Creative Reuse of Worn Out or Mismatched Socks
What can you do with all those lonely socks?
How Family & Friends Support My Trashmagination Vision
Every day is Valentine’s Day when people help with Trashmagination. Find ways you could support the visions of the people you love.
Valentines and Business Cards from Recycled Maps
Creatively reuse your old printed maps into Valentines with the inspiring message of “Follow Your Heart” or make business cards for your local business from maps.
Wine Corks – Easy to Reuse
If you are interested in trying out creative reuse, but you are not sure what material to collect, wine corks are a great place to start.
Goal-Setting Projects: Dream Board & Gratitude Box
These goal setting projects involve making something, which should appeal to all of you who love to make things.
New Uses for Old Trophies
Do you have a box of old trophies that are gathering dust? Find places to send them or crafts to make with them.
Kadomatsu from Recycled Materials
This traditional Japanese decoration is made around the new year for good luck.
Creative Reuse Lessons from Weaving Plastic Bags
Three key values of Trashmagination that were reinforced by my recent work weaving plastic bags on my floor loom into gorgeous colorful mats
Memories of my 43rd Year
Taking the time to remember a great year on my birthday
Hooked Rug Gifts
Rugs I have hooked from recycled yarn, wool, t-shirts and other fibers as gifts to family and friends
Stream Monitoring with the Oakbrook Stewards of Creation
Counting macro-invertebrates during stream monitoring was a great way to see our local area in a new micro-way.
My Mom’s Weaving – Gander Birch
My mom made an incredible weaving of a birch tree forest near where she was born in Gander, Newfoundland.
My Creative Instagram Inspirations
These Instagram feeds are providing a lot of creative energy to me these days for rug hooking, weaving, quilting, embroidery, drawing and interesting craft business models.
Washed Ashore Exhibit at Smithsonian National Zoo
This incredible exhibit of 17 sea creatures made from beach trash is one of the most impressive creative reuse endeavors I have ever viewed.
Webelos Cub Scout Craft from Recycled Materials
We designed a Cub Scout wearing the Webelos uniform as a craft for our den.
Tapestry Weavings with T-Shirt Yarn
I experiment with making small tapestries from recycled t-shirt yarn and other yarns.
Wood Carving Art by Isaiah Fraser from Scrap Wood
Wood carving artist Isaiah Fraser is my brother-in-law and we love creative reuse of wood scraps!
Toddler Craft – Basket from Recycled Laundry Cap
Colorful laundry caps inspire a craft that helps build fine-motor skills for little ones.
Making Handmade Obon Tenugui for Bon Odori Dancing
At the Obon festival at Ekoji Buddhist Temple, people can use a stamp to decorate a tenugui, or cloth hand towel, and then dance with it at the community dance.
Taiko Crafts from Recycled Plastic Caps and Wine Corks
To help celebrate Obon, a Buddhist summer festival, I designed crafts from recycled materials including this taiko player.
First Weavings on my Floor Loom
I finally got my floor loom working and made three weavings from my first warp.
Maker Faire 2016 in Reston, Virginia
Inspiring Trashmagination artists made items from recycled glass, fiber and playing cards.
T-Shirt Quilt – Everybody’s Got Wings
I hand-quilted a t-shirt from an Innovation Engineering conference with a design and message I loved.
Sewing “Flat People”
My daughter designs a version of paper dolls with fabric scraps.
My Family’s Creative Recycling over the Holidays
I love that my family was doing creative recycling in all our various corners of the globe – from recycling yarn, to wood to upholstery samples.