I’ve seen a lot of variations on recycled paper products used to create cool accessories, but I think these bangle bracelets crafted from recycled magazines are a particularly stylish solution to the waste problem:
You can select from these three different styles, and find them along with many other unique clothing and accessory ideas at Artfulwears.com.
Want to learn how to make your own recycled jewelry, including bracelets, necklaces and rings, and turn trash into fashion treasure? Here are just a few books on crafting with recycled materials to get you started on your way!
Junk Jewelry: 25 Extraordinary Designs to Create from Ordinary Objects
Big Green Book of Recycled Crafts
Craftcycle: 100+ Earth-Friendly Projects and Ideas for Everyday Living
Jewellery from Recycled Materials
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These look amazing– and out of magazines, love it! I just did a post about making coasters out of recycled magazines…I really like this idea too! Thanks for sharing.
Tori, those coasters are super cute! I love useful recycled crafts!
I’m a sucker for any kind of bangle, but these are especially cute/cool.
These remind me of my childhood. We recycled when recycling wasn’t cool…..haha…..my mom had craft projects to keep us busy in the summers and one project was using magazines to make jewelry. Seems we cut them in squares and covered them in some kind of glue….rolled them on knitting needles to get a good form….and used them as beads. Wish I could remember how we did them ’cause they were pretty cool.
Linda, were the beads sort of like these?
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22575783
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27154716
I’m pretty sure there are probably tutorial somewhere online for them. Oh, yes! I just found two good ones:
http://guidezone.e-guiding.com/kdpaperb.htm
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/do/magazinebeads.html
Hi Mallory, your post on paper bangles made out of recycled magazine paper was really good. The things that people make handcrafted items out of are truly amazing. We have so many things lying around at home that we hardly think could be used for anything creative. Perhaps that is part of creativity… finding a use for the common and the neglected! Great blog. Maybe http://climatarians.org can help you find other interesting and creative ideas.
Joost Hoogstrate
pretty! i like these.
ooooo these are really pretty and ingenious!!! how much are they? i think i might have to feature these on my blog too! thanks!