Inspired from Reuse Connection!

For the last two years now, I have been subscribed to and therefore been reading about wonderful art from recycled material that is showcased on the page Reuse Connection. It is incredibly inspiring and has had me, since many months collecting cardboard boxes, paper scraps, gift-wrapping paper and most importantly, my used insulin vials. I proudly share that I have a whole box full of those pretty glass vials that I cannot wait to work on.

So, the first project that I began work on was making a lamp shade out of a KFC bucket.



Eventually, however I scrapped the idea of the lamp shade because it needed a few fixtures that I was just in no mood of spending time and money on. Instead, I got really cheap beads from the market and the erstwhile lamp-shade now hangs prettily in my room like this:



Yesterday, I shared this picture on A Little Part of Me's Facebook page and was very happy to see the positive feedback. Encouraged by the 'Likes', I am now sharing another "reuse" project.

Kamla Nagar market in New Delhi's famous north campus has these road-side vendors who sell really cool and inexpensive badges. Beatles, I love Tibet, Love, Che Guevara- you name it, they have it. I had bought a few of these the last time I was in Kamla Nagar market and had been wondering what to do with them.

A really nice idea is to pin these badges on all sides of a cardboard box. There can, obviously be any number of creative ways to do it. I used old wrapping paper and covered the box in different styles and colours of the paper on all sides. Then I added golden beads to the string from which the box hangs and finally attached the badges on various sides. I have been unable to post pictures here for some reason after the one above, so I am sharing the link to our Facebook page, where I have uploaded these pictures:

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