Upcycled_Plastic

Upcycled_Plastic 👋 Im Nicola. I make new things from type 2 plastic.HDPE.Milk bottle lids and bottles. West Melton. Christchurch. New Zealand https://upcycledplastic.co.nz/

Upcoming Mafkets are locked in and I cant wait to see you again. First market will be .made as the first fully craft m...
02/06/2026

Upcoming Mafkets are locked in and I cant wait to see you again.
First market will be .made as the first fully craft market at
21st June. 10am-4pm
This is a ticketed event but these are free.
Ill add a link in my bio or jump accross ho .made for all the details
They have a VIP hour and a Sensory hour.

Then I'm pretty excited to be able to be at for their extra special Winter Encraftment. 27th and 28th June 10am-4pm
At Pioneeer Stadium 25 Lyttelton street Christchurch

I'll have all your favorite Upcycled Plastic Creations as well as a couple of new things. So come check them out.

Whoop whoop. See you soon.

What an absolutely awesome weekend!Always one of the best things I could be part of.To my fellow fundraisers and Riders ...
27/05/2026

What an absolutely awesome weekend!
Always one of the best things I could be part of.

To my fellow fundraisers and Riders - bloody ledgends I'm proud to ride alongside you all.

I'm thankful for...

The Team at the Cancer Society Southern for all the work they do putting this together. Its no small effort and its appreciated.


The team at Sheffield pie shop for breaking up the nearves of that first leg of the trip with the awesome pies.


The Rapid Relief Team at Arthur's Pass Village for always putting on a yummy and very efficient feed. And prividing the jelly beans.


All the small communities that come out in force to wave and cheer us one. You all make it fun and worthwhile dressing up.

To my daughter Sam. Thank you for playing your part as the mouse catcher over the weekend. So fun! Thank you for all the videos and footage and thanks for fueling me up at every stop. Proud of you. 🤟.by.sammie_n

And to the major sponsors of the event. Wow!

And to all those that donated to my "Giant Raffle"
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THANK YOU 😊

Another done and dusted till 2028
#5

OMG ITS FINALLY FINISHED. Everything is written on it, glued down, and test ridden. There's nothing more to do. 1 more s...
21/05/2026

OMG ITS FINALLY FINISHED. Everything is written on it, glued down, and test ridden. There's nothing more to do.
1 more sleeps till I ride this crazy mouse over the southern alps to Hokitika.

Thank you so much. You have totally blown my mind with the level of support. Donations and beautiful comment's.

I so love creating these werid bits of art that attach to my bike.

I once again would like to thank mitre 10 Hornby for all the help their people at the paint counter give me.

PS. Theres us still time to donate. Link is in my bio
https://scootersafari.co.nz/nicolagarlick

Whos coming to see us off?

THE STORY GOES......Sam from the Regards Etc Cheese Factory is on the chase after The Mouse That Stole The Cheese.She ha...
21/05/2026

THE STORY GOES......
Sam from the Regards Etc Cheese Factory is on the chase after The Mouse That Stole The Cheese.
She has already snagged herself a tail but is now on the hunt for the rest of the mouse.

Sam will be my support crew for the weekend.
She'll keep me topped up with all the fuels.
Petrol, drink and food.

If you see her about give her a big cheers too.by.sammie_n

17/05/2026

The making of my earrings.
I don't have these on my website. Simply because I'd much rather make them than take pictures of them. 🤷‍♀️ Because every pair is completely different. And that actual marketing and website part takes a really long time to put together. So did making this reel. 🤔 😆
I usually only sell these at markets. But occasionally when prompted I'll do a stories sales on them. So let me know if thats what you want. And I'll put all the money from them into my
Account for the Cancer Society.
Recycled plastic earrings.
These are lite to wear on hypo-allergenic hooks stainless steal. And non are the same. I get lots of comments on mine when I wear them.


16/05/2026

Watch as the shredded bottles dance in the heat until they finally lay flat. It can take several hours to make a nice thick slab and the overnight to cool down. I can cut up that slab into the bases for my propagation stations. And the shreds from drilling the holes become my hanging hearts and earrings.

I love the process of recycling these bottles. Because of the mixed colour plastic it has a really low value in the recycling system. Or sometimes they are not recycled at all. So I can change that.

If its here for a thousand years I'm going to make it beautiful.




Thank you so much to every single one of you for donating. So many of you. And every cent means the world to me and of ...
14/05/2026

Thank you so much to every single one of you for donating. So many of you. And every cent means the world to me and of course the people and lives that that money will help. 😘😘😘

Thank you to Mitre 10 mega in Hornby for the paint this mouse is covered in. Your team in the paint shop are so wonderfully helpful. Thank you

There is still, time to donate/enter the massive raffle
There is a link in my bio or search
Brave rider Nicola Garlick on the TranzAlpine Scooter Safari page
https://scootersafari.co.nz/nicolagarlick

Dont forget you can come wave us off on the day.
All details are on the last slide. Please do its awesome to watch 250 small cc bikes dressed up leaving.
And you all make me cry every time seeing the support.

If you want to push this post out to the algorithm to attrach more attention its as easy as commenting "DONE" once you have donated. Or if you have already donated.
Oh heck just leaving any kind of comment works.

JUST 1 MORE WEEK TILL WE RIDE and draw the raffel
EXCITING!!!

Its nearly done! Just the small touches left to do.But today I acknowledge one of my reasons for doing this. The Tranzal...
09/05/2026

Its nearly done! Just the small touches left to do.
But today I acknowledge one of my reasons for doing this. The Tranzalpine Scooter Safari. Raising money for the Cancer Society.

My Mum
My beautiful Mum. She gave me a creative spirit. She was a creative. She loved sewing lots of mine and my sister's clothes growing up. From Knickers to ball dresses. She knitted and crocheted. She was a the best baker and cook around. Her chocolate cake was, arhh devine. But lost for ever. From dick cakes to silverside and a roast for dinner. She was what kept us together. With her love a support of everything we did.
We called her Marther, Ma Baker, Mum.

Cancer will never not suck!!!!

Hers a link if your up for supporting my trip.
https://scootersafari.co.nz/nicolagarlick

08/05/2026

Blobbie vase's, leaves and flowers all together.
How good does that milk bottle lid look now!
Hoping to put some on the website soon but in the meantime if you see one you like message me and we'll sort it to come to you asap.

Exciting news!by.sammie_n and I will soon be hosting a pop up shop right in the centre of Cashel Street shopping precin...
10/01/2026

Exciting news!by.sammie_n and I will soon be hosting a pop up shop right in the centre of Cashel Street shopping precinct. We'll be in the very cool "Life In Vacant Spaces" container.
We have both been working very hard to get ready for this. (Thats whg ive been a little quiet lately)
Can't wait to see you there between 9th February and 8th March

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