Upcycled Crafting: Part 3 of 5

Did you know that March 2012 is National Craft Month?! Well I've been telling you every Thursday all month long. :) Team Upcyclers has been celebrating the wonderful world of crafting by bringing you an entire month of Upcycled Craft Supplies! Each Thursday we've highlighted our Etsy shops that provide UPCYCLED crafting supplies.

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

Here are this week's THREE upcycled handmade crafters and their awesome coupons!

Thoughtful Rose Supply

"I craft exclusively with recycled materials. My mission at Thoughtful Rose Supply is to enable and inspire other crafters to use recycled materials as well!"
Sharon, Thoughtful Rose Supply

I found this well said statement in Sharon's profile, along with an exquisite collection of beautifully photographed recycled yarn. Sharon upcycles cashmere, silk, wool, and other materials from discarded sweaters into recycled yarns.
  

Like this pretty Spring Green Cashmere Recycled Yarn


Or this Heathered Coral Pink Cotton Cashmere Blend Recycled Yarn

I loved this Caramel Brown Recycled Wool Yarn!

Thoughtful Rose Supply SALE:

Enter coupon code ETSYUPCYCLERS15 at checkout for 15% off your supply order! This exclusive offer is good for this month only! Follow Sharon on her amazing blog, which is full of sustainable conscious crafting!

The Wooden Bee

So I couldn't pass up an opportunity to promote upcycled crafting. Our business model is vital to this wonderful hobby.  We offer an array of upcycled craft materials, like both natural and colored corks.

Or our reclaimed cabinet doors, they offer a great canvas for all sorts of art and crafting.

Our bulletin board, trivet and coaster kits offer an eco-friendly frame box for saving & designing wine corks.

The Wooden Bee SALE:

Enter coupon code CRAFT2012 at checkout for 12% off your supply order! This exclusive offer is good for this month only! Follow the wood, and other upcycled materials, on our blog!

gr3een

We love this fun eco-friendly shop!  Annette, from gr3een, does a fabulous job creating and collection upcycled, eco-friendly items.

Soda Can Pop Tabs are a popular craft supply in this shop! 

And how beautiful are these chocolate brown recycled gift tags?!

This green shop even offers eco-friendly sea shells for crafting,

like these Shark Eye Shells!

gr3een SALE

Enter coupon code UPCYCLERS32012 at checkout for 10% off your supply order! This exclusive offer is good for this month only! Follow gr3een on Facebook for tons of environmentally conscious status updates!!! 

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

Wasteless Wednesday: Don't Throw Away That T-Shirt!

We all love our old t-shirts~ they can be like an old friend! But there comes a time when they are either too small, too worn, or you just have too many stuffed in your drawers. Upcyclers looooove t-shirts~ or should I say "relove" t-shirts? You wouldn't believe the ways they can be saved...

Here are seven ways our members and others who Love 2 Upcycle have given new life to an old tee:

1. St. Patty's Day is coming~ show your green in an upcycled t-shirt skirt!

Ohzie

2. Upcycled Design Lab has just started an ongoing project with 20 tees she's upcycling~ you can follow her progress on her blog: Reaching for more! Here's her first completed design, a matchbox t-shirt necklace:

3. Did you know you can crochet with t-shirt yarn? Here's some examples of what the yarn can look like:

CoolClimates

thirtyone13

4. And here's something that can be made from it:

Debbie Crochets

Cool, huh?

5. Maybe you remember the loop yarn pot holders we made as kids? Here's a crocheted version using t-shirt yarn~ brings back memories doesn't it? And it's handmade instead of mass produced!

The Goose's Golden Egg

6. Can you wrap your head around this idea?

Organic Planet

But sometimes, it's just time to say "Goodbye" to your old friend~ stained, holey, stretched to it's limits, that t-shirt's gotta go! But wait! We've still got more ways to save it!

7. Dust with it, polish with it, wash with it, dry with it, wipe your nose with it! But, for heaven's sake, don't throw it away until you absolutely have to!

Have a great week, everybody~ and Remember: Don't Waste A Thing!