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Love letters. Shopping lists. Spit wads. All things requiring paper. You use it all the time so it may as well come from these colorful journals. New from ecojot and made from 100% recyclable, post consumer materials, these guys are a daily reminder of being green. Go ahead, spit wad to your little heart's content. 
How clever is this hand-screened wallpaper by Natalie Wright? I'm going to hang it everywhere and watch my friends congratulate me for being so cool. You should too.
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Let's face it, lugging that $2K Mac around is f-ing exhausting. Thankfully, crafty Icelandic designer Hafsteinn Juliusson answers this elitist conundrum by adding straps to recycled pillows, calling them Napbooks and taking arty photos by the docks. Cute. Next up: bedtime stories by Steve Jobs.
Anyone who's ever visited San Francisco knows that parking sucks. Anyone who's ever lived here will tell you that because it sucks they would rather run, walk or crawl before owning a car, lest they rack up thousands of dollars in parking tickets (I speak from experience on this one) and battle the overwhelming rage that surfaces every time one of those little Meter Maid cars skulks by. Seriously, you really wanna throw your drink on those guys. Well, one day a year we citizens of the crowded streets get a little retribution in the form of Park(ing) Day. Volunteers, in coordination with the Trust For Public Land, take over street parking in our busiest neighborhoods and turn the spaces into lovely public parks.
You'd be surprised how refreshing it is to see these tiny patches of asphalt put to communal use. Office workers take their lunch outside, kids have their shoes off and everyone enjoys the sunshine. Makes you think that there's got to be a better way...
Yes, another "Why didn't I think of that?" moment. Designer Claire Cole takes grandma's vintage wallpapers, cuts 'em up, adds some thread and viola! wallpaper that doesn't make you want to throw up. (via Candy Colored Buddha).
Her tea cups are pretty freaking adorable as well. 
Wake up your inner alcoholic and let their be light! Via the fabulous blog More Ways to Waste time I was introduced to recycling star and Etsy seller Yours Trulyxoxo. Taking thrift store decanters and old bottles she revamps them into these fun little gems. Cheers.
