I hope by now everyone is familiar with the phrase “Going Green”. Like many people I’ve been trying to actively change my habits to be a little more environmentally friendly. I still have a long way to go but I’ve been newly inspired by some of the amazing products I’ve seen coming out of the artistic community.
I can’t imagine there is anyone who is not familiar with the term recycling nowadays but up-cycling may be a little less known to the general public. Basically up-cycling is taking an item that would’ve normally been thrown away and making something new and better out of it. The trend is cropping up in retail stores all over the country but there are some tremendous artists out there who are taking up-cycling to a whole new level.
Here is just a small sample of some of the amazing upcycled products that can be found in the handcrafted market.
