So I haven’t been out much lately, mainly because of the
weather, then Neil got a cold and now I have it. So we haven’t really had any
journeys, but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been busy.
See, I’ a recycling fanatic. Really! My grandfather got me into recycling when I was very young, back in the day when you got paid for taking cans to a recycling center before it was collected with your trash. When my best friend’s neighborhood
in Pennsylvania didn’t recycle every time I went to visit (almost every
week) I’d fill my car with plastic and glass bottles, and aluminum cans to take
home and recycle.
So last week I had an idea and I’ve been working on it ever
since. I’m making earrings out of recyclable materials. Right now I'm using plastic store shopping bags. These
bags are often not accepted in local/municipal collections. You know the
kind of bags you can turn in at Walmart, but that means you have to collect them and
keep them handy so you can take them on your next trip. I used to do that
and I’d forget. Once a month I'd end up going to Walmart (or Wawa) and recycling 5 bags full of bags. Sometimes the receptacles would already be full.
By the end of the year in the UK all stores will begin
charging for plastic shopping bags as a way of deterring people from using them. All the stores have starting selling their own reusable
bags. They can be pretty fashionable too. But, I'm a bag lady.
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| Circles |
So here’s what I have so far. I’m working on a few other
designs and styles. The plastic bags give a very nice texture and appearance to the earrings, also it is easily manipulated while hot. Plus I’m looking at using other types of plastic as well. The only
big thing is I don’t really have control over the colors. Also a lot of stores
add printing to their bags which isn’t as nice to work with.
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| Dotty! |
So here’s something for my eco chic ladies. Helping the
environment while looking fabulous.
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| Rectangles |
I’ll continue to work on this for a while but I have lots of
other materials in the meantime. Hopefully it won’t be so long before my next
post.
Circles and Rectangles £4.50 or $8.65
Dotty £3.50 or $6.85
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