upcycle~ not a follower? Just look to the left and click. Voila! You are a follower. But you haven't entered yet.
Now, you can choose 4 of the following ways to enter, up to 4 times!

1. Visit Rescued Goods and favorite the shop!

2. Add Vanessa to your circle and tell us here about your favorite item!

3. Like Rescued Goods on Facebook! 

4. Tweet this Giveaway on Twitter or Share it on Facebook!

5. Pin one item from Rescued Goods on Pinterest! 
 
Remember, only 4 entries count, and each one must be left in a separate comment! If you don't have an email listed on your bio, leave it here in one of your comments. Deadline to enter is Midnight, March 11th!

Winner will be randomly drawn using Random.org's generator.
 

Good Luck!
 
Would you like to Sponsor a Giveaway on Love 2 Upcycle? You don't have to be a member of Upcyclers to be a sponsor, all Etsy sellers of upcycled or eco-friendly products are welcome! But of course, we'd love for you to join the team!

Sustainable Sundays: SALES!!!

March is National Craft Month! So all month long we are celebrating DIY crafting, by featuring 15 awesome Upcyclers shops that offer all sorts of DIY upcycled supplies!  On March 1st we featured our first three shops, and every Thursday for the rest of the month we will feature three more.

For our Sustainable Sundays post this week, I am excited to share with you the 15 Upcyclers' and the SALES they are offering exclusively to our followers! :)

BrizelSupplies

Supplies: vintage buttons

SALE: Enter coupon code UPCYCLE for 10% off your order! Coupon Sale is good from Sunday 4th thru the Wed 14th.

Follow Brizel Supplies on their Blog! They will be featured on our blog on March 8th!

Mike's T Shirt Yarn

Supplies: t-shirt yarn

SALE: Enter coupon code MarchMadness for 10% off your order, during the week of his feature! His upcycled yarn will be featured on our blog on March 8th! Follow Mike's blog until then!

Collagical

Supplies: vintage patterns, gift tags & so much more!
SALE: Enter coupon code CRAFTSUPPLIES15 for 15% off your order!

Follow Cat on her blog! She will be featured on our blog on March 8th!

Thoughtful Rose Handcrafts
Supplies: recycled yarn

SALE: Enter coupon code ETSYUPCYCLERS15 for 15% off your order!

Follow Thoughtful Rose Handcrafts on their Blog! They will be featured on our blog on March 15th!

gr3een

Supplies: soda pop tabs, recycled cardstock tags & more!
SALE: Enter coupon code UPCYCLERS32012 for 10% off your order!

Follow gr3een on Facebook! They will be featured on our blog on March 15th!

The Wooden Bee

Supplies: wine corks, hardware, wood

 SALE: Enter coupon code CRAFT2012 for 12% off your order! I will be feature on our blog on March 15th! Follow The Wooden Bee's blog!

Beach Glass Shop

Supplies: glass, glass buttons, stones

SALE: Enter coupon code FAVFRIENDS for 20% off all purchases,
plus FREE shipping inside the United States!

Follow Beach Glass Shop's Blog! They will be featured on our blog on March 22nd!

Altered Inspirations

Supplies: jute twine, vintage crayons, paper collage kits & more!

SALE: Enter coupon March2012 for 10% off your order!
Follow Altered Inspirations on Facebook! They will be featured on our blog on March 22nd!

Mellostuff

 supplies: destash bracelets
SALE: Received $3.00 off a set of your choice. Contact Mellostuff for details.
 They will be featured on our blog on March 22nd! Until then follow Mellostuff on Facebook!

ITSYOURCOUNTRY

Supplies: cutter quilt appliques & so much more!

SALE: Enter coupon code LUVCRAFTING10 for 10% off during the month of March through April 4th! They will be featured on our blog on March 29th!  Check out their second shop until then. 

Girl A GoGo Designs
Supplies: DIY Colour Dolls
SALE:  Enter coupon code FIFTEEN at check out for a 15% discount off any item(s)! They will be featured on our blog on March 29th.

Follow Girl A GoGO Designs on Facebook!

