When Anthropologie repurposes Ziplock bags.

From Wukong on Flickr

This is what Anthropologie did with Ziploc on some of their windows. These suspended plants look great, I might try this in my backyard.

Time for growing plants and do some upcycling

If like me you have a limited amount of space to do some plant growing, you might like the idea of upcycling items such as pallet, bottle, pipes to grow your veggies and flowers. Take a look at some options:

Pallets:

Vertical gardening from lifeonthebalcony.com

Gutters:

A full tutorial on how to make your own hanging gutter

PVC Pipes:

Plastic Bottles:

Already shown in my blog from here.

Cans:

Bags :

Found here

Now I think it's time to seed and start growing plants!

Upcycling inner tube into all sorts of things

I wish I could be good at sewing but for now I admire what people can do with pieces of inner tubes put together. On the other side, the jewelry do not need any sewing gift, but they are pieces of art that require a lot of patience. Most of the prjects presented in this post are commercially available and no tutorial, but I thought it's worth mention that upcycling is more and more used and accepted.

Bags:

There are tons of upcycled bags on lne, this is the one that  like the most, trendy and/or original.

To make bags, inner tubes are perfect for several reasons. First, they develop a finish over time that gives them the soft feeling of a fine Italian leather. Second, they’re 100% waterproof and virtually stain proof, so you can keep your stuff dry without worry any time of year.

From Alchemy Goods

This one is from mnmur 

The Pangolin bags from Cyclus

Jewelry:

Bracelet and earings from Urban Lace

Shoes:

Made by a japanese company

Reupholstering:

By furniture designers Patrick Kerti and Jaap Wijnants

Upcycling a cement bag?....

 

Are you wondering what to make with a cement bag, specifically when there's a nice design on it?

This is the original material:

This is a great upcycling you can find on Etsy.com for $95 + shipping and it's made in South Africa. The  outside paper is protected with a Scotchguard treatment an the inside looks comfy for any laptop, I love it!

The fused plastic bags

By Mandolyn on Etsy.com

Bag made by Bekha Worley available on etsy.com

Made by Chezlin.

It's a classic in upcycling material, and people don't stop being creative with these fused plastic bags.
The bags are fused using an iron and parchment paper on the top of the folded bags. That's the kind of project I would like to try but my sewing skills are close to none. I'll pass on this one but I love what people do and I hope to see Ipad and more computer bags made out of this technique.
Supermarket are selling shopping bags with their own fused plastic bags like Target with the help of the upcycling and recycling company Terracycle.

Interesting story:
By recycling the front cover of Newsweek magazine into an enveloppe, you could send plastic bag to Terracycle and receive a coupon to get the $6 upcycled-bag from Target free, they received 35,000 enveloppes! Here is the full story.

This is a link that will show you how to fuse the bags, click Here.