Cork Boards!

I mentioned the Upcycling Class that I taught at my last place of work. Well, I've had some extra corks and frames sitting in the closet for a while, and this past weekend, I finally did something about it!

As before, I'm still busy. I have plenty of gifts I could show, but things are falling apart a little on this end for other reasons (work, mostly), and so I'm stressing out t how behind I am. I'm planning to go back and show two projects I completed during my year hiatus (I forgot to show them before), and after that, I should be ready and able to show you all those Christmas gifts I've been holding off on!

There they are, ready for Christmas cards!

Upcycling Class

Last year, I did a class with my then-students on upcycling. Recently, I realized that I'd never posted on it, and I figured, why not?

There's a local store called the "Center for Creative Reuse," and most every Saturday during that six week class, I took a trip there or to Salvation Army to get some supplies.

We did a series of fantastic projects, and the kids really enjoyed it! I'll just show you a sampling of the results.

We made some t-shirt bowls and rugs...

And some candle holders and photo-holders from old CD cases and wrapping paper rolls...

I got about 30 frames from Salvation Army, and we made a series of real-cork-boards...

And as a finale, we made terrariums with old glasses, to throw some sustainability in the mix!

Here's a shout out to all those kiddos, who I miss dearly. I'm thinking of you!