Reuse and Recycle Your Packaging Materials

Embrace you eco-friendly heart and reuse your packaging materials in your Etsy business. Did you know that paper products are the largest component of municipal solid waste, making up more than 40 percent of the composition of landfills?! Save your cardboard, popcorn, bubble wrap, paper, and brown paper bags by reusing them when shipping out your Etsy sold items!You can get crafty and creative by embellishing your recycled materials with printed tape and elegant wax seals like my sister, Andrea of Storybook Artifact, did (package pictured below); she reused a cardboard box and attached information about her Etsy shop printed on recycled paper. I like to embellish my packaged items with descriptive tags and paste recycled inspirational Yogi Tea tag messages on them. You can also incorporate some fun, unique recycled items into your packages like old maps, sheet music, buttons, used stamps, bottle caps, etc.If you don't want to do the work, yet want to support the cause, please consider purchasing these embellished upcycled packaging materials from Etsy Recycler's Guild members for your next sold shop items!"6 acorn gift tags autumn colored ties" by 42 Things Upcycled Goodies.
"12 Upcycled Handmade Envelopes - Eco-Friendly Set Made from Wallpaper" by Harvest Moon by Hand.
"Shoe Advertising Pendant 4 Necklace - Embellishment, Package Tag or use in Mixed Media" by Retro Chalet.
"30 Upcycled Blank Business Cards from Bingo Cards" by Paper Picker.
"Vintage Map Gift Tag Set" by The Weeping Willows.
This post was contributed by Jessica of Eco-Friendly Freckles

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Hot Contest News; Tim Adams of Handmadeology is our Guest Judge

Meet "Hoot", the recycled owl with pizazz, and find out why he is going nuts...

 See the many faces of HOOT here at Noble Upcycling.

For those of you who have entered the $200 value prize pack Recyclers Guild (write-a-blog-post) LINKS contest, guess what?  Tim from Handmadeology and TimothyAdamDesigns is our guest judge.  That's right people, he will choose the winner and we are happy to have him..

Guest Judge runs Handmadeology.

About Tim: 
Tim's a leader in marketing, networking, SEO, and back linking!  This metal artist- turned networking guru from Ohio taught himself the ropes and built a community of like minded people trying to network and grow their business.  (I like to call the Timothy Adam Revolution!)  He has earned my respect my helping so many Etsy sellers by giving free tips. Right now he's hosting a free 5 day e-course on growing your business!.  Tim has been giving free advice based on what he learned himself that helped him become a successful online seller. He allows the Handmade community to network together and share ideas.

Vintage Spark!

Tim Loves Vintage Too!  

Don't fret vintage sellers, many of you don't know that aside from doing handmade, Tim and his wife also have a vintage shop?

With all the principles of our Recyclers Guild Links contest, about cross promoting someone.....we've found the perfect judge!  If anything you should enter this contest to get practice on writing good blog posts that cross reference others, as a way to build back-links!  PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!

  It's not too late for you to ENTER THE CONTEST NOW!

Might I remind you that you can enter as often as you'd like!

Prize is $75 worth of goodies (we're sure you'll like them) annd $125 free advertising!

Submit your entry and read rules HERE on the Recyclers Guild Blog.

Contest Entries Close February 14th, 2011

GOOD LUCK

Thank you to Timothy Adam 

Sign up for this here .

HH Dollhouse: Vintage Green Upcycled Jewelry

Time to Meet HH Dollhouse!   This shop is from St. Paul, Minnesota!

Rhinestone Pendant, $14.99

"HH stands for Healthy Hands in recycling vintage garments, jewelry, and accessories of the past into today's modern woman or man. We sell earth friendly items: vintage, natural fabrics, and vintage made in USA items.! There is no additional carbon footprint because we're upcycling items!"

Modernist Brooch, $19.99

HH Dollhouse sells earth friendly items: vintage, natural fabrics, & vintage made in USA items. Jewelry is abundant in this shop and at great prices!

Bohemian Style Earrings $4.99

HH Dollhosue is also a member of the Independent Fashion Bloggers network, a few other teams on Etsy and does her part in recycling and being eco friendly!  Advice from HH Dollhouse in taking care of the earth is this:

1)You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly.
2)Do not pollute the land where you live.


You can read more on her "Diary of a Vintage Lover " blog here.

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