Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Recycling Plastic bags

I've been experimenting with things to make from plarn (plastic bag yarn). Just plain using them as trash bags isn't burning through the stash anymore (The boy forgets a reusable bag fairly often when he shops, and we don't make much trash!) I went searching on etsy to see if any one else was crafting with bags, what a pile of great finds! Lot's of inspiration...

If you are already skilled in Fiber crafts you could substitute woolens with Plarn (Tutorial on making your own!). MollyJWalter has created a rug that is recycled, durable, and when it gets dirty you can just take it outside and hose it off! This doesn't mean you sacrifice style, plastic bags come in gobs of lovely colors...

If you are disinclined to make your own plarn, or just don't have the craft skills to crochet one courself, check out CaraTaylor's shop. It's full of totes, cluches and purses all made from upcycled plastic bags. If the enviromental benifits of reuse and reduce don't draw you in , the bright colors will!

Got an iron you don't love? You could use it to melt plastic bags on to them selves, and use the fused material for a wide variety of goods! Like UrbanCottageCoalition's sweetly placed and well trimmed book marks. With all the cool things printed on bags nowadays you could make marks more interesting then some books!

For a little color in your house, how about a mobile of delicate dragonflies in mid flight? The materials, fused plastic bags of course! BabongoHome has made these fine flighty critters from colorful plastic sacks...

Groundsel's shopping habits are evident when perusing the selection in this shop. Lovely fused plastic bags for a sturdy alternative to limp plastic sacks. Plus you don't look like a crazy street person. (no offense to my hobo readers)

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