<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/531761e9-1742-4ab4-94a2-a211175f6d56/981A7B9F-1C45-4E9B-B880-1DC10B6E63C3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://greenupgrader.com/?s=upcycle&x=0&y=0" href="http://greenupgrader.com/?s=upcycle&x=0&y=0" style="font-size: 11px;">greenupgrader.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenupgrader.com/?s=upcycle&x=0&y=0">Some variations include cutting a bottle lengthwise to create a clutch purse</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenupgrader.com/?s=upcycle&x=0&y=0"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/greenupgrader.com/img/576BBC0B-805E-409A-BAE6-2854A5CD382E" alt="DIY light" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenupgrader.com/?s=upcycle&x=0&y=0"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/greenupgrader.com/img/3570C540-98ED-43ED-92E0-E0DEF311BE19" alt="tupp-a-lamp" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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border: none;" cite="http://greenupgrader.com/?s=upcycle&x=0&y=0">made from cutting an old tub in two, folding and riveting the arm rests in place, and adding some legs</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenupgrader.com/?s=upcycle&x=0&y=0"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/greenupgrader.com/img/153D9D16-8783-4A24-AE73-C9731E37A69B" alt="inner tube rug" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenupgrader.com/?s=upcycle&x=0&y=0">Annemette Beck</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; 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