Upcycle

here are a few sites that offer ideas for how you can upcycle your stuff. I just want to say ahead of time, at first glance some seem crazy but you may want to give it a chance and you just may be surpristed.

100 Amazing Upcycling Ideas

www.toponlineengineergingdegree.com

www.instructables.com -- This site has a plethora of ideas, but in particular I like the green section. Some ideas they have are making a rug from the inseams and waistbands of jeans (you can make a jean quilt with the rest of the jeans),

a generic version of the Topsy Turvy Tomato hanger (love this idea, minus leaving the logo on the bottle),