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Tonee, my beautiful and talented sister-in-law, updated her facebook and transforming it into something of greater use and value than it
status the other day with the following, “so excited that farmington originally had. upcycling can be so much fun! Erin strother created
City is implementing curbside recycling! What could be better? now a bracelet I love titled “Venus & Mars”. It is featured on page 66 and
I can sleep at night again….really!” That comment really made me uses leftover aluminum scale stampings.
stop and think. I am a recycler. I do try to support going green and
promote efforts to create a positive impact on our environment. I There are so many possibilities in recycling and upcycling! I have seen
have my recycle can and make sure all my recyclable items end up in necklaces made out of old t-shirts, pendants made from scrabble tiles
the right place. I have just never gotten too excited or lost any sleep and pop bottles, bracelets made from credit cards, and even earrings
over it…that is, until now. If you haven’t been introduced to recycled made out of parts of electronic devices. These designs can truly
or upcycled jewelry designing you are in for a real treat – it is one of become individual works of art from very creative minds. so look
the really great trends in jewelry making. around you; what do you see, and what jewelry can you make with it?
You may be surprised what you come up with. I would love to see it!
Recycled designs have always been a great love of mine. Recycling is send me your photos of recycled or upcycled designs and they may be
the processing of used materials into new products to prevent waste. featured in a future issue of Bead Trends or posted on our blog.
I love to take apart old broken pieces of jewelry and turn them into
new updated creations. for me it is usually with some sentimental now that gets me excited to recycle!
attachment. Carolyn Eddy did just that when she used old pearl
bracelets to design new pieces for an entire wedding party. You can
find her designs featured on page 72-75. Erin Prais-hintz has a
fabulous piece in this issue on page 70 titled “Going Places”. It uses
vintage transit tokens and reminds her of a trip she took to Galena,
Illinois.
Tatia Meyer
The next step in recycling is termed “upcycling”, which is actually Editor
the practice of taking something that is disposable and without value
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