Sprucing

At Hazel & Hunter you’ll find wonderful spruced up vintage furniture you’ll fall in love with!
From right here in Montreal, Julie finds great shapes in chairs and benches and then runs to the studio to pair them with new fabrics to give them a new life! Also check out her wonderful pillows!

Cork Yoga

I’ve been wanting to try out yoga, apparently, to my friend Emilie’s sayings, I would adore it!
These yoga mats look just wonderful! Made out of cork in NY by Korq, these bad boys are eco-friendly and so stylish! They come with different color linings and matching carry strap (that you can use as part [...]

Eco Straw World

I’m a straw girl. Yes I know, straws are so bad for the environment — 15 minutes use and then pops into the junk for years and years. I just get cold sores so easily with cans and all!
But I finally found THE solution for the rest of my life: Straws by Carli.
Handmade glass straws, [...]

KayLim

I love love love repurposed… well, anything! If you do too, at KayLim you’ll be thrilled!
Old fleece tops get a new life after she gets her hands on them and cuts, sews, stitches, knits, crochets, braids!
This kind of shabby chic is exactly what we need!

Quebec handmade giveaways!

I love to help out my fellow Quebec friends and their handmade goods, so please check out these 2 super giveaways!
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First, participate and perhaps get what you want from my eco-friendly friend Tomate d’épingles’s shop, whether it be recycled fur or leather rings (my personal funky faves!!) or great recycled film negatives earrings!
To participate, it’s [...]

Mobile Central

Woah! These pictures are sooooo great, aren’t they? And I mean, mobiles are so cool! Plus, made with recycled vintage French magazines, I’m about to faint. lol
From royalbuffet, between $17 ans $25. There’s no reason not to get one! :)

Tea Light

What a cute and stylish idea it is to reuse vintage retro looking cups into night lights! They make for stylish and unique affordable practical art!
Only $10 a pop at Micah7.

Most. Perfect. Spoons. Ever.

I am without much words. Made from recycled glass bottles. Just LOVE and WANT!
By Laurence Brabant, Cold Cuts Collection.
Via } Perrenia

Deuxième Vie

Un petit billet en français, ça fait longtemps! :)
Vous avez un item à donner, simplement car “pourquoi jeter quelque chose qui fonctionne encore et dont quelqu’un pourrait avoir besoin”? Ici, pas d’argent, pas d’échanges, simplement de donner une deuxième vie à ces items qui en méritent une!
Le site DeuxièmeVie.ca étant très rècent, peu d’items y [...]

Recycled fur hawtness

Thanks to my great friend Guylaine and her sister Isabelle of Tomate d’épingles, many new readers have arrived to my little blog here directly from their interview as featured sellers today on Etsy (YAY!!)!
So, hello, and welcome!!
For the occasion, I decided to put up a new banner on this blog! Do you like? :)
Also, I [...]

Earth Day

For Earth Day, cheers to some of many many Etsy sellers who think of the Earth while creating!
Clockwise from top left:
Mini Tag Book by erinzam
Industrial Felt Peggy Sue Purse by anatomyofaskirt
Eco-Friendly Flatware Set by ponyup
Mura Trio Rings by FrucciDesign
Truck Innertube Ring by malinb
Recycled Fur Punk Cuff by saralagace
Felt Cup Cozy by cupkozy
Origami Flower Magnet by [...]

ReadyMade goes virtual

ReadyMade’s new “Green Design Issue” goes virtual, perhaps to be logical with the “green” part? LOVE IT!
Right here, and free!

Jour de la Terre

J’adooooore cette affiche pour le Jour de la Terre qui aura lieu le 22 avril!
Le concept, le visuel, la réalisation, les couleurs, j’aime tout! Le genre de pièce qui me fait souhaiter que mon nom était en dessous! haha!
Ceci dit, autant que je n’ai rien contre un “Jour de la Terre” du tout, ça me [...]

Biodegradable Tableware

 

There are so many occasions in which people say they “need” cutlery that is disposable. Many of them are not so good reasons in my world (home parties and picnics), others are sometimes logical (like for some 200 people traitor wedding feast for example, although some companies do rent cutlery that they will actually [...]

Joodito

Meet Joodito.
Wonderful and playful shapes, great various textures and materials, super smart and pretty details. Plus those fabulous over sized collars I am so in love with!
What could be better than that, you ask? Well, being all one of a kind and all made with recycled fabrics, of course!
You’ll have to stalk this shop people, [...]