The document provides tips for giving everyday household items a new life through creative recycling and reuse projects. Some items that can be recycled include mason jars, wine bottles, corks, magazines, shopping bags, wrapping paper, and greeting cards. The document describes various crafts, decorations, and other items that can be made from these common materials. It also includes specific tips for preparing and working with each material, such as using chalkboard paint on mason jars or cutting corks with a utility knife. The overall message is that with some creativity, trash can be transformed into treasure through fun recycling projects.

2. How to give everyday
household items a new
life by recycling them in
fun and creative ways.
PRESENTED BY MISTIE DAWN, OWNER OF
SHOPTOBEGREEN.COM

3. From Trash to Treasure
Use items you usually throw away to create:
 Crafts
 Decor
 Storage
 Gifts
 Make Extra Money

4. Mason Jars

5. Mason Jars – Dinner to Decor

6. Tips to start reusing Mason Jars
Once Empty
 Soak in hot water and wash thoroughly
 Use olive oil to get stubborn labels/ stickiness off
 Printable customizable labels at OfficeMax
 Chalkboard paint available at Home Depot
 Candle stick bases at second hand stores or Hobby
Lobby
 Candle making supplies online or at
Hobby Lobby

7. Wine Bottles

8. Wine Bottles – Drinks to Dramatic Lighting

9. Tips to reusing Wine Bottles
Cutting them
 Glass cutters are available online or at stain glass stores
 It’s very important to sand the edges once you cut the
glass as it will be VERY sharp
 Lots of tutorials online on how to cut glass
Other tips
 Spray paint in snow texture, metallic, etc.
- Hobby Lobby
 Tiki lamp oil, wicks and lamp fixtures
- Home Depot

10. Corks

11. Corks – Wine to Design

12. Tips to reusing Corks
Cutting them
 Use a really sharp tool like a utility knife
 Do not cut with a sawing motion but with long even
strokes
 Corks are very dense so it may take a few tries
Other tips
 Hot glue is great with most projects
 Cork is a sustainable, naturally water &stain resistant

13. Magazines

14. Magazines – News to Fashion

15. Tips to reusing Magazines
Origami
 Many different tutorials online on how to fold
anything from flowers, birds, envelopes, etc.
 Use glue or mod podge or other adhesives to glue
together or on other surfaces
 Use layers of paper to create density and strength
 Finished project with a craft varnish for durability

16. Shopping Bags

17. Shopping Bags – To Plarn

18. Tips to reusing Shopping Bags
Crochet Away
 Sky is the limit from clothes, shoes, handbags,
&scrubbies
 Cutting the bags is the boring side of this project
 A note on using an iron to fuse plastic bags
 Better reused than in the South Pacific garbage patch

19. Wrapping Paper

20. Wrapping Paper – Trash to Paper Art

21. Tips to reusing Wrapping Paper
Why buy Expensive Decorative Paper
 Use for scrapbooking
 Drawer lining
 Decoupage
 Wrap it instead of painting it
 Decorative accents around the house

22. Greeting Cards

23. Greeting Cards – To Embellishments

24. Tips to reusing Greeting Cards
Scrapbooking embellishments are expensive
 Cut then reuse cards
 Use scissors, die cutters, and punches
 Reuse ribbon for binding a decorative accent

25. Hand Outs & Take-Aways
 Sample ideas at the craft table
 Collected too many supplies and don’t have enough
projectstokeep up?
 Do a supply exchange with friends who are also working on
DIY projects
 Sell your “extras” on craft sites like Etsy.com,
PoppyTalkHandmade.com and Artfire.com
To get a copy of the notes from this
presentation contact Mistie at
info@shoptobegreen.com