Recycled and Ethical Makes

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Ok, its a bit obvious what this is made from, but tea towels have such a lovely illustrative quality.

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I make collages using upcycled vintage postage stamps from around the world:


(I also design notebooks, which are printed on recycled paper.)

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Cast from a pair of little shells in Recycled Silver.

Sam x

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Little scraps of left over old table linens cover these buttons.

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Additions to my range of recycled notebooks, all decorated with genuine, upcycled GB postage stamps:







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This fabulous Liberty pair of curtains, cost just 20p from a jumble sale.
Alas, just 3 little bags remain.

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I use recycled silver in all my jewellery and all my work raises funds towards my work raising awareness of the decline of our wild hedgehogs:

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great idea!

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Created from leftover scrap of fabric, recycled fabric, with hand sewing and machine sewing on my handcranked singer sewing machine to cut down on electric energy useage

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I love to upcycle and use broken jewellery and all sorts of broken and found bits and pieces in my buckle and key necklaces and my hanging hearts. I hope to be adding canvases soon aswell.
This is one of my key necklaces.

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Some old hand blocked Indian fabric from The Hospice shop, (and some funky 1970s jumble sale tin coasters!)

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Printed on 100% recycled card & envelope;

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Donā€™t worry about it! I often post large images, as do many other people :)ā€¦

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Donā€™t know how ā€œethicalā€ this is, but I couldnā€™t part with these pages from a vintage rag book, and made them into tote bagsā€¦(and I already had the fabric from another projectā€¦)

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I think thatā€™s a great idea and much better that they should be seen and loved than put in the loft or thrown away.

Sam x

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I now have sewing machine envy!

Sam x

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The surviving bit of an old tablecloth, nostalgically embroidered.( Even the tatty ones of these Im a sucker for!)

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@coatimundi Such a sweet idea, and the old illustrations just ā€œhaveā€ something, donā€™t they.

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My grandmother had lots of tablecloths and napkins like this. I think she may have bought them on holidays abroad. Not sure what happened to them though, they are probably stuck at the back of my Mumā€™s airing cupboard!

Sam x