You may have noticed this page went very quiet very suddenly. This post on the business page of The Re-Makers founder explains why.
We can't promise things will pick up on here again any time soon but hopefully we... https://t.co/ZO7rjKKZA5
This weekends topic over on the group - what makes some reused materials okay and others not?
Would you buy an recycled gold wedding ring? A pair of silver diamond earrings with reused diamonds and recycled silver?
Add your thoughts to the... https://t.co/szDF79iA1F
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We should be here but we got stuck so we aren't :( Normal service will be resumed next week :) #buyremade Newsletter email tomorrow should be on schedule!
This isn't specifically about remaking but it is about an issue that affects all small designer/maker businesses!
Re-makers especially since our products are frequently one off unique pieces that we even we can't reproduce so it should be obvious... https://t.co/FncwqIwWvs
Tailortrash Upcycled Antifashion explains why reusing, re-purposing and remaking is a way of life not just a business.
Check out their clothing range at https://t.co/cuout7j42L https://t.co/sh6Ae2gDX1
12 DAYS TO GO
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Not long now until we’re hosting our next event at @arboretumlondon.
Our CONSCIOUS CHRISTMAS EVENT is our BIGGEST Event yet.
We’ve got...
- 3 Expert Panel talks
- a Zero Waste Beauty Demo
- a Speed Clothes swap hosted by @swaprebellion
Well this took too long to upload here so we've put it on the website - the email sent out to subscribers today! https://t.co/vl4LrpHxLk #buyremade#sustainable#updates
Have you signed up to our email list? It's so far been a very underutilised part of our work but that is all Changing! #buyremade#emaillist#stayuptodate
@ReMakersCol Well it hasn't rained that much yet, very hot during the day and freezing at night as though the entire country and not just part of it were a desert! Rain is on the way though.
I know that I'm still mastering Twitter but I didn't think my skills were that bad - I have only just found Heather's tweets about #buyremade! I must have found a different button! #sorry
#buyremade challenge day 4. Sources…
I salvage everything including buttons, zips, buckles etc as well as sweet wrappers and shiny wrappings and card from packaging if it catches my eye and there is a big... https://t.co/UIaFthbfAD
Competition
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#BuyRemade Challenge by @ReMakersCol
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I think my stuff is so individual that no one else does exactly the same, so I don't feel I have business competition exactly.
But competition to be seen and… https://t.co/HknIsRMyUW
How terrible that we've come to a place where the children have to become the teachers :( We can put this right, we've got to try and hope we can do it in time!
@ReMakersCol Home economics and sewing skipped a generation here with the high tech boom. Parents are learning via their children to buy remade and reuse. I don't allow them to buy new fabric, I send them to shop in their closets for fabrics :)