Friday Folksy Find - Upcycled

This seems to be a word I am hearing a lot and having just received a wonderful bag made from old tweed suits as a gift I thought I would see what Folksy had to offer.  I use a mixture of new and old fabrics in my dolls, mostly David's stripped shirts making great stripy legs but some of these finds have truly made something new and desirable out of the old and unwanted.  So here goes.

FabFunky

FabFunky is Kelly McLaughlan from Sussex on the south coast and her shop is a treasure of book prints.  Creative images printed onto old pages from books.  There really is something for everyone at FabFunky, the colours are gemstone bright and the animals, some dressed and others like Mr Puffin in the raw, are witty and full of character.  There are so many to choose you won't know where to start.

RooRaw

RooRaw is Hatty Leith and she makes bottle cap jewellery.  Collections of notions and findings together with an upcycled bottle top, all finished to make an attractive and unusual necklace.  Very young and fresh.

wyatt&jack

wyatt&jack state boldly they are made by the sea and the work involves upcycling the most amazing array of sourced vinyl you can imagine.  They state 'WYATT AND JACK CREATES SUSTAINABLE BAGS AND ACCESSORIES FROM UPCYCLED BEACH DECKCHAIR CANVAS AND RETIRED BOUNCY CASTLE VINYL PVC'.  This bright and cheerful tote is made from a bouncy castle, what a wonderful way to reuse what would otherwise by landfill.  Great idea.  Have a peep at their shop because you wouldn't believe the range of colours and patterns they have used.

Goozberry Hill

Mrs Goozeberry has a passion of Georgian and Victorian cutlery and why not.  She states in her bio that her most prized possession is a pair of nineteenth century silver plated sandwich scissors, which sound fantastic.  Goozeberry Hill take old unwanted cutlery and hand stamp witty and original statements and thoughts onto it, I particularly like the sentiment above.  They will work to order and the pieces come in interesting gift bags.  This lady is lovely to buy from and the pieces are well finished, have a visit to the shop.

Witty Dawn

This lady is a perennial favourite, her collections of vintage fabrics are amazing, as are the little gifts she makes from remnants and off cuts.  Witty Dawn is Dawn Witts from the Cotswolds, her previous incarnation was Audrey's Cat but a re branding exercise has brought her to this new shop.  Check out the owls and the mice as well as home furnishing all recylcing the past.

There are so many inventive upcycled ideas on Folksy that five just isn't enough, have a peep at the Quilting Demon and OliBee as well as Cissyface and ElizabethanRuby.  Just a few of the many to check out.  Searching for gifts is always a pleasure but finding well designed good quality pieces made from old or unwanted items is very satisfying.