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<br />
If you're like us, you recycle glass plastic and paper, compost your food waste and take your own shopping bag when you go to the store. Right? ("<i>Of course!</i>") So do you ever think, <i>"why do I need a trash can at all</i>?" What's going in there? Well, take a look at the leftovers, get inspired, and create some handmade treasures from so-called trash! We wanna see how you can creatively re-purpose items that you have lying around the house, unused, or that might haveotherwise ended up getting thrown 'away'. Perish the thought!<br />
<br />
For your edification: The term 'upcycling' was coined by William McDonough and Michael Braungart, authors of <a href="http://www.mcdonough.com/cradle_to_cradle.htm"><b>Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things</b></a>. Their belief is that we can eliminate the concept of waste altogether if everything we make is either biodegradable,<a href="http://www.rethinkwhatspossible.com/?p=64" target="_blank"> infinitely recyclable</a>, or upcycled.
<p>
<b>How to Enter:</b>
</p>
<ul>
<li>Create something made of items that would have otherwise been thrown away or recycled (stained shirt, chipped glass). While we admit to being partial to <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/80"><abbr title="Embroidery can be so, so many things. This is the alpha term for most of the decorative needlearts. ‘Embroidery’ just means any kind of decorative stitching, which can include an endless variety of styles. If you make decorative stitches on fabric, you’re embroidering. You can work in any media on any surface in a free-form manner, along a pattern, or simply by repeating a stitch along a hem or cuff, or edge of a tablecloth. There are endless combinations of stitches and possibilities. Sublime Stitching patterns are designed for embroidery but can be used as templates for other kinds of embroidery as well. Other types of embroidery make use of specific tools and materials, and then earn new and unique names. ">embroidery</abbr></a>, we will accept entries of any kind! </li>
<li>Submit a photo of your entry by <b>April 27, 2009</b> to the <a href="/">Sublime Stitching Customer Gallery</a>. When you create the name for your project be sure to begin with the word "Upcycled". (For example "Upcycled Book Mark") This is important because otherwise we may not see your submission. That would be a bummer. </li>
</ul>
<p>
<b> Prizes:</b>
</p>
<ul>
<li>First Prize: <a href="/">$50 gift certificate to Sublime Stitching</a>, <a href="http://www.fredflare.com/customer/home_bust.php?siteID=">$50 gift certificate to Fred Flare</a>, and a copy of <a href="http://www.mcdonough.com/cradle_to_cradle.htm"><b>Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things</b></a>.</li>
<li>Second Prize: <a href="/craftpad.html">Sublime Stitching Craft Pad</a> and <a href="/yogajournal.html">Sublime Stitching Lotus Flower Journal</a>, and a copy of <a href="http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/products/books_detail.php#midmod">Amy Butler's Midwest Modern</a>. </li>
<li>Third prize: <a href="/yogajournal.html">Sublime Stitching Lotus Flower Journal</a> and <a href="http://www.mixtapezine.com/" target="_blank">Issue 8 of Mixtape Zine</a>.</li>
</ul>
<div align="center">
All winners will be featured in the Customer Gallery and here on our blog!<br />
</div>
<p>
<b>Who's the Boss?</b>
</p>
<p>
Entries will be judged by our own <b><a href="/jennyhartbio.html">Jenny Hart</a></b> and the awesome <b>Autumn Wiggins</b>, of <a href="http://lucoop.com/pilot/" target="_blank">The Upcycle Exchange</a>, and regular contributor to <a href="http://greenoptions.com/author/autumn" target="_blank">Crafting a Green World</a>.
