WHAT'S YOUR INSPIRATION?
Put new life into your Goodwill Finds. Finding Your Good is about gaining inspiration from a community of experts who will provide tips to help you reinvent your personal style that is socially sustainable.
A Need for Creativity
The creative economy can be explained by looking at the generational layer-cake of one’s family occupation. For instance, my great-grandfather worked in a factory— lost a finger, worked every available hour, physically was beaten to a pulp in a position that is now done by robotic automatization machines.
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DIY 5-Step Spring Gallery Wall
Here are five simple steps to guide you as you create a gallery wall of your belongings that will look make them look Smithsonian-worthy, no matter the price of your collection. And you don’t have to be an artist to have a display fit for Picasso, just the willingness to try this impactful DIY project!
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Styling Oversized Outerwear Without Looking Like Seasoned Potato
And while wearing layers may include tanks, tees, sweaters, and jackets, this can leave you negligent on covering up your most important asset (pun intended). While heat primary escapes from your head, it also escapes from your extremities; including your hands and feet!
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Creating a Sustainable – and Stylish – Home
A lot of the same sustainability principles also apply to home furnishings and décor. You can easily create a more sustainable – and beautiful—home by choosing quality used furnishings that reflect your personal style. Goodwill is a great place to start!
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Goodwill Now Sells Juice?
ODuring last month’s monthly Finding Your Good Meetup, I found a electric citrus juicer to use more citrus in a different way, rather then just eating them whole. It was tagged as $5.99, but all donated goods were 50% off!
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We’re Talkin’ Vintage…The Real Deal
At base value vintage clothing are garments from a previous era. Vintage may describe a style, or stylistic element, specific and classically associated with a designer. Let’s look at Chanel – you can find vintage Chanel items, you can also find clothing featuring a classic Chanel cut, shape or element appearing in a contemporary line.
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Easy Splatter-Painted Chairs
You will see stars when you send an old chair into space–your living space (rather than the dumpster or landfill) using paint to transform it. Truly an out of the box, out of this world DIY project that will cost you next to nothing while launching loads of fun along with many compliments.
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Valentine’s Day Gift Idea: DIY Heart Collages, 3 Ways
Well, be still my heart! Here’s an easy, memorable Valentine’s Day gift (or any time of year) that your sweetie will love! Combine old frames with used papers to create love-filled art pieces. Look for images and words from discarded magazines, calendars, cards, sheet music and more to express yourself in these treasurers that will stay up long after the love letters are put away and the box of chocolates is eaten.
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Why Chunky White Sneakers Are NOT Eco-Friendly
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about the items I currently have or want add to my closet and how they impact the environment. Thoughts occupy my head-space on the metro, as I walk out of work….basically, every time I’m confronted with the world’s fashion choices. This week, I wanted to highlight some quick thoughts around my epiphanies around: the chunky white shoe.
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