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Recycled Lunch Bag

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Now that the weather is warming up, and you’ll be wanting to eat your lunches outside more often, consider sewing up a recycled lunch bag you can take with you – no more brown paper bags! You can purchase some…

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Paint Chip Greeting Cards

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Many people know of my love for paint chips. Partly because we’re repainting the entire house, I’ve been known to make notebooks out of paint chips in my past.

But this idea for using those paint chips to make some adorable…

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Cat Tower Toy

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Okay, so I “might” have four cats. Don’t judge me. And they might have way too many toys they don’t play with, toys I pick up at Target or other various big box stores, filled with plastic and costing me…

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Make Your Own Trash Planner

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Just because it’s not the beginning of the year, that doesn’t mean you have to wait to get a new planner. And you definitely don’t have to go out and buy one. Head to your recycle bin and sit down…

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One-Of-A-Kind Clips

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Do you want to have some great one-of-a-kind clips to hang up everything from artwork to great art prints? You can even use these outside when you hang up your laundry, give it some pretty and some flair! Betz White…

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Plant Your Flowers In A Sustainable Way

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Recycling while crafting can sometimes be incredibly thought out and step-ridden, but sometimes you can recycle in super easy ways while crafting. I love the look of old aluminum cans stacked together with flowers growing in them. It’s a great…

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Paint Chip Bookmarks

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A few weeks ago I was on a fast trip, and picked up a new book. Reading on the plane, as we were about to land I realized i didn’t have a bookmark. I hate to bend down the corners…

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Salvaged Window Frame Mirror

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One of the items we’ve registered for (I’m getting married in less than a week!) is a few large mirrors. Our home is somewhat small, with windows placed in strange places (it’s over 100 years old), and so we don’t…

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Lengthen A Kid’s Shirt

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Those with kids know that they usually grow out of their clothes, rather than wear them out. But with many of us on a budget more so than ever, running out to the store to buy new clothes every few…

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Recycled Tights Necklace

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I used to be a ballerina, so the idea of tights is one that’s incredibly close to my heart. One of my favorite outfits is a dress and some thick tights – not those flimsy ones you get from Target,…

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Upcycling Junk Into Jewelry

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upcycling-jewelry Hippyshopper offers some great links and ideas for upcycling your junk into some unique jewelry!

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Phone Book Desk Organizer

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Now that most of us are finding much of our information online, the phone book is becoming obsolete. In my home, we haven’t used one in several years, despite the fact that they keep showing up on our porch once…

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Five Minute Notebook

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Grab some papers that are about to head to the recycle bin and whip up a few of these Five Minute Notebooks. I wish I’d have seen these a month ago – I’d have added them to the list of…

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Milk Carton Coin Purse

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For those who still carry around a ton of change (I’m one of you!), make yourself a great coin purse using an old milk carton! Be sure to rinse out first, though.

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Tea Light Holder

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A Little Hut has tons of great recycling projects available. One of the most recent is this great candle holder idea!

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