This year, Strange Folk is hosting The Upcycle Exchange! This exciting new concept challenges shoppers to clean out from their closets, and withhold from their trash, all kind of things that our crafters use to make merchandise. You’ll be delighted to know that a large portion of wares that Strange Folk vendors create are made with re-purposed materials, and The Upcycle Exchange aims to collect exactly the post-consumer waste they need to do so. As a reward for donating, you’ll receive a COUPON BOOK that you can use at the festival for discounts on purchases and free give-aways while supplies last! Click here to see a list of participating artists. They are also accepting donations for fellow festival exhibitors Tenth-Life Cat Rescue and The O’Fallon Public Library. Just download the following Wish-List, and bring us anything on it you can collect! The Upcycle Exchange will be located on the West side of the large pavilion in the horseshoe pen, and manned by the O’Fallon High School Ecology Club.

Here is the list on spiffy “iPaper”. Click “more” to download, print, and/or share. Be sure to post about it all over your internets, because the more people that participate, the more stuff we can keep out of landfills and put in the hands of imaginative artisans!

If that’s not working for you, here is the PDF file you can download:
Strange Folk 2009 Wish-List PDF
For more details on The Upcycle Exchange program, visit www.UpXchange.com