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Spotted: Amazing Junk Mail Art

Spotted: Amazing Junk Mail Art

By Becky Striepe on February 17, 2012

Sandhi Schimmel Gold creates creates beautiful mosaic portraits out of junk mail. Gold starts with a painting, then collages tiny, hand-cut paper “tiles” to the pieces. Her work features celebrity portraits in vibrant colors.

Category: DIY, Home+Decor, Living | Tags: collage, crafty reuse, junk mail, junk mail art, junk mail collage, repurposed, reuse, upcycling

Craft Recycled: Junk Mail Stationery

Craft Recycled: Junk Mail Stationery

By Becky Striepe on July 22, 2011

Don’t toss that junk mail into the recycle bin! Use your crafty skills to transform it into unique stationery instead.

Category: Craft Recycled, DIY | Tags: crafty, crafty reuse, creative reuse, How To, junk mail, paper, recycling, reuse, upcycling, Video

Craft Recycled: Junk Mail Craft Projects [slideshow]

Craft Recycled: Junk Mail Craft Projects [slideshow]

By Becky Striepe on May 2, 2011

It feels like no matter what I do, my mailbox gets barraged with junk mail. Rather than let all of that unnecessary paper get me down, I thought I’d round up a few projects to turn that trash into something usable and new.

Category: Craft Recycled, DIY | Tags: junk mail, junk mail crafts, junk mail DIY, paper

Is Junk Mail Going Green?

Is Junk Mail Going Green?

By LiveOAK Staff on July 26, 2008

I think we can all agree that when it comes to junk mail there is too much of it and we don’t want it.  Whether you’re appalled at the 100 million trees it takes to supply the paper for one years worth of junk mail in the US or you just don’t like to be [...]

Category: Shopping+Services | Tags: junk mail, mail

Even Mother Nature Hates Bills

Even Mother Nature Hates Bills

By LiveOAK Staff on June 13, 2008

Ah yes, the kind of mail that makes me cringe more than junk mail… bills.  While we still have to pay em there is a way to keep them out of your mail box and save a tree or two, which is nice.  Go electric… receive and pay your bills online.  The Pay It Green [...]

Category: Money+Finance, Shopping+Services | Tags: junk mail, mail, paper, reduce, waste

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