Giveaway: Win a Copy of The Christmas Guide to Upcycling, by Mahe Zehra Husain

The Christmas Guide to Upcycling by Mahe Zehra Husain

Mahe Zehra Husain is an artist who makes magic out of aluminum cans and plastic packaging. Yesterday on CAGW, I reviewed her e-book Crafty Cans and Perplexing Plastic, in which she offers tutorials for using die-cutters and embossing tools to upcycle soda cans and plastic packaging into jewelry, bookmarks, scrapbook embellishments, and more. This week, Mahe is giving away 25 copies of her e-book The Christmas Guide to Upcycling.

For this giveaway, you may use as many or as few of the following points of entry as you’d like:

  1. Comment once on this post, telling us your favorite material to upcycle into a craft supply, for one entry.
  2. Visit Mahe’s blog, Altered Fantasy, and sign up with your email address to follow her blog. Leave a comment on this post telling us that you’ve done so for one entry.
  3. Like Crafting a Green World on Facebook, and leave a comment on this post telling us that you like us for one entry.
  4. Follow CAGW on Twitter, and leave a comment on this post telling us that you follow us for one entry.
  5. Help spread the word by blogging, Facebooking, or tweeting about this giveaway. Leave a comment on this post telling us that you’ve done so for one entry.

Don’t forget–to notify you that you’ve won a copy of The Christmas Guide to Upcycling, we have to have your correct email address, so pay attention when you’re typing it into the web form before you comment. Your email address will stay private, and we don’t use it for anything other than telling you that you’re a winner.

This giveaway closes at 11:00 pm EST on February 10, 2012, and I’ll be announcing the winners in a post right back here at CAGW on  Monday, February 13.

[The image on this page is the property of Mahe Zehra Husain.]

42 thoughts on “Giveaway: Win a Copy of The Christmas Guide to Upcycling, by Mahe Zehra Husain”

  1. I try to reuse everything I can – from the little basket strawberries come in to those sweatpants that are wonderfully too big. I crochet, a lot. Anything that will turn into yarn, I can and will…if it’s made out of cotton (sweatpants, t-shirts, blue jeans, etc.) so much the better. Old sweaters are great too.

  2. I love recycling old books. I know it’s considered sacrilege by some, but if it gets turned into a box or a piece of art, then it is used an appreciated for another of its lifetimes!

  3. I like making guitar picks from old credit cards, probably using a similar technique to Mahe xXx

  4. just to let you know your facebook link does not seem to work and i cant find u on a general search other than a link to your web page xXx

  5. I upcycle vintage bedsheets for lounge pants for my family. Also, I upcycle graphics from the greeting/holiday cards we receive into future cards. Thank you for the opportunity to win!

  6. I love making all kinds of crafts using soda cans- jewelry, cards etc. I can now justify keeping all my cans.

  7. I use old wire to twist and make into fish and bird ornaments, and to put around old jars to hang with candles in them.

  8. I like using onion net mesh bags to crochet into dish scrubbies! But I’m trying not to buy any more (refuse, refuse, refuse plastic), so I have to beg them from friends!

  9. I confirm that the facebook link doesn’t work and that there’s no match if you use the search function.

  10. I like to use a variety of no-longer-needed items for crafts, toys, other household uses, etc… things like cans and containers, old clothes, all kinds of paper products, etc., etc., can usually find life as other objects

  11. cheryl frankfurth

    I try to recycle or up cycle just about everything but I guess so far it’s turning old t-shirts into scarves, headbands and bracelets. Also, I ‘like you on Facebook and follow you on twitter. Are you on pinterest? I’ll follow you there when you arrive 🙂 .

  12. I like to use old flannel to make rag quilts and even use them for the “batting” – really soft and fluffy and warm!

  13. I signed up to follow Altered FAntasy by email and I’ve ‘liked’ CAGW on FB and I’ve followed on Twitter! Currently, I’m mostly using my junk mail to craft with – paper bows, woven mats to be attached to greeting cards, and learning to make & use papier mache, but after reading Mahe’s works, I’m going to pull some cans out of the bin to cut up and play with. Woohoo! even more junk that I’ll be “saving”. won’t that make the Mr. happy….

  14. I love using garage sale and thrift store finds, t shirts, old sweaters, old hardware to make jewelry, up cycled clothing and housewares. I signed up to follow Mahe’s blog. Thanks.

  15. I recycle old wool sweaters into sweaterpants for my kids. They are super warm! I also just signed up to follow her excellent blog, and liked her on facebook!

  16. love it – thank you for telling me about it! I’d love to learn more about – I definitely signed up to receive emails!

  17. I love to use old wool sweaters…………I make all kinds of wall art, custom DVD/CD holders, coasters, and even some jewelry from them. It’s a great “fabric” as it does not ravel once it’s been felted!

  18. I love using the cardboard in the recycling bin to make pretty office supplies. Thanks for the chance to win!

  19. I use everything I can get my hands on. I really get into using things out of bicycle rims. Whether it be to create mobiles or weaving for wall art.

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