Upcycler Gifts

"Don't throw it away when you're done. Repurpose, like I did."

Garage Sale (sign originally read 'Garbage' sale).

Art Supplies

'I made a Valentine's Day card for you. The school has no art supplies so I wrote the color in.'

'Midtown scrap'

Garbage is a collector's item.

Garage sale

'Single-use' - Word of the year 2018

"This is going to make the most amazing driftwood table."

"We made all the wheels out of old coffee tables and chandeliers."

Queen of Upcycling!

Bottle Bank: For the Colour Blind.

"Ikea for hippies" 1. Flimsig used pallets, old foam 2. Stinkum goat wool 3. Beetup recycled lumber 4. Riskig kerosene lamp 5. Stupor hand blown by Nils 6. Smokum found on beach in Mendocino 7. Woblig 100% driftwood

The dumpster code - find something, leave something.

"Don't just forage - upcycle!"

'MY husband made the coffee table out of an old door.'

That's supposed to say garage sale!

"1. Flimsig used pallets, old foam 2. Stinkum goat wool 3. Beetup recycled lumber 4. Riskig kerosene lamp 5. Stupor hand blown by Nils 6. Smokum found on beach in Mendocino 7. Woblig 100% driftwood"

'The Prom Dress: One Week Later'

"Didn't your last blouse fall apart in two days?"

"Sometimes, plastic in the ocean isn't bad... Ooh, that bottle cap will make a lovely bowl for Ed and Nicole!"

"Of course I care about the environment, I never throw any clothes away."

Burt was a true artist and conservationist. He recycled his beer cans...Making an ornate garden wall and rockery.

Two 'superheros' show the discrepancy in toilet paper production.

"Secondhand books, reheated coffee"

Recycling - Perfectly good bits you can't recycle or give away...

'Do you do anything with the old casks?'

"Why pay for a tree in November when you can get one off the side of the road in January for free?"

Must Adopt As A Pair.

'Muriel makes all her own clothes out of junk mail.'

"You've opened my eyes to the most disgusting worldly delights."

"You're always so depressed, Tom."

"I've upcycled your magazines into an ottoman."

'Gotta hang up now. My mom wants to recycle the phone.'

'Decorating on a shoestring'