Emily Seilhamer is an entrepreneur who loves to create things using unconventional materials. One of her passion is upcycling/creative reuse, in which you take discarded or waste items and turns them into something beautiful and functional.
She finds beauty in things that people usually just throw away. She wants to inspire others to use the resources around them and to challenge them to think beyond the box.
Recently, she created a chandelier from nearly a thousand upcycled can tabs.
“Can tabs are shiny and simple enough as a building material. I’ve also always wanted a chandelier, however looking at the price tags of those big, sparkly ones made the decision easy to make one from can tabs instead!” she writes on her blog.
Most of the materials used can be found at the local craft store. It took her about 2 weeks just to create the chains. “If you try this at home I just suggest plenty of patience (and hopefully soda loving friends to help you collect the tabs!) The result is well worth it in the end! Happy creating!”
