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IMOTIME on etsy is selling some very creative clocks made out of thrift store finds! Below are photos of our favorites. Click here to visit the shop. Neat!

Amanda Siska of Oregon picks up glass objects from thrift stores, then beautifies them with hand etchings. Wow! Check out her Bread and Badger etsy shop for more.

The William Good clothing line isn’t the first one to take used, unwanted clothing and turn it into something new. SuperLuckyCat has been doing just that for seven years! Click here for their website. Crystal Butler and Michael Baffico are behind the company–they are both fashion designers with a love for thrift and vintage clothing. Everything is made in the USA in good working conditions. Yes! Click here to find where you can buy their stuff.

We really love this upcycled dress made from a skirt and two shirts, available at SuperLuckyCat’s online store.

Goodwill is partnering with designer Nick Graham to create the William Good clothing line. (Clever name, eh?) Basically it involves taking Goodwill-donated clothing and upcycling it into something new. The company will follow the Goodwill model of hiring people who are down and out on their luck and need a fresh start, then teaching them useful skills that can help keep them on their feet.

 Click here to view the William Good ebay shop.

TSL is veeeery excited about this! It is something we’ve dreamed of for years, but weren’t in a place to do much of anything about it. Seriously folks, one-of-a-kind designer clothing made out of reused materials and constructed by people being paid a decent wage? Please let this become a trend!

Now this is really something. craftyyarn buys sweaters from the thrift store, cleans them, unravels them, and sells the yarn on etsy. We think it’s awesome! Click here for the etsy shop, and here for the corresponding blog.

A wool yarn.

A Shetland wool yarn.

A linen-cotton yarn.

The sweater it came from.

Check out Pine Blossom’s etsy shop, featuring fun bags and creatures made out of repurposed wool from thrift store clothing. Perfect for Valentine’s Day!

Bonus! The corresponding flickr account has photos of the step-by-step wool dying and craft-making process.

The first art we at TSL have been able to find that is a tribute to thrift stores! These enamel pins are for sale in Amelia Toelke’s etsy shop.

Photos from TheThriftShopper.com

The December issue of The Thrift Shopper Magazine featured an interview with artist Sheri Elf. Sheri uses thrift store finds as well as actual garbage to make her fun pieces of art. The fact that she makes $125 per hour for creating art out of objects that cost her little to nothing might turn some heads. Here’s an excerpt from the interview:

I used to love riding my bike or walking down the alleys of Santa Monica because that’s where people would throw out their trash, and I would find old, weird things, and my imagination would be running. I’d already see pictures of what I was going to do with it. It’s not what happens when you look at a blank canvas, not for me.

Click here for the full interview and more photos. Click here for Sheri Elf’s website with more information and art for sale.