Nothing sadder than a lonely glove drifting around the house looking for its long lost “other”. Never fear!! …here are new ways to give a new lease on life as a squirrel, an elephant, a penguin, a donkey, or a bunny. The artist behind these transformations is Miyako Kanamori from Tokyo, Japan. Check out Miyako Kanamori’s adorable website here. Full instructions to make this squirrel can be found on the Etsy website. Miyako has two books:

Happy Gloves: Charming Softy Friends Made from Colorful Gloves	Sock and Glove: Creating Charming Softy Friends from Cast-Off Socks and Gloves

From glass artist Diana Branscome, created from recycled glass beverage bottles comes these funky and elegant art glass bowls. Local restaurants provide Diana with her raw material which she then washes, de-tags, fragments, re-forms, and shapes into works of art. Definitely not your grandma’s candy dish!
$15.00 each at Branscome Glass

Absolutely beautiful! Created from reclaimed, recycled bicycle and tractor inner-tubes. Handmade by Berlin artist and creator Jaap Wijnants from Puncture Bags along with furniture designer Patrick Kerti. This was a special project, but check out Punch Bags’ other products like wallets, purses and the elegantly designed pencil case.

Available at Puncture Bags’ Etsy Shop and Puncture Bags’ DaWanda Shop.