Jacquie's Up-Cycle Nation: Woodland Summer

August has arrived signaling the final days of summer.  With play dates and vacation frolic coming to a close, make the most of the hours remaining with woodland celebrations!  These Etsy up-cycle artists help by putting the exclamation point on cute!

Take the woodland critters to the picnic, classroom, or the office, with a whimsical lunch bag from alittlelark.  Each bag is made with eco friendly recycled cotton canvas for feel good treats inside and out.

Turn heads with over-sized soft sculpture moth brooches;  perfect for wearing or adorning a billowing curtain for woodland magic. Willowynn creates forest fabulous works of fiber art!

 Bring the forest home with these playful cut outs from MettaPrints. Lightweight, easy to assemble and oh-so-eco-friendly!

Read all about woodland fox facts with this info-zine illustrated by LyndseyGreen. This shop is stocked with sweet characters on a variety of useful products. Bonus: 10% of the sales on select items are donated to prevent animal cruelty.

Woodland sweeties look right at home when painted on rescued tree bits.  From hibernating porcupines to majestic mountains, TangentsBySHS covers the "woodsman in us all".

For more woodland wonders search recycled woodland on Etsy.

LOVE  &  UP-CYCLE NATION!!

Jacquie Wheeler

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Jacquie's Up-Cycle Nation: The Great Outdoors

Summer is a time of relaxation and enjoying the great outdoors! Time for exploring, observing, and lingering with laughter.  For summer essentials turn to the vast resources of Etsy up-cycle experts to make this a summer to remember.

Take a first class seat  under the sun with a custom chair from

TCBarrelWorks. Made from up-cycled California wine barrels, each chair is expertly hand-crafted. So elegantly simple, nature will envy the owner.

Don't miss a single thing with ultra cool binoculars! From bird watching to fireworks to woodland walking, this vintage pair from  OddandFound helps maintain the path with a built-in compass.

Turn routine summer lunch into a backyard expedition!  Classic peanut butter and jelly tastes like fun on vintage trays in rainbow hues. Pick up this colorful picnic basket and tray set at vakvar.

 Summer learning can be fun with the right tools!  Grab these vintage Native American books at injoytreasures at take the kiddos on an educational hike.  Teach them about recycling after the hike by up-cycling the books into summer scrapbooks.

Fun for kids of all ages are these wee bug collection bags from bethmoscreations!  Okay, okay.... these are not up-cycled or vintage but oh my goodness are they cute! Affordable and oh-so-adorable, they even look like tiny camper tents! 

For more up-cycled summer wonder search recycled summer on Etsy.

LOVE  &  UP-CYCLE NATION!

Jacquie Wheeler

Hand of Bela Peck

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