Sunday, October 31, 2010

Eye Opener: Junk On The Brain


Part 1: Most came from thesaurus.com or wiki results
  1. Antiques: "Old object, often of great value", found on thesaurus.com
  2. Junk: "Odds and ends", garbage. Found on thesaurus.com
  3. Flea Market: "Open-aired street market", found on thesaurus.com
  4. Thrift Market: same as resale shop.
  5. Upcycling: "Process of turning wasted materials into new materials or products with higher environmental value". Found on wikipedia.com
  6. Resale Shop: "Shop selling typically second hand goods donated by members of the public and staffed by volunteers." Found on wikipedia.com
Part 2:
  1. If your reusing things, it means that your not buying new. Not buying new means that your nor wasting the old things and all the materials that would go into the new. It saves money and resources.
  2. Antiques: Father time Antiques- 395 S. Lake Ave #1 (218)625-2379, not website or blog. Junk: Not really too sure but...Jadco Speacial Haulers, 4011 Rehbein Road (218)724-5538, no website availible. Flea Market: The closest I could find was Hinckley: Downtown Hinckley Fleamarket, 100 Old Hwy 61, (320)384-6938. Again, not site! Thrift Store: Goodwill, 700 Garfield Ave #1, (218)722-6351 goodwill.org, Upcycling: Couldnt find anything! Resale Shop: Plato's Closet, 5115 Burning Tree Rd, (218)733-9455
  3. Once and a great while I will go to goodwill. I think that I got my kitchen plates and stuff there for college. I don't really buy much new stuff though, and I get a great deal of my stuff from family as far as furniture and household things. Perhaps this might seem bad but I just don't really like buying things old because I can never find anything that I like or want plus if my family will give it to me for free why would I spend money? Once in a great while ill find something that I do like and Im fine with purchasing it.
Part 3:
Freeze Frame- I like picture frames so this caught my attention. Pillows- I think that this is something that my mom would really like and I could make for her. Fruit Bowl- I thought that this looked kind of cool and new. It would actually fit in with our decor in the apartment too I think.

6 comments:

  1. Brier- I also found the freeze frame to be really cool. I even posted it in my blog also! very cool fruit bowl, maybe you should make that for our apartment ;)

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  2. I think that using things after your family is done with them is just as good as junking. I like the fruit bowl too.

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  3. love the pillows!! they don't look as cozy as some, but they sure are cute and would be great decorations!

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  4. It is always smart to use things that your parents have if they are offering them up! I take advantage of that too, because really why should we buy things if we have them already but they are not getting used. I really like fruit bowl idea too. I think it would be really easy to create something like that.

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  5. I think my mom would like those pillows as well! I like the ones made with an old potato sack. They might not be very comfortable to sleep on though!

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  6. That fruit bowl does look very fun and easy to find. Anything like that can become a fruit bowl.

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