Repurposed wine box

With the 3rd flea market behind us, this week has been a glad one. The aftermath, of all the creativity, sense of purpose to recycle and of course, meeting great people, is a good one!

The heart of Second to None is really this, building a community. And it feels great when people share their repurposing ideas. This one is sent by Aparna, who converted a wine box into a jewellery organizer. The handles were made with bead buttons from a discarded dress and the hanging beads from another broken earring.

Aparna, who lives in NJ, is a student of Chitra Kala Parishat and she believes in recycling. The pair of earrings in the middle of the jewellery case (between the long green beads and red beads) are made with chiku seeds. She makes lovely earrings with dried leaves, flowers, and seeds.

Thank you Aparna for sharing, via Suman Anand!

If you have a great recycling idea, do share it with us!

Schedule – Feb 5th flea market!

Just a few more days to go to the flea market and here we are! There have been a couple of cancellations and some new additions to the roster here… So be sure to check this out.

UPDATES!

Pramila will be at the market from 2 to 6 PM with her recycled plastic self-watering pots and decoupage products!

TreesForFree will be there all day to talk about their effort to bring the trees back to Bangalore. Please show up, talk to them and support them! 

We will have Vani Murthy at the market from 11 AM to 2 PM to talk to interested people about composting in their neighbourhoods and making use of waste. (http://ecomurthy.wordpress.com/)

Collection boxes for clothes, and books to be donated to schools will be available. If you have empty diaries, notebooks and such which can be used by children as notebooks, please donate.

Book exchange! One table will be dedicated to exchanging books. Bring a book and take a book, in the spirit of the same being done at the literary fest, Lekhana.

ENTRY FEE: Like in the last market, we will have an entry fee of Rs.20 each for visitors, which will go towards covering our few expenses and to Jaaga.

See you all soon!

