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How can I reuse or recycle hairdressers/beauty salon aprons & smocks?
Jeri left a question on the Suggest an Item page: I work at a beauty salon and we just got new aprons so I collected all the old black ones and all the old polyester smocks that they were going to...
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How can I reuse or recycle little pudding pots?
We’ve had an email from Debbie: Any ideas what we can do with individual microwave pudding pots from the supermarket? They’re plastic. Original post: How can I reuse or recycle little pudding pots?
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How can I reuse or recycle lots of hair elastics/bands/scrunchies?
We’ve had an email from Donna: My 12 year old daughter has just had her long long lovely hair cut off and when we got home from the hairdressers, she cleared out a big box of hair bobbles, loop bands,...
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How can I reuse or recycle novelty jester hats?
Karen has emailed about her boyfriend’s hat collection: When cleaning up I came across a lot of jester hats from my boyfriend (about two dozen). He has collected them over the years for free at...
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Upcycling ideas: bows & flowers & tins & umbrellas & everything
It’s been a while since I’ve done a “links round-up” post about some of the things that I’ve been emailed or spotted around the greater internet recently so … here goes! With the major gift giving...
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How can I reuse or recycle novelty Christmas jumpers?
I got this email from Edie a few weeks ago but I thought I’d keep it until people were thinking a little more festive-ly — I hope it’s not too late for Edie now though! I love silly Christmas jumpers...
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How can I revamp some plain curtains with recycled/upcycled materials?
Following on from my recent “ how can I revamp a kitchen so I don’t need a new one? ” question, Janet has asked a similar (smaller scale!) question about curtains: I have ordinary plain curtains that...
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How can I reuse or recycle medical plastic tubing?
We’ve had an email from Janette asking about medical plastic tubing: I need to know how I might reuse/recycle medical plastic tubing. My husband uses an oxygen tank and the cannula (clear plastic...
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How can I reuse or recycle wallpaper samples?
Following on from the paint tester pots the other week , I’ve got some wallpaper samples that have served their purpose too. I really can’t wait for our renovations to be over! Like the paint, the...
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She recycled that! Upcycling novelty hats into bunting/pennants
Last September, Karen emailed us about the vast collection of novelty jester hats that her boyfriend had collected at various carnivals and festivals over the years. She wanted to know how she could...
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