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Impress Your Valentine With Upcycled Hearts
ByPatti Roth
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Hearts express affection for your favorite people. Hearts designed with upcycled materials express affection for your planet.
If you prefer an Earth-friendly twist for your Valentine’s Day accoutrements, plenty of artists, artisans, and DIYers are poised to satisfy your (upcycled) heart’s desire.
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Image: RescuedWaterBottles, Etsy“I decided to try cutting one of the water bottles I had rescued into a small shape and painting it. It was so much fun! I could actually design the whole project. And they were so light, I could wear larger earrings without tiring my ears,” Anne Marie says. “My daughter encouraged me to open an Etsy shop. So now I can share with the world my love for creating earrings, cleaning up our beautiful parks, and upcycling disposable plastic into something beautiful and lasting.”
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Image: Anna Ark, Etsy
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Image: Franciso SheuatJean from WinterWomanDesigns delights in repurposing discarded bike parts. “Hiding under all the grease and dirt are some really cool things and I love turning them into something beautiful and functional,” she says. Her upcycled designs include heart necklaces formed with stainless steel spokes.
Image: WinterWomanDesigns, EtsyFlatware Fantasies on Etsy repurposes vintage silverware into heart pendants. The varied styles include hearts formed with silver-plated fork tines and silver spoons.
Image: FlatwareFantasies, EtsyWilly Wires showcases the lively patterns on decorative tins, slicing and sanding them into heart-shaped earrings.
Image: WillyWires, EtsyRedeemedCrayons on Etsy melts broken and leftover bits of crayon, forming fresh, fun, and usable coloring implements, including hearts.
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Hearts To Buy Made From Upcycled Materials
Wine Barrels
John Heilman of WineyGuys on Etsy focuses his handiwork on recycling Napa Valley wine barrels, including the metal rings that hold each barrel’s wooden planks in place. With those rings, he forms heart-shaped hoops. Some feature a worn rustic vibe, enhancing the reworked piece’s personality. Left as is, Heilman’s Etsy description explains, galvanized steel hearts may be scratched, dinged, or discolored.![Personalized wine barrel heart from Winey Guys](https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/j0gnx8UM0VSEp175KnGSV7HUCnJUU0Ud2ruU5bW4wOEcKSvMIj9t-AukuCKs7UoGsSU9Bfull9M8wmLvEsEjmLwgdsPzq3chF4iTf0vJ_cUBK-9e=s0-d-e1-ft#https://earth911.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/WineyGuys-1-1.jpg)
Water Bottles
Anne Marie of RescuedWaterBottles on Etsy is enthusiastic about reducing litter in her local parks. She picks up and recycles plastic bottles, reserving an allotment as a resource for her handcrafted dangling heart earrings and other jewelry.![Upcycled plastic bottle heart earrings](https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/-0CHAh1fuSQVCKmDVbRtF2dD2CM22dFzCsBf4Om8I2zkYQv8_OnGIg95AgS_uCgPImfVxY2YYaRBHraP20qMQXCdDZ4SnuV4Rq9FUeWcqdcon2PKawfxgbFMmgsPTdlXx5UxtMiRkQ=s0-d-e1-ft#https://earth911.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/RescuedWaterBottle-earrings-crop.jpg)
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Avocado Pits
Avocados are delicious. And the pits are definitely delightful in the hands of Anna Ark. Anna uses a knife to form exciting designs with the pits, including heart-shaped pendants. The variety of styles includes etched hearts, scallops, and other patterns. Some pendants feature rose quartz inserts. Anna’s work is on Etsy, @avocado_hearts on Instagram, and on YouTube.![Heart-shaped pendant carved from avocado heart from Anna Ark, Etsy](https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/wvtWnWoJqxuB5y4AWSck6LbVWWXMPD888yasf4Pb14kh80gWZTDUvNvKlNpLfVx5gSQ5N43OYCj56wZChf5eTojFa8xzvyDMNyuaQUl3RKe73aG2hWR586WP1Zr8FF_GG1I=s0-d-e1-ft#https://earth911.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/annaark-etsy-e1643737055850.jpg)
DIY Projects for Upcycled Heart
Heart Boxes
- TerraCycle teamed up with Entenmann’s for a DIY video that shows how an empty food box is formed into an adorable gift box embellished with a heart, which doubles as a clasp.
- Lindarose92 demonstrates her upcycling idea for a fancy, swirly DIY heart box on Instructables. She uses brown paper grocery bags for quilling strips.
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Heart Seat
Ipxav offers directions on Instructables for a “strong and durable” DIY seat in the shape of a heart. “Let’s recycle cardboard into useful furniture!” the Instructables website states. To show off the sturdy form, Ipxav includes a photo of himself standing on the seat. “I worked with recycled materials because it is adding value to potential rubbish. Doing more with less and [letting] the magic happen with DIY,” Ipxav says.![DIY upcycled cardboard seat, Instructables](https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/5V8XilJ3Yb8Fg9jn3NnDZBsMD00Mxi-nMrgjdWrkrVsPQ33jY3yhEvdzRrJitj8m_6vvbbQMdK6OEP46wB1vcmuYUc5xLoxq5bwLPGlPNvgrWwdbObLBdCb9urzP5d-tr6B7fLayeX0wqA6UGPg5JNXC=s0-d-e1-ft#https://earth911.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/heart-seat-Instructables-1-1-e1643736961310.jpg)
More DIY Projects
- Laura Beth Love employs pages from old books, sheet music, and other recycled papers for her upcycled paper hearts. Watch her YouTube tutorial for instructions.
- Yoghima emphasizes recycling household items, such as newspaper and cardboard, for a heart-shaped photo frame and wall décor. Find the instructions on Instructables.
Other Upcycled Hearts To Adore
Artist Franciso Sheuat works with discarded aluminum cans to create his vibrant heart sculptures. Some are string-art style. Others are mosaics. “I use recycled aluminum cans in order to share my commitment to a greener planet, so recycling and reuse are an ongoing theme in my work,” Sheuat says.![Heart-shaped upcycled wall hangings by Franciso Sheuat](https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Le_So29VobK5nKTaGMtQKYoa0GMihn4qfqQ55hrEksz41mb6NWZrEaG8AACn3flsHeUH1wbejaEXVspIqm-5JF3v_CuvFgeFMJDUtKxMU-JEfoQOck3S4mboolu4xMpEBJktRBVC7K0rPQ=s0-d-e1-ft#https://earth911.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/francisco-sheuat-artworks-1-600x293.jpg)
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Dentist sets up drop off point to recycle oral care products
A DENTIST has set up a public drop-off location for residents to recycle their oral care products and packaging.
Dr Hannah Neve, a dentist at Queens Park Dental Team has signed up to the Colgate and Hello Oral Care Recycling Programme offered by TerraCycle, the world leaders in recycling hard-to-recycle waste.
Much of this waste is rarely included in local kerbside recycling collections, and is often destined for landfill or incineration
Beniel se convierte en el primer municipio de la Región que recoge maquinillas de afeitar para reciclarlas
El municipio de Beniel se ha convertido en el primero de la Región de Murcia en el que se han habilitado puntos para reciclar maquinillas de afeitar usadas, con el fin de darles una segunda vida y transformarlas en jaboneras u otros productos de baño.
Así, la farmacia de Ana Garrido, en la Avenida Calvo Sotelo, se ha inscrito como punto de recogida del Programa de reciclaje de maquinillas de afeitar impulsado por TerraCycle, compañía especializada en el tratamiento de residuos difíciles de reciclar, y BIC, la marca de papelería, encendedores y maquinillas de afeitar.