GIVEAWAY - Wallpockets by Ampersand - CLOSED

Ampersand is the Ohio studio of Tim Karoleff -

an industrial design student who was inspired by clusters of barnacles and simple geometric shapes.

Tim's die-cut cardboard wallpockets are part wall art, part ingenious storage solution!

Recycled cardboard cleverness - what's not to love here?


We are so lucky to have a set of their Ampersand's amazing wall pockets for this week's giveaway!


WHAT YOU GET: One lucky winner will receive a set of Wallpockets!


HOW TO WIN: It's easy, peasy - leave your contact info in the comments section below!

For additional entries:
(5) Twitter this post
(5) Blog about this contest; linking to this post
(5) Follow my blog
(5) Facebook this post

Let me know if you have done these things so I can give you additional entries. This contest is open to everyone!

DRAWING: Enter by midnight on May 13th! Good luck everyone!! Winner will be announced on FRIDAY!

Recycled Key and Keyhole Jewelry Tutorial


Now this is an easy-peasy

(just the way I like 'em)

way to repurpose old keyholes into jewelry. 

Sometimes you have to add some paint

(if you do use a light sealer - varnish or wax)

and sandpaper to give your keyhole the kind of character that starts screaming at you

"do something with me!"


You will need : old keyholes from cabinets, cases, etc, old key, chain, doodads

I don't think we need a step by step for this one.

Once you get the keyholes the way you would like them just add some large jumprings to the screw holes and head into your stash of doodads, beads and junk and have some fun with them.

Don't be afraid to mix your cool and warm hardware here - upcycling works best when it's eclectic and messy (in a good way) and all about us!

Happy Earth Day 2012!


Every year on Earth Day my family starts 5 new things to help save the planet.

Since we are already doing all the big things

(most of the time - we aren't perfect)

this year we have to get more creative:

1. SKIP THE COFFEE STIRRERS AND STRAWS

Americans alone toss 138 billion straws and stirrers annually. Simply putting our sugar and cream in first and then pouring in the coffee will make it well-mixed (this is actually one for hubs who buys coffee every day at a local place near his shop) and we definitely don't need to be drinking from straws in restaurants.

2. PRINT ON BOTH SIDES OF COMPUTER PAPER

I always print out my online orders and then after shipping, since the orders are recorded online, I shred the paper. What a waste! I am now putting my used paper in the rear feed tray (to print things like customer online orders) and my new paper in the bottom tray (for things like shipping labels).

3. ICE CREAM IN CONES AND NOT CUPS THIS SUMMER

Eat the packaging to save the planet - we gotta do what we gotta do folks


4. GET RID OF OUR LANDLINE AND ANSWERING MACHINE

We have kept it for 3 reasons - 1. We have a really cool, easy to remember number

(I guess we can live without this - no one memorizes phone numbers anymore anyway)

2. We need a fax - people tell me you can fax online now - I have to figure that out

3. I like to see if I have phone message by checking for that blinking red light - I will miss that red light.

But answering machines use energy 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And when they break, they're just one more thing that goes into the landfill. If all answering machines in American homes were replaced by voice mail services, the annual energy savings would total nearly two billion kilowatt-hours - so when it breaks I'm switching to voicemail (another plus is no lost messages in a power outage).

5. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY REPLACE METAL DOORKNOBS

So we don't get those little shocks of static electricity - what a waste .... (and carpets and clothes from the dryer and balloons actually now that I think about it) :D

Don't miss the final hours of the EcoEtsy team's Earth Day Auctions - you can pick up my save the bees recycled wine corkboard and lots of other goodies HERE:



Also save 10% in BOTH my shops this week for Earth Day - Uncorked and Polarity with the Coupon Code DOORKNOB