Measuring tape is totally precious in my house. My kids are always stealing it to pretend it is a jump rope or a pet leash or a kite string. I am always always searching for it. I guess this is why I am drawn to these cute upcycled items made with old measuring tape. Both [...]

I have a wallet rule. I don’t buy a new one until the old one is dead and gone. This can be sad because these are so many awesome handmade wallets being made. It is a rule that I have to stick to, or I would be swimming in hardly used wallets. This upcycled bike [...]

Maybe I watch too much Sci-Fi TV. Maybe I’m just a little weird. But I sometimes worry about a post-apocalyptic future. Ok, I laughed out loud writing that, but deep down I do worry about it. That said, whether it is the end of oil or the rise of the zombie plague, some day we [...]

I feel like all of the best upcycled products are bags. I’ve reviewed bags made out of old t-shirts, bags made out of contruction fencing and now here are bags made out of the hated plastic grocery bags. With all of these bags made out of waste, there is really no reason for anyone to [...]

A few posts ago, my fellow bastard Tina Seamonster wrote about upcycling with those old t-shirts that just aren’t wearable anymore. Now I have yet another crafty recycling option for you- make paper. At the Pyramid Atlantic papermill we can make paper out of everything from junk mail to your old New Kids shirt (if [...]

Where do skateboards go when they die? Novia Scotia! That is where 2ReVert creates one of a kind jewelry pieces out of 100% post-consumer recycled skateboards. Post-consumer means old, used, broken skateboards. If you think the idea is brilliant, wait til you see the results. These pieces are not only a crazy great use of [...]

My closet is full of old t-shirts for bands that don’t exist anymore. Unrest, Braid, Jawbox. Heavens, we must own every shirt that Q and Not U ever printed. Most of these shirts are too big or too small or too old or the wrong color or just plain don’t say anything about us anymore. [...]

When I started making things, I was really inspired by the dirty streets of Washington, D.C. Monday morning trash was always the best. Walking to work down 16th street, I always found the most interesting things. Dropped shoes, dozens of flyers from a closed cell phone store, broken bike parts, thank you cards never mailed. [...]