FLOWER ARRANGEMENT FROM RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS

Actually, my community and my family try hard to ovoid on using plastic bag.

Use eco friendly products is much better for us.

But some time we get gifts or products that packed by plastic bag or other plastic sheet.

So, Reuse and recycle that product is the best way.

Finally we made a flower arrangement from used plastic bags.

Colorful flowers.

My little girl was really love it...

So match with her pajamas.

Huge flowers for display...

I like to make more and more...

Make a useful thing from used material...

Thanks GOD

BAMBOO HANDY CRAFT

From weekend-event, I visited a handy craft booth.
A small booth that full of handy crafts that made of bamboo.
A local potential product.
These were only sample...

So interesting...
Bamboo vase

Bamboo Rack, Fruit basket, tray, boxes.

Snack plate, Lamp, snack case and many more

Bamboo baskets and spoon.

So beautiful and so natural...

A WEEK FOR OUR RIVERS : PART 5

An interesting stand on the exhibition, yes... so many handy crafts that made of snack and coffee packs.

Snack pack is usually made of plastic material, it couldn't composted and also be a serious waste on the river.

This community made so many handy crafts from these stuffs.

We can check them up...

A very simple handy craft, just put the snack packs on the coconut sticks.

A couple of shoes...
So interesting, so beautiful, from unexpected material... rubbish...

We can see the detail closer...

It seem made of patterned fabric, but actually it just  plastic snack's flakes.

These are three tins of the 'flakes'.

These are beautiful wallets and pencil cases that made of the flakes.

And here the bags on so various models.

We can see the detail above...

We can find so many corsages, bracelets, hair pins, plate and table runner that made of the same material.
So creative, so wise...

COCONUT : PART 20

Coconut fruit has sepal on each base.

This part is wasted too, but for creative person it will be a great material for artistic products.
Look these dried 'flower'...

Source : Tristar

They are so beautiful, aren't they?
We can find lot of women that produce dried flower that made from so various waste, especially natural waste  such as feath, seeds, ruits, kernel, shell, bark, leaves, branch, and others.
They spend their rest time to do productive activity and funny too.

COCONUT : PART 19

Coconut flower cluster is wrapped by a couple of spatha or sheath.

Look the brown part like a 'ship' on the picture above..., that is the sheath of coconut flower.
The sheath is so strong.
Here in Indonesia, we call it as 'pelepah kelapa' and Javanese call it as 'mancung'.
Long time ago, this part was only thrown away  or used as 'fire wood' on the village.
When I was a little girl, I used to collect the sheath to make ship toy or 'plate'.
But, there are a lot of creative people here that processed this waste into beautiful products.
There are so many products such as fruit plate, lamp caps, pencil holder, pen holder, miniature of ship, tissue holder, partition, and many more.
You can see here.

Source : riaucraft.wordpress.com

The price of that products is not cheap anymore.
Cause these waste become a product that have high value on art.
That process is really increasing the value of the waste, and of course environment friendly.

COCONUT : PART 18

Coconut wood is well known as good material for building and furniture.
Here we can find so many traditional buildings that use coconut wood as the main material.
Coconut wood also used for ethnic and modern style furniture, both of indoor and outdoor furniture.
Actually not just for that purpose above, but we can find so many products that made from this wood.
There are glass, cup, place mat, tray, spoon, mortar and pestle, pencil holder, knife holder, tissue holder, rubbish bin, jewelry box, and many more.
You can see so various product using coconut wood here.
All look so interesting, cause this wood has very beautiful pattern, so natural and exotic.
This wood has a strong typical wood, but it's not too tough, so it fairy easy to be processed.

 
This is my rice spoon that made from coconut wood.
Look the pattern of the wood...
It's so beautiful, isn't it?

During the expo, we can find so many products from coconut waste.
The best time to add more collection that made from coconut parts.

A great idea to process all waste into a better product.

COCONUT : PART 16

Yesterday we have talked about making activated carbon and coconut charcoal from coconut shells, now we will talk about making handy crafts from that stuff.

Coconut hull is very hard part, but have a beautiful shape and pattern.
Here, there are a lot of  equipment that made from coconut shell.
Look my soup spoons..., just a simple craft, a traditional craft.

The handle is made from coconut wood, with a very beautiful pattern.

These are the buttons of my dress...

They are made from coconut shell too.

We can find bag, bowl, glass, box, tea pot, wipes container, belt, lampshade, and many more handy crafts here, so various.

The producers and designers are so creative.

You can see so various handy craft here and here.

Actually there are lots of products that I can't mention it one by one.

Next we will talk about coconut leaf stick.

Enjoy your day...