TIME	WHO	WHAT
WHOLE DAY	Enthucutletswritetoenthucutlets@gmail.com	Saree table runners, baggage tags, dustbins, planters, pinup boards, kitchen towel holder, mug holder, black board, organic rice, home made sonth-tamarind chatani, foot amrit, wall art
	Taantra organic cakeshttp://taantraa.wordpress.com	Exotic Coffee Choco, Earthy Moong Dal, Aromatic Orange Almond, Enlightfully Nutty, Miss Simplicity Choco-la’, Piousness (eggless), Gluten Free
	Nature in a Bottle (Hema Mahesh)	Gourmet Jams
	Sonali Doshi	Some house hold things. Footwear. and recycled bags.
	A Hundred Handshttp://www.ahundredhands.com	Toys, baby clothes, balms, crochet jewellery, shopping bags and much much more.
	Sahana	Jewellery from beads teamed with satin and metal wire, and also upcycled feather jewelry.
	HodgePodgehttp://hodgepodgedes.blogspot.com/	Handmade home decor consisting of recycled glass/plastic bottles,mug planters,kettles,buckets,lamps etc.
	Jayashree Pradeep	Used household goods
	Ashokhttp://www.pvalues.com	Organic and natural bath scrub called loofah that exfoliates skin and discourages use of plastic.
	Richa Chhapolia	Used household items, books, wall hangings, gift items, video games, electronics plus SSK (Spastics Society of Karnataka)’s products
	Madhuri Kumarhttp://cookcurrynook.wordpress.com	Home-baked goodies
	Anokhi Planethttp://www.facebook.com/Anokhi.Planet	Upcycled wine bottles – “Message on a Bottle”, Hair accessory holders for children”s clips and hairbands, Button necklaces, Retro Jewellery boxes – remember those days reading Phantom, Tarzan, Superman, Spiderman comics…the world still needs superheroes!
	John Fennessy	http://hamsahorganicfarmandsustainableliving@facebookVegetables, fruits, peanut butter, pesto, etc… from our organic farm.
	Zehra Rafiq	Upcycled rosewood and teak wood products
	Abhishek Agarwal	Recycled items made from car wheels and other car parts. Apart from this other items made from junk.
	Badrinath	Used household items like clothes, electronic items, cookware etc.
	Antara G Bhattacharya	* glass jars votives, * products made out of old magazines & newspaper (coasters, boxes etc.), * baby pram, * high chair, * baby carrier
	Anu Gummaraju	Place mats made from pages of old books (guitar motifs), dinner napkin rings made from used cardboard tubes and scraps of gift wrap, used books, couple of well kept clothes, some crockery, and some upcycled art.
	Vinita Jain	Selling hand made jewellery which is made by an NGO called Vatsalya. I will also be selling envelopes & hand made greeting cards.
	Jyothi Bothra	Clothes, accessories and household items
	Reena Chengappa	Upcycled wine bottles.
	Geetha Krishnan	Home-made bakes – some sweet & some savory bakes.
	Rabi Rathnakar	Papier mache’ lamps, vases and lamp shades made out of re-cycled materials.
	Maruthesh	Un-used new saree, well-kept warm clothing,Used household goods, etc
11 AM to 1 PM	Shruthy B	Some hand painted pots, recycled home ware, some unused old jewellery
	Gautam Kotian	2 mirrors (fairly large)
	Indu Antony	Used clothes(used once or some not even once), glass bowls, some used bags, a steam inhaler, a camera bag
	Anjali Varma	Kitchen items, clothes, cushions
	Dinesh/Rekha	1) Few decoupaged vases(about 5-6), 2) clothes,shoes(1-2yrs girl), 3) Baby carrier, 4) New Unused clothes(for Women)
	Shruthi	Unused jewellery
2 PM to 6 PM	Karaashilphttp://www.facebook.com/Karaashilp	Upcycled Denim products, repurposed home decor stuff
	Monika Manchandahttp://monikamanchanda.wordpress.com	Old books and cupcakes
	Modhsudhan	SyUta: Recycled Cloth Bags
	Deki	Toys, household knick knacks, books etc.
	Yellow Button store	Handcrafted Jewelry inspired by the tradition of waste management.
	Megha Moorthy	Clothes, stationery
	Anumeha – Prishth Handcrafted Gifts	Handmade paper products and other gift/stationery items.
	Cup-a-cake	Cup cakes

Register – Feb 5, 2012 flea market

Aaaaand we are back! With registration for the next flea market!

This form is for folk for who would like to sell used goods at the Second to None flea market. Please read through carefully before you fill out the form and submit it.

NOTE: The market is for used / recycled / upcycled goods, and a limited number of home kitchen / organic food outlets ONLY. 

Space: Jaaga will support up to 25-30 sellers at once. Please pick from:

11 AM to 1 PM or

2 PM to 6 PM or

Whole day

Depending on the number of sellers and the takers for slots, Second to None will facilitate the slots and inform you.

Registration: Please provide all the information asked for and submit. You will receive an e-mail at the ID you specify, to confirm your participation.

Infra: In the spirit of an open market, there will not be commercial tables available to display goods. Please bring mats / sheets of about 4 feet x 6 feet to display your goods. Chairs will be made available. We will have about 8 small tables ONLY on the premises, first come, first served. If you have small tables to display, please bring along.

Time: If you have the morning slot of 11 AM to 1 PM, please arrive at the venue by 10.30 AM. If you have the 2 PM to 6 PM slot, please arrive by 1 PM.

Fee: No registration fee for selling, but we will approach you for donations to support minimal market expenses, please contribute!

We may update the forum with new information, so please do stay in touch.

Name(required)

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Website

What are you selling?(required)

Which time slot would you prefer? 11 AM to 1 PM

2 PM to 6 PM

Whole day

Infini-tee by maya*made

All this talk about repurposing old tee shirts into wall art and bags made me think of this lovely idea! By Maya, of maya*made fame. She uses two tee shirts in this project. And calls it infini-tee, so apt because it is a scarf, a skirt-wrap AND a shoulder poncho-like thing, all at one go! So so so inspiring, this is one of my favourites.

