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8:03 am - Sun, Apr 28, 2013
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Old bed frame pieces used as garden borders / fences. (photo via 33 Barefoot Lane)

Old bed frame pieces used as garden borders / fences.

(photo via 33 Barefoot Lane)

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5:08 pm - Sat, Apr 27, 2013
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Everyday plastic items, artfully arranged. Installation by Mary Ellen Croteau; we featured her plastic bottle cap portrait earlier on Unconsumption here. See also: Artist Jean Shin’s displays of empty pill bottles.
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Everyday plastic items, artfully arranged.

Installation by Mary Ellen Croteau; we featured her plastic bottle cap portrait earlier on Unconsumption here.

See also: Artist Jean Shin’s displays of empty pill bottles.

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3:24 pm - Wed, Apr 17, 2013
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I get a kick out of seeing creative new uses for those plastic clips that keep bags of bread closed. (We’ve highlighted some bread-tag reuse examples here.) 

Also, trashion — clothing made from items that many people would toss into a trash can or a recycling bin — not only makes many of us smile, but encourages us to consider our wardrobe options and choices.

That said, there’s this: Bread clips upcycled into a wedding dress. 

The bride, Australia resident and fashion designer Stephanie Watson, sewed onto cotton fabric some 10,000 bread bag clips she’d collected for 10+ years. Cost: $36.

The Geelong Advertiser says this:

Ms Watson said she started collecting bread tags a decade ago at 19, and joked that when there were enough tags to cover a wedding dress, she and Mr Wapling would get married.

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“We started living together in Geelong and there was a pile of bread tags on the window sill which we just kept adding to,” Ms Watson said.

“It was just a joke at the beginning, but then people heard about the idea and they started collecting for us and giving us bread tags. “I was getting so many, I had to keep getting bigger and bigger jars.

A cousin (who’s a baker) donated a roll of tags (presumably new ones, but still) to help Stephanie complete the dress. 

(spotted on TreeHugger)

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5:12 pm - Fri, Apr 5, 2013
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It’s wine o’clock (somewhere), so time to share an adult beverage-related repurposing find.  Today, it’s Champagne corks used as bike handlebar caps. (photo by Jon Heslop)  For earlier items in Unconsumption’s wine o’clock series, check out the archive here. Cheers!
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It’s wine o’clock (somewhere), so time to share an adult beverage-related repurposing find. 

Today, it’s Champagne corks used as bike handlebar caps. (photo by Jon Heslop) 

For earlier items in Unconsumption’s wine o’clock series, check out the archive here.

Cheers!

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7:22 pm - Thu, Apr 4, 2013
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Cup of tea, anyone? Some 3,000 tea bags (yes, you read that right!) make up this installation at Rolling Greens, a “home and garden destination” in Los Angeles. (Spotted on Pinterest here. Source: Los Angeles, I’m Yours, which features additional photos.)  See also: Quilt made from steeped tea bags.  How would you describe this example of repurposing? Beautiful? Or not your cup of tea?
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Cup of tea, anyone?

Some 3,000 tea bags (yes, you read that right!) make up this installation at Rolling Greens, a “home and garden destination” in Los Angeles. (Spotted on Pinterest here. Source: Los Angeles, I’m Yours, which features additional photos.) 

See also: Quilt made from steeped tea bags. 

How would you describe this example of repurposing? Beautiful? Or not your cup of tea?

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4:04 pm - Wed, Apr 3, 2013
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Brooklyn-based artist Marc Andre Robinson turns discarded furniture into eye-catching sculptural assemblages. (via My Modern Met)
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Brooklyn-based artist Marc Andre Robinson turns discarded furniture into eye-catching sculptural assemblages.

(via My Modern Met)

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10:44 am
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DIY idea du jour: Recover worn furniture with used paint sticks. Colorful and rustic looking, for sure. To help in gathering sticks, tell your neighbors you’re collecting sticks. Also, ask staff at a store that sells paint to keep their used sticks for you. (Photo by matangi.etsy on Flickr; spotted on Pinterest here.)
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DIY idea du jour:

Recover worn furniture with used paint sticks. Colorful and rustic looking, for sure.

To help in gathering sticks, tell your neighbors you’re collecting sticks. Also, ask staff at a store that sells paint to keep their used sticks for you.

(Photo by matangi.etsy on Flickr; spotted on Pinterest here.)

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9:07 am - Tue, Apr 2, 2013
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Those of you who have been following Unconsumption for a while — either here on Tumblr, or on Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, and/or Twitter — probably know that I (Molly) have a thing for vintage rulers, yardsticks, and measuring tapes. (Yes, an Unconsumption Pinterest board devoted to vintage measuring tools does exist!)  So, when I came across an Etsy blog post on Vanessa Boer, I found myself drawn to several of Vanessa’s repurposed-ruler creations, particularly the pieces pictured here that incorporate vintage pencils.  Nice!
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Those of you who have been following Unconsumption for a while — either here on Tumblr, or on Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, and/or Twitter — probably know that I (Molly) have a thing for vintage rulers, yardsticks, and measuring tapes. (Yes, an Unconsumption Pinterest board devoted to vintage measuring tools does exist!) 

So, when I came across an Etsy blog post on Vanessa Boer, I found myself drawn to several of Vanessa’s repurposed-ruler creations, particularly the pieces pictured here that incorporate vintage pencils. 

Nice!

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2:11 pm - Sat, Mar 30, 2013
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Looking for some simple, DIY ideas for green Easter decor? We’ve rounded up several ideas, including this cute basket — just weave strips of paper or ribbon through a strawberry basket’s slots (great idea via Parentella blog!) — on this Unconsumption Pinterest board.  See also: Our Easter-tagged items on Tumblr.
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Looking for some simple, DIY ideas for green Easter decor?

We’ve rounded up several ideas, including this cute basket — just weave strips of paper or ribbon through a strawberry basket’s slots (great idea via Parentella blog!) — on this Unconsumption Pinterest board. 

See also: Our Easter-tagged items on Tumblr.

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8:12 am - Fri, Mar 29, 2013
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Oh, you know, just a floating bed made from pallets.  Maybe pair it with this hanging daybed made from a boat?
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Oh, you know, just a floating bed made from pallets. 

Maybe pair it with this hanging daybed made from a boat?

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2:06 pm - Thu, Mar 28, 2013
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gardensinunexpectedplaces: urbanhedgerow: The beginnings of a school bus conversion into a mobile garden! I’m a sucker for mobile gardens. And creative reuses for cars and buses. 

gardensinunexpectedplaces:

urbanhedgerow:

The beginnings of a school bus conversion into a mobile garden!

I’m a sucker for mobile gardens. And creative reuses for cars and buses. 

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10:38 am
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Plastic, strung. Installation at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 2009. (Photo via Betty Birney’s Blog.) Don’t you think something like this would make a unique room divider?
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Plastic, strung. Installation at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 2009. (Photo via Betty Birney’s Blog.)

Don’t you think something like this would make a unique room divider?

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