More Upcycling

Did I tell you about the gorgeous dark pink bag I got when I bought some large sheets of paper a while back?  Of course I made some eco daisies out of it straight away... I've sold a couple of sets of them lately so I thought I'd better set to and see how many daisies were left in the bag.

This is the lot, sadly there is no bag left now.  Don't they look lovely all together?  Displayed here in one of my new upcycled bottle vases.

I particularly like the flowers made from the part of the bag which had gold writing; I'm going to list these 3 as a separate set later.

In the meantime I have one plain(ish) set still available.

I've also made a few larger daisies ready for the DeJunk-ReJunk exhibition.

They are rather fun, I may make some to list in my shop if I can only sort out a sensible box to ship them in!

This morning I packed an assortment of daisies up with all my new upcycled bottle vases and a few of my seashore art cards too, and delivered them for the DeJunk-ReJunk Exhibition.  I can't wait to see everyone's work all together, I think it's going to be a really good show (details on my Events page).

Eco Daisies Workshop

For my local readers (I know there are a few of you!), I will be giving a workshop on making flowers from plastic bags at the Green Community Shop & Centre in Oxton, Wirral on 10th March.

The workshop is for accompanied children (age 7-8+); it is a drop in workshop with no need to book, and best of all it is FREE!  So if you're in the area do come along.  (While the workshop is aimed at children, provided we have enough equipment available, I won't be stopping the adults from joining in if they would like to!)

These are what we will be making...

Plastic Bag Flower Making Workshop

Saturday 10th March 1pm - 3:30pm

at

The Green Community Shop & Centre

49-51 Christchurch Road

Oxton 

Wirral CH43 5SF 

Drop in workshop for accompanied children aged 7-8+

FREE - no need to book

All materials will be supplied, but if you have a daisy loom do bring it along.  And if you have any particularly pretty plastic carrier bags - the thin supermarket type bags are best - then bring them along too.  Look forward to seeing you there!

The workshop is one of a series being sponsored by the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority - do take a look to see if there is anything else you might be interested in.

 

Blackcurrant Daisies

I went to buy some A1 sheets of paper from my local art shop the other week.  The weather wasn't very nice (no surprise there!) so the lovely lady found me a great big A1 bag to put my paper in.  I was incredibly restrained when I saw the bag and resisted the temptation to jump up and down, merely commenting that it was a nice colour...

I have only used the top third of the bag for these. What's even better is when I get down to the middle of the bag the writing is in gold. I'm trying hard not to jump up and down even now, thinking about it... all this over a plastic bag?!!