Go check out the instructions on how to make this here.

Sharing one pic from Maya’s blog here, for colour inspiration!

The picture is courtesy maya*made, please do not copy without permission from Maya.

Patchwork bed linen

Sangita Mohta, who retails garments like salwars, kurtis, etc. has an eye for what kind of fabrics and colours work to make cute bed linen. These are sheets which are patched together using bits and pieces of like-coloured and like-patterned fabrics, and adding a dash of interest with embroidered patches.

She is not exclusively into salvaging cloth and making these lovely coordinated sets, but it is something she has followed up to make the most use of any fabric she can find. And they look nice!

They range around Rs.300 Rs.400 for a sheet plus a pillow cover. to For these patchwork sheets, Sangita can be contacted at:

9, 4th Main Road, 1st Cross, Rammohanpura (near Devaiah Park), Bangalore.

Ph: 9900254100, 080 231344651

Napkin rings with cardboard and extra paper

How does one imagine turning this…

…into these?

At mayamade, nothing is impossible, as I am completely surprised each time I visit a new DIY project that has a beginning in turning something as innocuous as a toilet paper tube into a thing of beauty, AND, use. The idea is from there, where Maya uses the insides of security envelopes to such lovely effect. I have used colourful paper which looks good anyway, but I do want to look further and use even innocuous paper like she does, perhaps when the next set of bills come along .

It is so simple. Just use a sharp enough serrated knife or mini saw to cut toilet paper tubes, kitchen tissue tubes. Trim the raw edges with sharp scissors. Cut colourful paper into exactly the same width as the cardboard and glue on. Use gently and these rings will last a while.

Thin strips of Chumbak gift wrap, left over after wrapping birthday gifts.

The borders of a thambulam (the coconut and betel leaf) giveaway cover from a wedding.

Make them a little more interesting by gluing on a plain colour and over that, a colourful strip.

So remember not to throw away those dull brown tubes. Slightly larger tubes from cellophane tape or masking tape and such can be converted into curtain rings too. The possibilities are quite endless!

DO SHARE your ideas on the blog, we would love to have them here for more readers to delightfully stumble on! Write a blog post, share your photographs. Just write in to secondtononemarket@gmail.com with your ideas.

The reinvention scarf from maya*made

Clothes that don’t fit any more, outdated styles that you wouldn’t be caught dead in, worn jeans with holes in the knees or cushion covers with zippers torn – if you are a hoarder of any of these or if you just happen to have them around, you have the makings of a beautiful stole. Uncommon prettiness can be found when mixing and matching simple pieces of fabric. Those inspiration brain cells need a small nudge, is all.

And all the inspiration in the world can be found at maya*made. Maya creates things of beauty from the most simple, every day materials that are a joy to see and read about. She has been a sport and has OK’d sharing some of her creations on Second to None, so here is one of many DIY projects! This is super exciting, actually because I have been a fan!

This she calls the reinvention scarf. It IS a reinvention because the pieces come together to create something that is more than the sum of its parts. Plain fabric, pockets (!) to create a stash pouch, bits of lace, a few buttons maybe…

Inspired as yet? Read the full post here.

All quoted text and photographs are courtesy maya*made. Please do not copy posts or the photographs without prior permission from maya*made.

Unusual vases

You can put flowers in almost any thing and make it look good! Anju’s cafe at Ranga Shankara does it well. Innocuous milk cans make charming vases for tall flowers.

The tables at the cafe are just large construction bricks with stone slabs placed on top (pics of that coming up soon!)

Seen any interesting reuse ideas of late? Share them!

The beauty of repurposing!

Kamini Raghavan, artist, designer, foodie, inspirational blogger, really makes magic with what she touches! Here she repurposes an old wooden artifact that she found into a wall bangle stand. Isn’t it beautiful?

Another view…

On DIY…

“…listen to the materials and honour their properties…”

- Maya of maya*made

Just the mission statement for DIY projects using whatever materials you can find, don’t you think?