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I like the mirror but not the vase.

I vote NONE OF THE ABOVE which wasn't an option. I don't like the concept. I don't like the look. I don't like anything about it.

when I first saw the bottle I thought it was covered with bangle bracelets and I thought -- hey, what a great way to organize your bracelets. But alas, it was not that at all. I would never buy one of these items but could be a fun "craft" to try sometime. On second thought, I'd never actually display one of these items so not worth the effort of making it. But, I do think that a glass bottle is a cool idea for storing bangles on your dresser top.
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i like the mirror but not the vase or frame. I have a trivet made out of recycled newspaper. It's really cool.

I like the picture frame. How do you think it's made. I'd love this as a DIY project.

Daily Nuance, your wish is my command!

Thanks Alex! If only ALL my wishes could come true so easily!

With an actual color scheme applied to each item, this could look great. The current random color and pattern just emphasizes the trash origins of the building materials.

I saw some hatboxes like this a few months ago online and this weekend saw them at tj maxx for under $10. I had just started making my own by using this tutorial I found on Flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefanie1/sets/1577206/

I made necklaces out of magazines when I was a kid. We would just dip strips of magazines in elmer's glue and string the beads together! A really great craft project!

If UO wasn't pumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into its anti-gay political agenda, I'd totally buy the vase, admire the mirror, and pass on the frame. For now, I hope they sell zero, and then ship all the surplus to their buddy Rick Santorum. ANd yeah, I hope one of the vases is made from old Honcho mags.

I like the look in pictures, not quite as much in person, and not at all if its from Urbnan, not DIY.

At first I thought that vase was a cocktail shaker.

I have a box made this way, and I like it. I use it to store memories and cards and pictures and stuff. You know, if people made these and painted them, I bet people would be a lot more excited about it.
- MM

i love these! i actually made a picture frame like this once after seeing the ones at urban. my advice to others: just buy the ones at urban, it was a VERY time consuming project!

I really like them...

I actually just purchased a very similar vase from Reform School...

There are many kinds of these things:
http://shop.bibelotshops.com/details.php?prodID=6809
http://www.greatgreengoods.com/2007/10/24/recycled-magazine-bracelet/
http://www.greatgreengoods.com/2007/10/23/recycled-magazine-mirrors/
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=9224497
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5673005
http://www.eco-artware.com/catalog/CG5-Gecko-Sculpture.php?c=tabletop

Do a search and choose the store you want to buy from.

i like the mirror and frame but not the vase!

Love the mirror.

K T G come on, really???
One should never buy 'mangled trash' from some '3rd world artisan' just to feel 'all do-gooder' about it. If you don't like it, just don't buy it. Period. So many other ways to help the less fortunate other than bad mouth their work afterward.
Buying something from 'someone poor', just to brag about it, is kind of sad. Is it not?

afterwards. ooops.

The recycled metal stuff I like, and the recycled plastic is okay, but this looks like Kamp Krafts.

I'm not crazy about the picture frame--it really distracts from the picture inside. But the rest is fun.

I like the idea but not as a product.
This is something you make in your garage.
Why those recycled stuff always so expensive?
It's a kid's craft or child labor(whichever you would like to call).

just came back from Target and I saw Newspaper picture frames in their College section.

I've had my eye on that mirror for awhile now.

http://www.target.com/Recycled-Newspaper-Frame-4x6/dp/B0013LZ4WO/sr=1-1/qid=1215659764/ref=sr_1_1/602-2617873-8862243?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k%3Apicture%20frame%20newspaper&page=1

found the link.

Dig the mirror, though it all kinda screams COLLEGE DORM to me.

Everything will get dusty, frayed and worn in about a month.

I love the picture frame and the mirror. NOt crazy about the vase.

I really think this is stretching the definition of recycled. Yes, they may be using magazines or newspapers to make the items, but the overall impact on the waste stream is pretty much nil. The materials used to make these items (of which I have no strong opinion design-wise) just happens to be newspapers and magazines, and are used purely for the aesthetic look of the finished product. I suspect the materials were print over-runs and never actually were in the hands of consumers. Any printer that has excess print over-runs would have been selling the materials to be recycled as new paper goods anyway. So it's not as if the materials would have ended up in a landfill. I think the 'greenwashing' of products to make us feel good is a really bad thing... It is leading us to consume more products in the name of being 'green'.

So... Two years later... I came across a mirror so close to one of the UO mirrors in this post. At a Home Goods Store in the Bay Area. And loved it! It is going into my toddler's bedroom (at his eye level) so that he can see himself while he learns personal grooming and dressing... His room is globally eclectic and has a handmade and vintage vibe. So this is perfect. It is not something that screams out elegance or high end, but I think that it is something a little more creative than the usual cartoon and muppet figures that are so prevalent in children's furnishings and rooms. (And if it sparks even half as much of an aware, opinionated, and thoughtful byplay from him when he gets older, then I am even more in love with the mirror. Whether for good or bad, there is something to be said for the thought provoking things around us...)

I like the mirror. It would be easy enough to do if I had the time. David Stovell makes stuff similar out of newspapers but his stools could easily be made from magazines.

http://www.stovelldesign.co.uk/sunday_papers.html