Who doesn’t love a good portmanteau? These clever made-up words, aka frankenwords, are created by blending words. Brunch (breakfast + lunch), motel (motor + hotel) and smog (smoke + fog) seem to be cited most frequently as examples.
Turning a discarded T-shirt into a tote bag isn’t a new idea but it’s a good one. It’s a great way to repurpose an unwanted garment into something useful to extend its life.
The T-shirt yarn fun continues! I recently discovered how easy (and Earth-friendly) it is to turn discarded T-shirts into yarn (see Extending the Life of the Common T-Shirt). Predictably, the next step was to find ways to use all that great repurposed material.
A recent closet cleanup resulted in a pile of T-shirts we no longer wear. That pile triggered some rather startling findings as well as a new Earth-friendly maker project.
Just because it’s Earth-friendly doesn’t mean it has to be boring! The coiled cotton rope coasters I introduced in my last blog post are an example. The basic coaster, which is simply a flat disk, meets my Earth-friendly objectives and is very serviceable. But it doesn’t have much… well… personality!
It’s early morning as I sit down to write this week’s blog post. The winter sun is rising in a splendid display of orange and yellow over Lake Oconee.