My reusable clip-on name tag I’ve had for four years finally broke. My son melted chocolate on it and I cracked the seam while trying to wipe the chocolate out. I really don’t like the clip-on style it turns out so I decided I would make a lanyard hanging style. Even with a safety pin,…
Background MoveOutATX helps students donate unwanted, gently used items at temporary donation stations in West Campus [in Austin, Texas]. The program helps avoid the mess while putting items in the hands of organizations that can use them, rather than sending them to a landfill. For the second year, MoveOutATX is also hosting a Free Furniture…
Featured image from https://www.asbestos.com/exposure/handling-disposing-asbestos/ The Mesothelioma Center reached out to me recently and proposed I add information on proper handling of asbestos to my Where Do I Donate/Recycle? page. Turns out asbestos can be recycled, and it really needs a lot of proper handling to keep people safe. I wrote a short bit for my…
We’re going to do some painting this week! I have plans for signs and posters at church and we’re going to make squids. $4.87 for this fun haul of washable paint, foam brushes, and big notebook from Austin Creative Reuse. No butcher paper though. I had to go to the art store, Jerry’s Artarama for…
Ask you shall receive. I’ve been meaning to add chopsticks to my compost education board of items that can be composted. All food-related wood can be composted: popsicle sticks, kabob sticks or skewers and chopsticks. I don’t have any in the house and I wasn’t sure I had any in my utensil collection bin from…
Drop off this household hazardous waste at the Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center, where it will be safely disposed of, recycled or reused. If brought to the Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center, oil must be in containers smaller than five-gallon capacity. [This is a one-gallon coconut oil bucket. Costco’s Kirkland salted peanuts come in a nice…
My son regularly makes water balloon babies. He calls them his baby and treats them as such. He doesn’t have any dolls and for some reason treating his stuffed animals as babies is not a thing for him. Two weeks ago he asked for a stroller to push around his baby. He is aware of…
It’s about that time again to clear out expired items. We’re going to talk about herbs and spices. I’ve pulled storage information from some recognizable names. At this point I basically use salt, pepper and fajita spice (my husband uses a bit more) so I needed some assistance. The featured image here is from our…
This title could apply to so many things which is why I want to share it with you. It is my hope that the nature of this concept inspires you to think of ways you can help people, groups, organizations and more that help you out. My son’s school was ready to clear out their…
Austin Creative Reuse is a 2 minute drive down the street from my new church, Memorial United Methodist Church. If I need to go to ACR, I stop over on the way home after church. The trip to ACR is most efficient this way and ends up being on the way home. I apply zero…