In this episode, how to turn your waste into something useful.
We live in a world of excess
where so much of what we have goes to waste.
So next time before you chuck something into the bin,
hopefully you'll remember this video
and see if you could up-cycle it.
Now if you have indoor plants, here's a great way to reuse your old wine bottles to water
you plants when you are away.
Now I'm gonna show you two different ways
with two different bottles.
So let's start with the screw top.
Now I'm gonna drill a hole into the lid here.
So I've made my little hole.
And I've filled my bottle with water already.
So now I just gotta tip it upside down and put
it into my plant.
And now over time, the water will slowly seep
into your plant, watering it while you're away.
Now for the cork bottles,
you'll need to actually find a screw longer than your cork.
You want to screw your screw into the middle of your cork.
Hammer it first.
Alright, so I've left a little bit of space
in between the both of them so that the water can sip out.
Now when I turn it upside down,
the water will slowly seep through the threading
of the screw and water your plants over a longer period
of time when you're away.
Winner, winner...
chicken dinner.
Now if you have some old shoe boxes like these,
don't throw them away because you can actually
use them to create more shelving for your shoes.
First thing is to cut the lid off.
Next step, is to cut the box into half.
Now I just got to place my boxes onto my shelving like that.
And then I can put my shoes on top
and then that way you got more shelving and then you
can get more shoes!
Although you shouldn't be buying so much shoes...
Don't buy so many shoes okay! Just get what you need and be done with it.
It's a great way to save space and to reuse old boxes.
So old plastic bottles can be use for many many things.
One of them being a holder for your wet sponges.
First thing is to cut the top of your bottle off.
Next, I'm gonna do another cut so I can make
my bottle smaller.
Alright, done with that.
Remove the bottle cap and then place it in my base.
Place my wet sponge inside here.
All your yucky water will collect at the bottom
of your... this thing?
Now your wet sponge won't be sitting in a pool of yucky water.
Another great way to re-purpose old plastic bottles
is to turn them into a washing powder dispenser.
First, you need to cut the top of your bottle.
Next, cut the corner of your bag.
Put your bottle inside of your hole.
There it is.
And now we just glue around the edges.
And there you have it. A dispenser for your laundry powder.
I think this is very useful because now you don't have to worry about spillage when you
have an open bag of laundry powder. And the best part is my old plastic bottle
has a new lease of life.
When you reach the end of your paper towel roll, don't throw it away.
Because these things can come in very useful.
So you know when
you hang your pants and you
end up with this crease right here and sometimes you get a bit lazy to get the
iron out and then you have to iron that crease out.
It's very annoying. There is a solution to keep this crease
from happening. And this is where the paper towel roll comes in handy.
All you need to do is cut the middle of it just like that.
Place your paper towel roll on the coat hanger.
You just drape your pants over.
And now when you hang your pants, there will
be no more creases.
You can also use the rolls from aluminum
foil or cling lak.
Cling lak.
You can also use rolls from aluminum foil or cling wrap.
And yeah... Very very simple.
Now don't you hate it when you have so much clutter lying around the house but throwing
it away would be adding more wasted to the environment.
Here's a simple solution - why not just sell it?
I recently learned about this new thing called re-boxing.
Which is actually the opposite of unboxing.
Basically,
you get your pre-loved items, put it in a box and sell it.
So I'm re-boxing and listing it on Carousell.
If you don't know what Carousell is you need
to get on it people.
Because it's a really easy way to sell and
buy pre-loved items and a great place for re-boxing.
You get to clear out your stuff, make some money
and someone else gets to find a new use for your items at an affordable price.
Win, win!
Plus, I think it's a really meaningful thing
that we can all do to reduce this buy throw habit that is so common these days.
I've been in the fashion and media industry for quite a long time now and throughout those
years I've actually been to quite a number of events
where I've collected many goodie bags like this!
So I keep my bags because they're so nice
but they keep piling up in the corner and
it's making be feel like a hoarder.
