Upcycling is the practice of taking something wasteful and turning it into a more attractive and useful item. I’ve decided to go out and find some cool upcycling crafts to share with you:
Plastic Bag crafts: Who would have thought that the lowly plastic bag would make so many wonderful items?
Taking plastic bags to a high artform, check out Gooseflesh Blog for a visual treat!
What else to do with plastic bags??? Fuse them to make coasters.
Also, here’s a tutorial using candy wrappers. I used to make these as a child.
Check out this silver purse made out of woven capri sun juice bags:
What do you do with empty Tic Tac containers?
Need a terrific way to display photos in your house? Check out this tutorial from the self proclaimed ‘goddess of garbage!.”
Don’t throw out that old cookie sheet! Instead, turn it into a calendar for your studio or home here and here.
Have your kids outgrown their toys?? Here is one idea for turning plastic toys into a functional bowl from Deep Fried Kudzu.
Don’t throw out your junk mail!! Instead, turn them into cool recycled paper!
Have fun!! Regards, Carla
Carla Barrett 
Well, they are all amazing Carla. Thanks for sharing.
incredible stuff Carla! Thanks for sharing it with us. I may have to try some of it!
Thanks, it was fun surfing the net to find them all. My personal favorite was the tic tac container to hold beads and small embellishments.
More tutorials here: http://iwannanewbag.blogspot.com/2007/04/purses-made-from-candy-wrappers-etc.html
and
http://iwannanewbag.blogspot.com/2007/12/candy-wrapper-or-chip-bag-purse.html
Thanks, Barb! Such cool links! You take recycled items and elevate them into cool artsy functional items! Well done!
Thanks for sharing my tic tac tutorial!
Hi Amanda, thank YOU for having such a cool idea!! I am almost tempted to buy them in bulk from Costco, just for the Tic Tac containers alone. LOL Perfect solution for storing beads!
Ahhh if only we had Costco here…actually I think they are coming soon.