Repurposing

In case I have not mentioned Pinterest enough, I am mentioning it one more time.  It really has given me tons of inspiration so I feel the need to give credit where credit it due.  Or maybe I should be giving credit to the bloggers whose work is posted on Pinterest.  Either way, I am inspired.  I am inspired to repurpose things.

I would not consider myself to be "green".  Sorry if that offends some people.  I am usually in so much of a hurry, that I just don't think about ways that I could be helping the environment.  However, I would consider myself to be EXTREMELY cheap frugal.  I was raised by one the best bargain shoppers around and because my family has never been extremely wealthy, we've always had to be creative in order to have the things we want.  Also, God commands us to be good stewards of the things HE gives us.  Therefore, we should not be wasteful.

Normally, when I am finished with a jar or a box or a yogurt cup, I toss it.  Lately, I have been thinking of how I could reuse it.  If you read this post you saw how I repurposed some of those items.  Normally, when I clean out my closet, I just bring a bag full of clothes to Goodwill.  That is a great thing to do, except some of the clothes have rips and stains and no one wants those anyway.  Now, I am looking at each item to see how I can use the fabric.  In the post I mentioned above, you saw how I repurposed Cory's shirt to make throw pillows for my bed.  There really are so many things you can repurpose, and while I am being frugal, I am actually being green too.

The weekend my mom was here and I was able to get so many projects done for my house, my mom did a couple of projects herself.  She is such a great seamstress!  I present her with an idea and she makes it happen.

Here is an LSU shirt I've had for a while (Hence Landry's newborn picture).  It had a small bleach stain on the sleeve and it was not really looking too hot on me anymore.

Voila, look how adorable it is as a dress for Landry

This was an old dress of mine.  It's cute, but I thought the pattern was much better suited for Landry

All she had to do was cut the skirt off that sucker, and she turned it into a pillowcase in a flash!   It's perfect for this happy little girl.

So.....what can you repurpose today?