trash to treasure

Why Throw Away When You Can Craft With It?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upcycling

@HazySue (39264)

Gouverneur, New York

June 15, 2018 12:04pm CST

I just finished writing an article on another site about crafting with recycle items and I just had to share with my friends here on myLot one of the cutest recycled crafts I have seen. The photo above is from Wikipedia showing roses made out of old discontinued library books. Aren't they adorable. They took pages from these discarded books and made roses out of them. They then sold them to make money to buy new books. I love the idea. The Titusville Public Library then held a class teaching other how to do this craft. I have been getting interested in trash to treasure crafting more and more lately. It seems to me that instead of throwing everything away we should try making use of it. What do you think?

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (305864)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

16 Jun 18

I cringe at it being books they're using, but if the books are falling apart, it would be a good use for the pages. It's a good idea and the picture is lovely.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (305864)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

17 Jun 18

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

16 Jun 18

I felt the same way until I found out they were damaged books. Then the roses looked pretty.

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@Daelii (5619)

• United States

15 Jun 18

Cute! The book collector in me screams noooooo! I enjoy older books to see how things change over the years.

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@Marilynda1225 (79664)

• United States

15 Jun 18

I was cringing a bit about using the pages from old books cause I'm one of those people who doesn't turn down pages to keep my place and I wouldn't write in any of my books. But the roses are very pretty

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

16 Jun 18

@Marilynda1225 I don't turn down pages either. When I first heard about it I couldn't believe that a library would do such a thing. Then I found out that these were books that had been damaged or had pages missing and could not be used any more.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

19 Jun 18

@Daelii they only used damaged books, I too value books.

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@rebelann (111133)

• El Paso, Texas

15 Jun 18

I agree with you but then there is that other side of that coin, not all of us are gifted with that crafting gene, I wasn't thats for sure.

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@rebelann (111133)

• El Paso, Texas

16 Jun 18

I'm not that crafty @HazySue but I do know how to create shade for plants I want to grow that can't tolerate the extreme heat we get.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

19 Jun 18

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

16 Jun 18

There are so many ideas online that most people can do the simpler ones. It is truth though, some people are more crafty than others.

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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)

• United States

15 Jun 18

I agree with you, we should do more to save the things we'd normally trash or recycle. That rose is cute! I have a lot of my "oui" yogurt jars that I am saving to make candles out of. I could also probably find lids small enough to fit them or use another means of sealing the jar. If I do this I can also use the jar for lotions or possibly fit very small lotion bars in them. The jar is slightly bigger than a baby food jar.

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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)

• United States

19 Jun 18

@HazySue As long as I don't get stuck on pinterest, I should be fine, right?

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

22 Jun 18

@ScribbledAdNauseum it is certainly addicting to wander around pinterest.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

19 Jun 18

There are ideas on the internet that are amazing. You might want to roam around and see what you can find.

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@moffittjc (118421)

• Gainesville, Florida

16 Jun 18

That is a wonderful idea to not only recycle products that might end up in a landfill, but also to raise funds for the library! I wonder what other great ideas they have come up with?

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@moffittjc (118421)

• Gainesville, Florida

22 Jun 18

@HazySue I've seen our local friends of the library group create "book-mas trees" at Christmas to sell as fundraisers. Thy stack books in such a way that the form the shape of a Christmas tree. Pretty ingenious idea.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

19 Jun 18

I hadn't heard about any new ideas but I am sure they are coming up with some. I love the creativity of the idea.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

23 Jun 18

@moffittjc It is a terrific idea to make things from the old books rather than just throw them out.

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Louise Crisologo

@mlgen1037 (29886)

• Manila, Philippines

15 Jun 18

Hi Anne. I agree with you on that. Iti is true that there is money in garbage/trash.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

16 Jun 18

There is. there are so many ways we can use things that others see as trash.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

19 Jun 18

@mlgen1037 Absolutely.

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Louise Crisologo

@mlgen1037 (29886)

• Manila, Philippines

16 Jun 18

@HazySue Yes, I agree. If people are only creative, then our waste would not be a problem now.

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@celticeagle (158876)

• Boise, Idaho

15 Jun 18

If your imagination can come up with it you can build it.

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@celticeagle (158876)

• Boise, Idaho

20 Jun 18

@HazySue ......I think so.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

16 Jun 18

Isn't that the truth.

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@xstitcher (30282)

• Petaluma, California

23 Jun 18

What a great idea !

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

23 Jun 18

They were to sell them all.

@LadyDuck (457918)

• Switzerland

16 Jun 18

There are many creative ideas to recycle newspapers and even plastic bottles. Those newspaper roses are very nice.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

16 Jun 18

They made a good amount of money and were able to buy more books.

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@Marilynda1225 (79664)

• United States

15 Jun 18

I love the roses. I'm all for finding ways to repurpose something

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

16 Jun 18

So am I. I believe that many of us throw out way to many things that can be made useful.

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@JESSY3236 (18901)

• United States

19 Jun 18

neat idea, but I cringe too being a book lover.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

22 Jun 18

I did too at first.

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@Plethos (13560)

• United States

15 Jun 18

Its a good idea. From a tree to a book to a crafted paper flower to buying a new book!

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

19 Jun 18

that's what I thought.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

15 Jun 18

It's wonderful to use recycled materials and make them new. I also like doing crafts before, making a newspaper to a basket.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

19 Jun 18

How interesting. I think it is great to recycle.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

19 Jun 18

@HazySue Yes, you can make a basket out of old newspaper and you can varnish them or color them in your favor.

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@Icydoll (36717)

• India

15 Jun 18

That's nice one and creative.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

19 Jun 18

It was a good idea for the library. They made money to help buy more books and found a way to used the ones that could no longer be read.

@PatZAnthony (14752)

• Charlotte, North Carolina

15 Jun 18

Tried to like this but the button would not go! It is a great idea to reuse everything we can. We just viewed some videos on YouTube about this. There are so many things that can have a second life.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

19 Jun 18

I found a whole bunch of ideas on YouTube and the internet too. It would be a cleaner world if we could all stop and think before we throw something away. We might find a new use for the item.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

15 Jun 18

This is a brilliant idea!

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

19 Jun 18

It thought it was too. The damaged books found a new life as a flower and the library made the money to replace them.

@andriaperry (116860)

• Anniston, Alabama

15 Jun 18

I do agree to reuse things, crafts would be a good way. What site did you write this I will pop over and like it.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

16 Jun 18

Hubpages. I will email you the title of the article.