Which is never a good thing.
You have to de-clutter my friends. De-clutter.
I've hand picked all of these
and it's going to be a little bit sad for me to part with them but that's okay because
I know it's going to someone that loves them.
Alright, so let's get to re-boxing.
Bye.
You've served me well but now someone else will
love you just as much as I did.
Who talks to their things like that?
I sound like a crazy person.
Other things that I'm re-boxing are
this metal straw.
Some coasters.
My old favorite jeans from G-Star guys.
Next thing going into the box are my notebooks.
I actually did this design myself.
And a Kindle Paperwhite for paperless reading.
Last but not least, I have these two mason jars.
Now it's time to list it on Carousell.
Alright,
it is now listed.
And instead of selling it, guess what guys?
I'm going to be giving all three boxes away
to one lucky winner!
However, by the time you watch this video,
the contest would've been over.
But if you follow me on social media,
you could've been the lucky winner.
It's been a little over a week since I've posted my listing on Carousell
and I want to thank each and everyone of you for all of your comments.
I really appreciate it.
But I had to choose one winner and I'm about
to meet her now.
Alright, so here is the winner - Miss Jasmine.
Are you happy that you won?
I'm excited and I didn't expect this at all.
So since you've mentioned that you're Eco-conscious,
Carousell has kindly offered another giveaway for you!
So they've arranged for us to attend an up-cycling workshop here at Fashion Makerspace.
Aright, so I'm here with Sarah, She's our instructor for today.
And she's going to teach us how to up-cycle these tote bags right here.
Okay, so I'll be showing you guys how to put your own designs on to the tote bag using stenciling.
And the second item will be a cushion cover
made out of old tote bags.
Okay, so let's start with the stenciling.
Okay, so you guys seem pretty comfortable with this
so I'll go on and do the cushion cover.
Okay.
So these are the tote bags that Jasmine has chosen.
So I'm gonna up-cycle them into a cushion cover.
So this first one will be the front and the
back of the cushion.
Whereas for this piece, I will use it as a
back panel for the cushion as well.
Have you always been an Eco-conscious person?
Yes I have.
I don't like to see things go to waste.
Do you up-cycle a lot of things and sell it on Carousell?
Honestly, not really up-cycling.
This is actually the first time I'm doing something like that.
So most of the time I use something twice.
So like sometimes I go to the supermarket I'll bring my own plastic bags.
Okay, I'm guilty that. I still use some of them
but now I have many many bags!
Thank you very much!
I'll be bringing those with me instead.
So I actually think the re-boxing movement is actually quite a cool idea.
I've got a lot of wedding themed stuff.
Why?
Well I used to be a florist so I mean these things are kept for like
oh my gosh...
I think it's nine years you know.
Nine years? Yeah.
Oh wow.
You might have to blow the dust off them.
Yes. I need to clean it up, put them together into a nice package
and then I think I'll put it up on Carousell
and hopefully someone gets it and use it for their wedding.
That's really nice.
I like that.
Well that's the great thing about Carousell.
You get to get rid of your pre-loved things and then someone else gets to
love it again.
Right?
So I'm done with sewing this. This is your tote bag being up-cycled into
a really cute cushion cover.
Yay! Looks really good!
So we're done with our stencils and now we're gonna do rivets.
So we are done. We've up-cycled our tote bags and turned them into
newer tote bags and a cushion.
And I'm really really happy with the results!
Yah! I'm so inspired.
I think I'm going to go back and try and up-cycle some of my old stuff
and then I'll probably
put it up on Carousell.
I'll send you pictures!
Yes! Please do. I was just about to say send me pictures.
And you can consider buying them?
Yes, I will consider.
Let's see... let's see what you're making.
Let's see.
So thank you so much guys for being on the show.
It's been a real real pleasure and super super fun.
Maybe we can do more classes together?
Oh yes!
See, that's what Carousell's about.
You get to meet people and make friends.
Exactly!
High-five!
And that is it for this episode.
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