Repurpose!

Repurpose!  I love that word.  Webster defines it "to give a new purpose or use to".  Having been raised by incredibly frugal parents, I have long taken the discarded, broken down and turned it into something useable and sometimes even unrecognizable.  I love treasure hunting and most Saturday's come rain or shine you will find my husband and I out scouring the neighborhood garage sales for unwanted treasure. I get excited spending pennies on the dollar for an item I can see such potential in.  

My husband, Larry, loves to cook so you might find him holding up an almost new crock pot and telling me, "Hey, Vickie, this is only $5.00", while I'm on the other side of the garage holding up a 410 shotgun, simultaneously saying, "Hey, Larry, this is only $50.00" (true story).  Regardless we usually always come home with my '96 Ford Explorer filled to the brim. 

The challenge is to think outside the box.  Take an old or unused t-shirt, you can make a quilt to commemorate events, you can make scarves, pillows, flowers, rugs, dresses, headbands, totes, necklaces, bracelets, rings, vests and I am sure many more things (all of the above can be found on pinterest.com).  Now who would have thought! 

Today we live in a throwaway society, with disposable everything; yet, people talk “green” not realizing that there are many ways to “go green”.  Of course, some don’t throw away anything, we’ve seen those on “Hoarders”, don’t go that far.  But I challenge you rethink, reuse, repurpose!  It just makes sense.