dutch marginal

from  designmom as a real reuser, recycler and upcycler, i searched before for the reuse of the sad pencils that do not work anymore. at that time i did not find much that i could use, but now you get a treasure chest full of ideas like this one: pencil ideas . i am decided for the following project to fulfill: pencil jewelry .

zelf heb ik al eens van zelfgebreide te klein geworden sokken zo'n heerlijk paar wanten gemaakt, maar kijk eens naar dit patroon voor wanten van een oude trui:  diy oude trui naar wanten (in het Engels) en van zo'n oude trui kun je ook een spencer maken en armwarmers van de mouwen. of een leuke tas. niet weggooien dus. en is de trui nog heel mooi, maar niets voor jou dan kun je hem ook gewoon weggeven aan de kringloop of het goede doel.

ever wondered what to do with all those old books, you once read, or got through heritage maybe? i just saw this idea at the etsy website: vintage books as an interior art decoration a fantastic idea. and you know, recently i took such an old book, and loved the old-fashioned way it has been written in. how time changes.

did you ever hear of regrowing new vegetables from the scraps? i just came by regrowing carrot tops into new plants and discovered that you can regrow so much. of course we tried out seeds from vegetables and fruits before, even grew our own date palm but from scraps is something new to us. check out the internet if you are interested in doing so too.

being a fanatic in reusing as much as possible, i searched for more ideas for my fabric and thread scraps more than enough ideas can be found when you search on fabric scraps patterns more than 50 ideas for example  here and the smallest pieces i keep to fill up cushions and the like

i was wondering if all the little pieces of fabric i finally throw away after reusing as much as possible could serve a purpose. see above. quite some challenge. inspiration came from  this website .

more and more you read about companies reusing trash (from the oceans too) pharell williams will work with Adidas on a new collections, using his bionic yarn, from ocean plastic: to the bionic yarn website willeke nugteren is starting up 'bali plastik recycling'. at more and more beaches they collect old nets you can reap and put there to be reused. be sure to use as less plastic bottles as possible and otherwise reuse them and then let them be recycled. some ideas: urban vertical garden and many more ideas

an informative website regarding living more green, fair and fine. in dutch though:  www.hetkanWel.net nice articles like the change that everyone picking up one piece of litter everyday would make. or all kind of recipes for using old bread.

ever wondered which mobile phone to buy for a sustainable world? maybe thought about the block phone? be a sustainable mobile user, use the old ones in your drawer, not so smart in use, but, by now, smart in look. producing a phone (or fridge, or whatever electric device) takes so much energy and resources that using an existing one, although less 'green', is still the greenest thing to do.

coffee grounds can be used in many ways after you made a delicious cup of coffee of course. 5 of the reuses. 1. hand scrub: mix a spoonful of warm coffee grounds into your hands with some soap and scrub your hands soft and clean. your face and body will also like this exfoliant. it can even diminish cellulite. i love to wash myself in the morning with a mixture of sugar, coffee, olive oil and vanilla essential oil. you will not need any body lotion afterwards. 2. mulch: throw the coffee grounds at the trees and plants in your garden or at your balcony (especially a good food for acidloving plants. it contains a lot of nitrogen and other nutrients). 3. hand deodorizer: dry the coffee grounds to rub in your hands when they smell from preparing onions, fish etc. 4. insect repellant: ants do not like coffee grounds and also snails and slugs could be chased away. 5. dye: solve it in water and dye fabrics, paper or easter eggs with it.

seems wonderful to me, a beautiful hanging chair. but the beautiful hanging bubble chair is not cheap. the hammock hanging chairs are more within reach, but i prefer more a chair. wonder if i could make one myself. maybe i should begin with an old swing and an old chair. or use leftover wood like in this instructable:  paracord-laced-pallet-hanging-chair

old sweaters, some soap, a hot wash and there you have your own felt for all kinds of crafs projects, like flowers , hats and .... or check out all the other ways to use your old sweater at  always chrysti .

if you start searching, a whole world of home crafts and recycling opens up. for example check these websites: martha stewart crafts pinspiring crafts

just spotted some very nice blogs and sites with nice recycling ideas. by MiekK blog mme Zsazsa ordent blog

just have been searching knitting garn for a poncho. it is not easy to choose the most sustainable one. finally decided for recycled polyester, not natural, but sustainable. searching too? check these mainly dutch websites: phildar ecolo yarns apart trikoo ecotex wolkokerbreishop

we recycle plastic, paper, green wastes, water, clothes, shoes. but still we throw away reusable things. what to do with the milkpackages. in rotterdam studio hergebruik sells objects from recycled materials. go to studio hergebruik