05/14/2009 19:55 Filed in:
reuse | MinaThis Father‘s Day, get your beloved parent a funny and environ-friendly gift. Like the “I Am Not A Paper Cup” -- it looks like a paper coffee cup (like the paper or Styrofoam ones you get at Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks) but it’s actually made of porcelain and it’s reusable! Imagine the amount of paper and Styrofoam we could save per year if all the moms in the world used one of these. It’s really cool because it comes with one of those classic keep-your-coffee-warm lids too!Tags: gift ideas
03/20/2009 19:39 Filed in:
reuse | MinaThis is kinda cool! All you need is an empty beer bottle, super glue, a gas burner (or just something that melts glass), and a saw to cut through the glass with! Okay, they’re not typical everyday objects that might be lying around the house, although if you have the stuff it would be REALLY awesome to make. Actually, you can use a glass-cutter to score the bottle, and a flame and ice-water will give you a good clean cut.
You just cut the bottom of the bottle off. Then fire the edges that you cut (so you don’t hurt yourself). Next, glue the bottom to the top of the bottle, and fire the places where they connect to insure it’s leak proof. They don’t look half bad and it’s a great way to use a beer bottle again if you’re not recycling it (though I gotta say, you should recycle it). You can actually drink out of this, or use it as a decoration. Did you know that glasses like this are actually sold online!? They’re priced at £12.95 each (in the U.K.) and come in different beer brands. Imagine if you made a bunch of these and sold them as a fundraiser! They are extremely cheap to make so even if you sold it for only $3 each you could make a HUGE profit! Personally, if I saw this being sold, I would get one to give to my brother. He would get an artistic recycled kick out of it.
Tags: crafts, gift ideas
