{"id":53392,"date":"2014-11-30T00:09:18","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T08:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=53392"},"modified":"2014-11-30T00:09:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T08:09:18","slug":"repurposing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/53392","title":{"rendered":"Repurposing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tWe all love doing our repurposing projects, ranging from the practical &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53393\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53393\" class=\"wp-image-53393\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Old_Town_Chicago_Coach_House_July_27_2014-1027.jpg\" alt=\"Old_Town_Chicago_Coach_House_July_27,_2014-1027\" width=\"360\" height=\"540\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-53393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of an antique dresser reborn as a bathroom sink by Victorgrigas via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>to the playfully unpretentious &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53394\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53394\" class=\"wp-image-53394\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/448px-Cans_repurposed_as_a_chair_in_Brazil.jpg\" alt=\"448px-Cans_repurposed_as_a_chair_in_Brazil\" width=\"360\" height=\"482\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-53394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of soup cans used as stool legs by Victorgrigas via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>to the positively \u2026 perfunctory?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53395\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53395\" class=\"wp-image-53395\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/450px-Reverdir_les_toilettes.jpg\" alt=\"450px-Reverdir_les_toilettes\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-53395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of a commode planter by Jean Luc Henryplanter via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Anyway, whatever the (re)purpose, we love &#8217;em!<\/p>\n<p>But you must admit that there&#8217;s something stupendously special (and infinitely inspiring) when someone elevates repurposing to the heights of entrepreneurial artistry\u2014someone like Traci Claussen of <a href=\"http:\/\/repurposingnola.blogspot.com\/\">REpurposingNOLA Piece by Peace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering <i>who<\/i> NOLA is, you&#8217;re probably not from the South (neither am I). NOLA, I learned, is the shiny new acronym for that legendary city that has risen from the floods of Katrina: New Orleans, Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>And Traci Claussen has put her fashion sense to repurposing her city &#8220;Piece by Peace,&#8221; using castaway fabric from urban industries to craft couture items with a conscience. Traci talks about her business in this video interview:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FvEzga0izGE?feature=player_detailpage\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>Traci started making bags from burlap coffee sacks and old carpet in 2009.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53396\" style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53396\" class=\"wp-image-53396\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/800px-Green_Decaffeinated_Brazilian_Coffee_Sack.jpg\" alt=\"800px-Green_Decaffeinated_Brazilian_Coffee_Sack\" width=\"359\" height=\"239\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-53396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Jkafader via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span>&#8220;She began designing bags for her own travels: an eco-duffel for a trip to the Jurassic Coast of England; a burlap HoBo handbag for running around town; a RE-weekender Bag for trips to the coast,&#8221; explains her blog. &#8220;She made adjustments to the prototype after each trip, to add or edit options that would make it more useful for the next trip.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now, Traci tailors her designs to meet the needs of her travel-savvy customers. She offers a BURLAP line, featuring her original three designs and seasonal favorites, as well as a signature CARPETBAGGER line and a VEGAN line of totes. She also stocks her <a href=\"https:\/\/squareup.com\/market\/repurposingnola?utm_source=repurposingnola&amp;utm_medium=embed&amp;utm_campaign=button_v1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span lang=\"\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">online store<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"\"> and physical shop at 604 Julia Street with gorgeous, eclectic goodies, including clothing, candles, and cosmetic collections\u2014all locally made and mostly repurposed, of course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I design for the wanderlust in my heart,&#8221; says Traci, &#8220;because people with innate wanderlust share a compassion, a thirst for local people and the planet. That chronic thirst to grow and learn, help others, bring people together, celebrate appreciation for the individual\u2014it inspires communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hop on over to <a href=\"http:\/\/repurposingnola.com\/index.php?route=common\/home\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span lang=\"\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">RepurposingNola.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"\"> to pick up a little more inspiration\u2014and maybe even a Christmas gift or two!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all love doing our repurposing projects, ranging from the practical &#8230; to the playfully unpretentious &#8230; to the positively \u2026 perfunctory? Anyway, whatever the (re)purpose, we love &#8217;em! But you must admit that there&#8217;s something stupendously special (and infinitely &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/53392\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/53392\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gift_for_gab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}