</p>
<p>
<b>Looking for Inspiration?</b>
</p>
<p>
<a href="/napkinring">Upcycled Napkin Ring Tutorial </a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://greenupgrader.com/6441/diy-dont-pitch-it-stitch-it/" target="_blank">GreenUpgrader </a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://craftingagreenworld.com/" target="_blank">Crafting a Green World </a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design.html" target="_blank">Wiliam McDonough on Ted Talks </a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.freecycle.org/" target="_blank">freecycle </a>
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</div>
<br />
If you're like us, you recycle glass plastic and paper, compost your food waste and take your own shopping bag when you go to the store. Right? ("<i>Of course!</i>") So do you ever think, <i>"why do I need a trash can at all</i>?" What's going in there? Well, take a look at the leftovers, get inspired, and create some handmade treasures from so-called trash! We wanna see how you can creatively re-purpose items that you have lying around the house, unused, or that might haveotherwise ended up getting thrown 'away'. Perish the thought!<br />
<br />
For your edification: The term 'upcycling' was coined by William McDonough and Michael Braungart, authors of <a href="http://www.mcdonough.com/cradle_to_cradle.htm"><b>Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things</b></a>. Their belief is that we can eliminate the concept of waste altogether if everything we make is either biodegradable,<a href="http://www.rethinkwhatspossible.com/?p=64" target="_blank"> infinitely recyclable</a>, or upcycled.
<p>
<b>How to Enter:</b>
</p>
<ul>
<li>Create something made of items that would have otherwise been thrown away or recycled (stained shirt, chipped glass). While we admit to being partial to <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/80"><abbr title="Embroidery can be so, so many things. This is the alpha term for most of the decorative needlearts. ‘Embroidery’ just means any kind of decorative stitching, which can include an endless variety of styles. If you make decorative stitches on fabric, you’re embroidering. You can work in any media on any surface in a free-form manner, along a pattern, or simply by repeating a stitch along a hem or cuff, or edge of a tablecloth. There are endless combinations of stitches and possibilities. Sublime Stitching patterns are designed for embroidery but can be used as templates for other kinds of embroidery as well. Other types of embroidery make use of specific tools and materials, and then earn new and unique names. ">embroidery</abbr></a>, we will accept entries of any kind! </li>
<li>Submit a photo of your entry by <b>April 27, 2009</b> to the <a href="/">Sublime Stitching Customer Gallery</a>. When you create the name for your project be sure to begin with the word "Upcycled". (For example "Upcycled Book Mark") This is important because otherwise we may not see your submission. That would be a bummer. </li>
</ul>
<p>
<b> Prizes:</b>
</p>
<ul>
<li>First Prize: <a href="/">$50 gift certificate to Sublime Stitching</a>, <a href="http://www.fredflare.com/customer/home_bust.php?siteID=">$50 gift certificate to Fred Flare</a>, and a copy of <a href="http://www.mcdonough.com/cradle_to_cradle.htm"><b>Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things</b></a>.</li>
<li>Second Prize: <a href="/craftpad.html">Sublime Stitching Craft Pad</a> and <a href="/yogajournal.html">Sublime Stitching Lotus Flower Journal</a>, and a copy of <a href="http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/products/books_detail.php#midmod">Amy Butler's Midwest Modern</a>. </li>
<li>Third prize: <a href="/yogajournal.html">Sublime Stitching Lotus Flower Journal</a> and <a href="http://www.mixtapezine.com/" target="_blank">Issue 8 of Mixtape Zine</a>.</li>
</ul>
<div align="center">
All winners will be featured in the Customer Gallery and here on our blog!<br />
</div>
<p>
<b>Who's the Boss?</b>
</p>
<p>
Entries will be judged by our own <b><a href="/jennyhartbio.html">Jenny Hart</a></b> and the awesome <b>Autumn Wiggins</b>, of <a href="http://lucoop.com/pilot/" target="_blank">The Upcycle Exchange</a>, and regular contributor to <a href="http://greenoptions.com/author/autumn" target="_blank">Crafting a Green World</a>.