Rope

Supplies: vintage fabrics
SALE: Enter coupon code UPCYCLE for 20% off your order! Rope will be featured on our blog on March 29th! Check out their blog!

Our Childrens Earth 
Supplies: vintage patterns, recycled crayons, & more!

SALE: Enter coupon code marchupcyclers for 10% off your order!

They were featured on our blog on March 1st. Follow their blog!

Coolclimates

Suppies: recycled yarn
SALE: Enter coupon code COOL10, for 10% off your order!

They are closing their second Etsy store, Coollight, so they can focus more on their artful yarn. Enjoy 25% - 50% savings there as well.

Coolclimates was featured on our blog on March 1st. Follow their blog!

oneBlessed Mommie
Supplies: ABCs & 123s

SALE: free shipping during feature THIS WEEK ONLY!

She was featured on our blog on March 1st.

Follow one BLESSED mommie on Facebook!

Isn't that awesome?! All these discounts just because we love 2 upcycle!

Most coupons and sales are good for the month of March, unless otherwise noted. Please contact the shop if you have any questions. 

Enjoy your savings and thanks for being green and upcycling!

Bee
The Wooden Bee
www.thewoodenbee.com

Upcycled Crafting: Part 1 of 5

March 2012 is National Craft Month! Team Upcyclers is ready to celebrate the wonderful world of crafting by bringing you an entire month of Upcycled Craft Supplies! Each Thursday during the month of March we will highlight our Etsy shops that provide UPCYCLED crafting supplies. 

The best news, each featured shop is providing our readers with exclusive sales and coupons!

So let's get started... here are THREE amazing upcycled handmade crafters!

 

Our Childrens Earth

Stephanie from Our Childrens Earth uses items from the earth, or items that are recycled, up-cycled, reused, and repurposed, to make her lovely creations.  She also produces an upcycled blog, that features everything from tutorial & interviews, to family crafts & healthy living tips.    

Our Childrens Earth has a large selection of Detash/Supplies in their eco-friendly shop! I had so much fun looking through all of them.

Check out these Recycled Bottlecap Buttons

And how cool are these Recycled Car Crayons?!

I love the selection of vintage sewing patterns she has in stock as well!

Check out all of Our Childrens Earth's upcycled supplies and save 10% off your entire purchase. Enter coupon code: marchupcyclers. Offer only good during the month of March.

Our second shop of this week's feature is...

Coolclimates

Rachel from Coolclimates is a talented artist who created an amazing line of upcycled eco-friendly yarn that's great for knitting, crochet and other crafts.  With an extensive background in textile design, paper making, and ceramics, Rachel also produces a lovely blog that like her shop, combines her skill, her love of design and the natural world around her.

We love how she cleverly names her colorful yarn creations.

 Like this Upcycled T-shirt yarn, she calls Cedar Key.

Or this Blueberry Raku upcycled yarn, made from strands of unraveled sweaters!

This handspun yarn she calls Icebergs, is an work of art by itself.

Come check out this successful Etsy shop and see how Rachel takes yarn to a whole new level. Enter coupon code COOL10 for 10% off your entire purchase. Offer only good for the month of March.

Our third shop featured this week...

One BLESSED Mommie

One BLESSED Mommie is just that... A mother who has been richly blessed with 4 beautiful children. Natosha opened her shop to raise funds for a specialized power-chair that would give her oldest daughter, born with a rare genetic disorder called Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), the independence she needed! Her successful shop has reached its goal, and she now donates a portion of select sales to a non-profit organization that helps families with SMA. 

Of course a passionate mom would create kid friendly crafting supplies! Like these Rag Letters & Numbers! A clever way to decorate a room or any creative space, and a clever way to give your child a little tactile educational fun. 

Check out all of One BLESSED Mommie's upcycled fabric letters and numbers and save! One BLESSED Mommie is offering FREE SHIPPING on their crafty letters and numbers. Offer only good for the month of March.


We hope you enjoy these unique upcycled crafters and their special sales! Look for next week's featured shops...with more savings!!!

Happy (Upcycling) Crafting!

Bee
The Wooden Bee
www.thewoodenbee.etsy.com