Green Jewelry

Be sassy and stylish with earth-friendly jewelry you make yourself! These Instructables feature methods that reduce waste, recycle objects and use sustainable materials. You can feel good about sporting your new bling, knowing you've reduced your impact on the environment! Nowadays, people are into saving mother earth. There are people out there who opt for recycled creations. Learn from the guys of Green Grab and Rags to Riches who are now exporting their recycled product outside the country. The best thing about recycling is that you don't need capital to buy raw materials, it's basically trash that you can ask for free. Maybe it's time to make lambing with mamang basurero.

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For one recycled paper, glass and silver bead bracelet, you will need:
-1 page from an old magazine, junk mail, calendar, brochure or a piece of gift wrapping paper- suggest choosing a colors you enjoy and one with a glossy finish. Don't worry about words on the page!
-A paper cutter with marked measurements or an utility/ exacto knife and ruler
-A glue stick
-Wooden toothpicks
-Clear nail polish and a small piece of styrofoam
-Elastic beading cord (about 9-10")
-Leftover silver and glass beads
-Cuticle scissor

You can visit http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-RECYCLED-PAPER-BEAD-Bracelet/ for instrcutions.

Mirror Artist

Mirror art is simply small pieces of mirror in varying colors and shapes that have been assembled together to resemble a picture, landscape or even abstract design. The equipment needed to create the art is inexpensive and includes a few hand tools and a glass grinder. And of course, glass! You can get the most important material for this creation for free. Yes for free, you heard it right. Just go to your glass local glass shop and go mirror hunting. Most glass shops dispose of mirror cutoff pieces that are too small to sell, but these same pieces of mirror are perfectly sized to create mirror art. A man's trash is another man's treasure.

You can visit www.glassartpatterns.com for patterns.