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    Happy Earth Day!

    April 22, 2010 - By 

    Am I doing anything special to celebrate Earth day…not really. Every day I try to be eco-friendly. I’m not perfect by any stretch but I do give thought to the products I use and the packaging it comes in.

    I heard the other day that Minnesota is #2 in recycling in the nation! I’m so glad I have such great curbside recycling. I found out last week our county environmental center is now taking yogurt ( #5 ) cups at their site. Have to start a box for those that I don’t recycle into paint cups and seed starters.

    I love to recycle clothing and housewares into other usable objects.  Below are a few examples of my recycled or maybe “up-cycled” projects. We have sweater hats, a t-shirt pillow, jeans quilt, bags from a denim slipcover and tablecloth, quilt from jeans and flannel shirts and a fabric bowl from dress shirts.

    What are doing to celebrate Earth Day?

    I’m also going to be wishing my good friend Elizabeth a very Happy Birthday! Hop on over to her blog to wish her a Happy Birthday and a chance at a  fabulous giveaway!

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    Capri’s anyone?

    March 11, 2010 - By 

    Problem: Pants with a hole in one knee.
     (ok…so I forgot to take a photo before actually cutting the legs off)

    Solution: Capri pants.
    BTW–she picked the fabric for the extensions. I didn’t think it matched too well but it was her choice.

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    Shakespeare paper beads

    February 20, 2010 - By 

    Since I had The Complete Works of Shakespeare text block left over from my book purse, I figured I better do something with some of those pages.

    I’m not as happy with the look of these as some of my previous paper beads. I think having just text with no color variation is kind of boring. I’ll likely be going back to magazine pages the next time.