Monday's can be rough... But I'm here to help.

In celebration of my 15th year selling my handmade stuff...
I am going to be featuring things I've seen on blogs, on the internet, in books

...wherever inspiration strikes! On making new items from old goods..

hence, MondayUPs (upcycling)...

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These past few days; I've been researching telephone plans

so that we can get a phone for our house.

In Albuquerque, we had 2 SPRINT smartphones...

but we are no longer in "SPRINT country"

---sol even though the early termination fees are rediculous...

we need to go with a company that serves the area better.

We have decided to get a single "landline" phone for our house...

as it is both affordable; and allows us to "downsize" a bit.

Anyway. So I've been thinking alot about phones.

Years ago, my favorite uncle worked for the Bell of PA...

and one of the things I liked about going to his house was to see some
of the (now vintage) style phones he had around the house.

And I got to thinking about recycling/upcycling old phones,

phone wire, and phone books...

so that is the theme for today's post.

Here are some things made with old phone books:

Here are some things made with telephone wire:

and here are some awesome things they did over in England with

some old phone booths!

(a free library, a cool pub couch, and an aquarium)

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And here are some links that offer info on recycling your

"no longer used" phones: