Upcycling Genius Gifts

'Walter makes all our furniture himself.'

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

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

"He was just hanging about in the shed, so I had him repurposed."

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

"Don't just forage - upcycle!"

The dumpster code - find something, leave something.

'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"

"Well, I think we come back as newspapers." "You're nuts."

"Can you believe Jim made all the furniture out of old rubbish?"

'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!"

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

Crap others threw out

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

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

"Secondhand books, reheated coffee"

'Do you do anything with the old casks?'

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

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

Person made from 100% recycled materials.

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."

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

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

'Decorating on a shoestring'

"I made it from a lost space probe."

"I've up cycled your Chippendale!"

'Folk Art of Midtown'