Great Green Goods - Shopping the Eco-friendly Way! » DIY http://www.greatgreengoods.com A shopping site for the earth friendly consumer Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:08:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Fantastic Recycled Plastic http://www.greatgreengoods.com/2011/05/22/fantastic-recycled-plastic/ http://www.greatgreengoods.com/2011/05/22/fantastic-recycled-plastic/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 01:25:56 +0000 green http://www.greatgreengoods.com/?p=3875 recycled plastic
Working entirely with post-consumer recyclable plastics, artist David Edgar started creating creatures from the sea in the form of fish with sizes ranging to small pieces of jewelry up to large wall hangings. He has since moved into making jellyfish lamps. He was having so much fun making these creatures, he got together with his wife and wrote a book. You don’t have to be an artist to enjoy Fantastic Recycled Plastic. Just reading and viewing the full-color pages will inspire you to recycle, learn more about plastic, and appreciate the art. Makes me want to start saving my detergent bottles.

Here’s one of his pins available for sale on Plastiquarium’s Etsy Shop

From the Plastiquarium:
Bluetail Reef Cruiser 23 x 36 x 5

Snub-Nosed Green Feeder 21 x 36 x 4

The Big Mouth 15 x 20 x 5

Fantastic Recycled Plastic: 30 Clever Creations to Spark Your Imagination [Paperback] by David Edgar and Robin A. Edgar is available on Amazon

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Wicked long scarf made from felted discs cut from recycled boiled 100% wool sweaters. An added bonus: the electricity used to produce these scarves is sourced from 100% wind energy! It is skinny, but has a lot of length so you can wrap it around your neck several times and be warm and toasty! This shop sells cool arm warmers, too!
$28.00 at Gayeabandon’s Etsy Shop

 

Check out these winter-wonderland beauties! Created by artist, Hillary Law. Her high quality scarfs are unique, elegant and eco-friendly! Beautiful color palettes are combined from previously loved sweaters. FULL DISCLOSURE: Hilary used to live around the corner from me and I can vouch that her work is always top-notch quality!
$75.00 at Hilary Law Textile Design Etsy Shop

 

And don’t let the crazy name scare you away, baabaazuzu has some wonderful coats, purses, mittens, hats, and of course, scarfs for you to bundle up this winter. Created by Michigan artist, Sue Burns, another small business showing the world that you can look great while you save the planet.
$72.00 for scarfs and $38.00 for fingerless gloves at baabaaZuzu

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Acorn Studios has instructions on how to make a business card holder out of an old cassetter case.
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designverb has a template and instructions on how to make a business card holder out of old paint chip sheets.

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