Lily Razz

My first swap package

For the first time I dared to enter a swap! I hope somebody will claim my offer, this is what it looks like!

It contains:

50 x pink shiny beads 
15 x green (jade?) glass beads
8 x flat green (jade?) glass beads 
2 x (different) keychains from Turkey containing a total of 55 beads
1 x big metal shoe-shaped charm decorated with ornamental stones
15 x wooden colored beads with on one side chinese marks, the other side a little buddha

And I'm sending it in a cute recyclable bag (in background)

 
I'm so nervous! Let's see if they claim..

Old Jeans + Wooden Box = Upcycle project!

Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or a higher environmental value.

I wasn't aware of this new term (which obviously isn't so new anymore, but to me it is) but I think my latest project falls under this category of "upcycling". This is what I've done!

1) I took my wooden "memory-box" (where I keep all sorts of memory-thingies, obviously (: )

 
2) Then I took one of my very old "should-be-thrown-away-long-time-ago-jeans" and cut it up into pieces (great to get some frustrations out!) and started gluing it on my boring box.. I figured, these jeans also have some memories, so why not intergrate it with my memory box?

Here's the result!

Top Cover:

Side of box: 
Side & Top: 
Very fun to do!