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Recycle- Creatively

I confess we have acquired quite a bit of stuff in my house. My biggest resistance to getting rid of this stuff, is it ending up in the landfill. We bring good condition clothes and household items to the Salvation Army. But its the other stuff, the miscellaneous tea cups, antique table linens, paintings, inherited from family members who themselves were at a loss of what to do with them. So I took these homeless items in and they fill our closets and scarce storage. As a creative person, I stock papers and fabrics, clips and buttons, paints and pens, and many other things but much of this other stuff is just languishing.

So I am trying to find a home for this stuff, either by way of turning it into something else or finding the person who has been looking all there life for that antique lace tablecloth. So I am taking to web to see what ideas are out there for some of this stuff or who is hoping to find it.
How about tea cup lights? What about the table clothes? A new life for tea towels and doiles? Can two chairs find happiness as a bench?

Other creative ideas to recycle your stuff…
Reuse, recycle, recraft
Make-Stuff!
Recycling Crafts
Trash Crafts

Sites to get rid of your stuff…
FreeCycle matches you with other folks who want your stuff- for free only
Craigslist where you can list your stuff for sale at no cost
Useful Garbage
And there is always Ebay…