| It's 2010, the first year of a brand new decade. | | | | on a tight budget and still be coming out with a |
| Go beyond your typical spring cleaning routine | | | | few new wardrobe ideas. |
| with projects that repurpose things you already | | | | Old jewelry is the perfect platform to display a |
| own. You'll revitalize the style of your whole living | | | | little creativity and turn your forgettables into |
| space - and your own spirit - and carry a new, | | | | wearable art. Instead of passing by that |
| fun spin on life into the Summer months and | | | | neighborhood craft store turn in and take a look |
| beyond. After months of being inside and avoiding | | | | around. Chances are that they already have a |
| the dark, cold winter, it's exactly the right time to | | | | dozen project ideas and can show you before |
| try to find ways to bring spring's sense of | | | | and after photos of some of the things that |
| freshness and renewal into our daily lives. | | | | people have already done with their closet classics. |
| Focus your attention on that closet that you only | | | | Scan the fashion magazines for ideas. Recycling |
| open to put things into. You know that it's full of | | | | and repurposing are "in" even among top |
| things you don't use, and probably never will again, | | | | designers and who knows, maybe you will be |
| but just cannot get yourself geared up to get rid | | | | ahead of the curve for what could turn out to be |
| of them. Think of it as urban mining and these | | | | one of the hottest fashion trends for the new |
| items are gold nuggets. You can take all this stuff | | | | decade. And do not limit yourself to jewelry |
| apart and put it back together in creative ways | | | | either. Who says that an old skirt made with a |
| that will repurpose everything for another season. | | | | fabulous fabric cannot have a new life as a |
| This is not only a terrific way to be green this | | | | fringed scarf? |
| Spring, but it's also a very practical way to stay | | | | |