</p>
<p>
<b>Looking for Inspiration?</b>
</p>
<p>
<a href="/napkinring">Upcycled Napkin Ring Tutorial </a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://greenupgrader.com/6441/diy-dont-pitch-it-stitch-it/" target="_blank">GreenUpgrader </a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://craftingagreenworld.com/" target="_blank">Crafting a Green World </a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design.html" target="_blank">Wiliam McDonough on Ted Talks </a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.freecycle.org/" target="_blank">freecycle </a>
</p>
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<div style="text-align: center">
<img src="/files/images/upcycle-logo.jpg" height="300" width="600" />
</div>
<br />
If you're like us, you recycle glass plastic and paper, compost your food waste and take your own shopping bag when you go to the store. Right? ("<i>Of course!</i>") So do you ever think, <i>"why do I need a trash can at all</i>?" What's going in there? Well, take a look at the leftovers, get inspired, and create some handmade treasures from so-called trash! We wanna see how you can creatively re-purpose items that you have lying around the house, unused, or that might haveotherwise ended up getting thrown 'away'. Perish the thought!<br />
<br />
For your edification: The term 'upcycling' was coined by William McDonough and Michael Braungart, authors of <a href="http://www.mcdonough.com/cradle_to_cradle.htm"><b>Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things</b></a>. Their belief is that we can eliminate the concept of waste altogether if everything we make is either biodegradable,<a href="http://www.rethinkwhatspossible.com/?p=64" target="_blank"> infinitely recyclable</a>, or upcycled.
<p>
<b>How to Enter:</b>
</p>
<ul>
<li>Create something made of items that would have otherwise been thrown away or recycled (stained shirt, chipped glass). While we admit to being partial to <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/80"><abbr title="Embroidery can be so, so many things. This is the alpha term for most of the decorative needlearts. ‘Embroidery’ just means any kind of decorative stitching, which can include an endless variety of styles. If you make decorative stitches on fabric, you’re embroidering. You can work in any media on any surface in a free-form manner, along a pattern, or simply by repeating a stitch along a hem or cuff, or edge of a tablecloth. There are endless combinations of stitches and possibilities. Sublime Stitching patterns are designed for embroidery but can be used as templates for other kinds of embroidery as well. Other types of embroidery make use of specific tools and materials, and then earn new and unique names. ">embroidery</abbr></a>, we will accept entries of any kind! </li>
<li>Submit a photo of your entry by <b>April 27, 2009</b> to the <a href="/">Sublime Stitching Customer Gallery</a>. When you create the name for your project be sure to begin with the word "Upcycled". (For example "Upcycled Book Mark") This is important because otherwise we may not see your submission. That would be a bummer. </li>
</ul>
<p>
<b> Prizes:</b>
</p>
<ul>
<li>First Prize: <a href="/">$50 gift certificate to Sublime Stitching</a>, <a href="http://www.fredflare.com/customer/home_bust.php?siteID=">$50 gift certificate to Fred Flare</a>, and a copy of <a href="http://www.mcdonough.com/cradle_to_cradle.htm"><b>Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things</b></a>.</li>
<li>Second Prize: <a href="/craftpad.html">Sublime Stitching Craft Pad</a> and <a href="/yogajournal.html">Sublime Stitching Lotus Flower Journal</a>, and a copy of <a href="http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/products/books_detail.php#midmod">Amy Butler's Midwest Modern</a>. </li>
<li>Third prize: <a href="/yogajournal.html">Sublime Stitching Lotus Flower Journal</a> and <a href="http://www.mixtapezine.com/" target="_blank">Issue 8 of Mixtape Zine</a>.</li>
</ul>
<div align="center">
All winners will be featured in the Customer Gallery and here on our blog!<br />
</div>
<p>
<b>Who's the Boss?</b>
</p>
<p>
Entries will be judged by our own <b><a href="/jennyhartbio.html">Jenny Hart</a></b> and the awesome <b>Autumn Wiggins</b>, of <a href="http://lucoop.com/pilot/" target="_blank">The Upcycle Exchange</a>, and regular contributor to <a href="http://greenoptions.com/author/autumn" target="_blank">Crafting a Green World</a>.
</p>
<p>
<b>Looking for Inspiration?</b>
</p>
<p>
<a href="/napkinring">Upcycled Napkin Ring Tutorial </a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://greenupgrader.com/6441/diy-dont-pitch-it-stitch-it/" target="_blank">GreenUpgrader </a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://craftingagreenworld.com/" target="_blank">Crafting a Green World </a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design.html" target="_blank">Wiliam McDonough on Ted Talks </a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.freecycle.org/" target="_blank">freecycle </a>
</p>
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