A New Use for Tab Tops
@DeborahDiane (40070)
Laguna Woods, California
May 2, 2016 11:15pm CST
Have you ever collected the tab tops from soda cans? No? Neither have I.
However, someone must have ... and they came up with a creative way to use them.
Rather than making strings of them to hang across a fraternity house wall, I have to say that the sweater in the picture above is pretty inventive.
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@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
4 May 16
Someone actually bought that "jacket!" I went by the store the day after I took this photo, and it is already gone. Amazing!
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@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
5 May 16
@JudyEv - I agree that it is probable that this pop top vest would get caught on everything ... you hair, other clothing, etc. It is fascinating, though!
@JudyEv (326431)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 May 16
@DeborahDiane I should think it would get caught in everything for starters.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
3 May 16
Yes, and it reminds me of the Hippie 1960s. 
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@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
4 May 16
Ha Ha! I used to make jewelry out of watermelon seeds back in the 1960s.
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@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
5 May 16
@ElizabethWallace - Oh, yes! I made so many great necklaces, bracelets, etc., out of pop beads!
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
4 May 16
@DeborahDiane Remember Pop Beads? They were fun too.
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@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
5 May 16
I had no idea they could make a wheelchair out of the metal in those tab tops, but that makes sense. After all, wheelchairs are made from aluminum sometimes, and it could be recycled cans.
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@beenice2 (2967)
• Sackville, New Brunswick
14 Oct 16
@DeborahDiane that person had imagination.
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@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
14 Oct 16
Yes, that tab top sweater vest was kind of crazy!
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@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 Oct 16
@beenice2 - Yes, it was a very creative use of tab tops
@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
16 Oct 16
@DeborahDiane its all good - lovely to get an answer a few weeks later - I miss some as well
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@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
16 Oct 16
@Inlemay - It's hard to keep up with all the nofifications. If I'm out one evening, I fall behind.
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@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
14 Oct 16
@Inlemay - I thought that tab top sweater vest was pretty crazy, too. Sorry I didn't see your comment sooner.
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@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
4 May 16
Yes, this is a very beautiful, unique type of sweater, isn't it?
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@frankie2013 (381)
• Canada
4 May 16
It is a unique and imaginative sweater. I collect soda tabs but for charity. My father in law brings them somewhere (sorry, I do not remember where) and these go to eventually buy a wheelchair for a needy person with a disability. I think it is a good cause to help with.
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@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
5 May 16
That is wonderful that they could be used to buy a wheelchair for a needy person with a disability. I hope the person who bought the pop top vest will donate it someday to help others!
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@Hate2Iron (15730)
• Canada
3 May 16
Do they still even make cans with tabs like that. The last tab pushed into the can if I'm not mistaken!
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@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
4 May 16
You are absolutely right! It has been a long time since I have seen the kind of tab that you pulled off the can.
@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
4 May 16
I think this is a very inventive tab top sweater, but not something I would like to wear, either!
@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
4 May 16
I agree. This tab top sweater reminds me of the seventies, too.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
3 May 16
inventive fer certain, but i wonder what they did to the lil rough edges?? noperz, i'd not wear such, lol. i'm already gettin' the visual'f my hair bein' entangled!
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@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
5 May 16
I'm sure my hair would be tangled in it constantly ... plus my sweaters would get snagged all the time, too!
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@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
7 May 16
I was amazed by the tab top sweater, too. I agree that some people are so creative!
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@JamesHxstatic (29338)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 May 16
That is amazing! I wonder how many it took to make that?
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@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
5 May 16
Oh, my goodness! I wonder how many pop tops it took, too! They sold it within 24 hours of my taking this photo! I would love to see someone out wearing it.
@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
4 May 16
I wish I had gone into the store to find out what they were charging for the tab top sweater. It has already been sold!
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@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
5 May 16
It is surprisingly pretty for a vest made out of pop tops!
@DeborahDiane (40070)
• Laguna Woods, California
5 May 16
I agree that the pop top vest is cute and creative!
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