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Tag Archives: upcycling junks

pantone colour of 2015 – masala

“Green” Finger 2015 – Project 3 This was a bit of rushed project as the news of my cousin leaving for Canada came rather late. Good thing was I always have the “raw materials” ready at home and the only 2 challenges for me then were to find the time and inspiration to work on…

03/06/2015 in "green" fingers, Home, Upcycling & Creating.

last batch of Christmas crafts

Well, I have come to the last batch of my Christmas craft — gift tags made from the ever humble toilet paper rolls! And now I’m moving on to getting all of my Christmas shopping done so that I can use these gift tags!

14/12/2014 in Christmas, Christmas crafts, Home, miscellaneous, paper crafts, Upcycling & Creating.

chic upcycling – my Christmas preparation begins…

I was not quite sure initially how much I would want to get myself involved in Christmas crafts this year until I mentally went through my “inventory” and realised I have actually “amassed” quite a collection of Christmas decorations over the years and it sure is enough to make my little home feel Christmassy during…

29/10/2014 in Christmas, Christmas crafts, Home, miscellaneous, paper crafts, Upcycling & Creating.

another entertaining idea – upcycled wine glass markers

Last Christmas I wanted to make some wine glass markers for a friend who likes to entertain by upcycling some “junks” and in the end, this is what I came up with. No fuss, easy, simple, practical and very “green”! Only 3 types of materials were used – plastic bottle caps, satin bias tape and…

18/03/2014 in entertainment ideas, Home, miscellaneous, Upcycling & Creating.

week 4 – upcycled plastics necklace “eve”

An Accessory A Week – Week 4 I needed a longer statement necklace to go with a new outfit and after a whole weekend working on it, here’s the final product!

26/01/2014 in An Accessory A Week 2014, Home, Upcycling & Creating.

week 3 – upcycled plastics for necklace “mary”

An Accessory A Week – Week 3 Continue with the same materials – plastic bottle, satin bias tape, beads and cultured pearls…. and this one I’ve added the curtain ring for dramatic effect!

26/01/2014 in An Accessory A Week 2014, Home, Upcycling & Creating.

week 2 – upcycled plastics for necklace “regina”

An Accessory A Week – Week 2 This is the first creation in a series of upcycled jewellery using two of the materials that I have grown to love in the past year — plastics and satin piping/bias tape. And I love the end result very much, so does my friend Regina whom I gave…

12/01/2014 in An Accessory A Week 2014, Home, Upcycling & Creating.

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. . One of the simplest Christmas decorations ever.... . Now with the “purple madness” (theme for our new restaurant at work, silver and purple) over, I can move on to other things... or maybe I will just sit back, relax and enjoy the Christmasy atmosphere... . #christmasdecor #christmasdecorations #simplechristmasdecor #cinnamondecoration #creativity #christmasiscoming
. . These are the last batch of Christmas decorations I made for the new restaurant at work. . The theme is silver and purple with the latter being our corporate colour. Apart from the usual garlands and baubles, I made some wire wreaths for one big wall... . There are 11 wire wreaths with 2 big ones having a second wire hoop in them, so there were 13 hoops all together. I only showcase a few here and hope you like them. . The rosettes and stars are from toilet rolls spray-painted in silver... . #christmasdecor #christmaswreath #christmaswiredecorations #upcycling #upcycle #toiletpaperrollcrafts #madebyhand #creativity #wirewreaths #silverandpurplechristmas #upcyclingideas #upcycler #christmasdecorations #升級再造 #聖誕裝飾 #聖誕佈置
. . Simple rustic wire work Christmas decorations... . Getting these ready for the new restaurant at work was not too difficult as the team helped me get the rustic wire hoops and stars ready and they also help cut the stars from toilet rolls before they were spray-painted. All I had to do was to print the little tags using paper off-cuts before putting in my creative juices to dress the wire hoops and stars. . #upcycle #upcycling #upcyclingideas #creativity #christmasdecor #christmasdecorations #handmadechristmas #madebyhand #christmascrafts #greencrafts #sustainability #sustainableliving #wastenot #toiletpaperrollcrafts #toiletpaperroll #升級再造 #環保愛地球 #聖誕裝飾 #手工藝
. . I made one single snowflake using toilet roll for the tree at work because I was not into them this Christmas but my little helper from the Maintenance Department who did the silver spray paint for me disagreed. He said I should made more and he would spray them gold for me so I made 3 more based on his special request. I think he did a great job! . . #upcycle #upcycling #upcycledart #upcycledcrafts #christmascrafts #christmasornaments #christmasdecor #madebyhand #toiletroll #toiletrollcraft #greencrafts #creativity #snowflakecraft #wastenot #salvagedcrafts #升級再造 #聖誕裝飾
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