Upcycling Virtuoso Gifts

'The Prom Dress: One Week Later'

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

But is it organic?

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

The dumpster code - find something, leave something.

"Don't just forage - upcycle!"

"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

Queen of Upcycling!

Bottle Bank: For the Colour Blind.

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

That's supposed to say garage sale!

'It's a bold initiative but I don't think it's right for the staff kitchen.'

"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"

"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!"

Rubbish and Everest

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.

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

"Secondhand books, reheated coffee"

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

'Do you do anything with the old casks?'

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

Frank N. Stein - Evirnomentalist.

"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.

"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!"