Table of Contents
Introduction: The “Upside” of Recycling.Part I: Funky See, Funky Do: How Discarded Items Can Take on New Life.
Chapter 1: Castoff Call: I Love Trash and Why You Will, Too.
Chapter 2: Who Gives a Scrap? Where to Find Those Hidden Gems.
Part II: Waste Not Want Not: Creating Objects of Desire.
Chapter 3: Diamonds in the Rough: Making Jewelry from Junk.
Can-Do Attitude (Soft Drink Can Resin Pendant).
Good Credit (Credit Card Bracelet).
Long Live Vinyl! (LP Adapter Earrings).
Poker Face (Poker Chip Necklace).
Go Postal (Stamp Brooch).
Vanity Plate (License Plate Pendant).
Put a Cork in It (Cork Bracelet).
Vive La Resistor (Resistor Earrings).
I’m All Verclamped (Bread Bag Clamp Earrings).
Chapter 4: Accessorize, Don’t Excess-orize.
Cuff Daddy (Vintage Tie Cuff).
No Dice (Dice Bobby Pins).
Pick of the Litter (Guitar Pick Key Chain).
Cover Me (Album Cover iPod Holder).
Check It (Blue Tarp Checkbook Cover).
As the Wool Turns (Recycled Sweater Purse).
Clutch Player (Lawn Chair Webbing Bag).
Mag Bag (Magazine Purse).
Paper or Plastic? (Plastic Shopping Bag Clutch).
Ab Tab (Pop Tab Belt).
Chapter 5: The Refuse Refuge: Projects for Around the House.
Pop Art (Soda Can Address Placard).
You’re So Negative (Photo Negative Lampshade).
Bottle It Up (Discarded Bottle Vase).
Game Time (Game Board Clock).
Turn Me On (Romance Novel Light Switch Cover).
Rock ’n’ Bowl (Record Bowl).
Chapter 6: Creating a Better World, One Gift at a Time.
Six-Pack (Bottle Cap Magnets).
Frame on You (Map Photo Frame).
Do Not Pass Go (Board Game Card Greeting Cards).
Dip Lit (Scented Candle).
College Bound (Beer Case and Recycled Paper Notebook).
Brut Strength (Cork Sculpture).
Reduce, Reuse, Regift (Decorative Gift Boxes).
About the Designers.
About the Author.
Index.
