Creative Reuse Costume Contest!
Get excited! October 31st is coming up soon! We are holding a Creative Reuse Social Media Costume Contest in time for the spooky occasion! How to enter: We want you to break out your best ideas, your old clothes...
Emerging Artists Grant Applications Are Now Open
The Emerging Artists Grant applications are now open. The Emerging Artists Program provides support for individual artist professional development project grants. Artists who live in Durham, Orange, Chatham, Granville, and Person Counties, NC, are eligible to apply. Applications are...
5 New T-shirt Upcycles: How to Cut for Impatient Beginners
T-shirt reuse is a great avenue to explore if you want to create something new out of something old. It’s a way to express yourself through clothing. It is estimated the average person spends close to $100 monthly on...
No, You’re The Best!!
We are Speechless…but Grateful! Thank you for voting The Scrap Exchange the Best Consignment/Thrift Shop in Durham County, Best Art/Craft Supply Store in the Triangle, & Best Environmentally Friendly Business in the Triangle!!! We are grateful to you, our...
Scrap Exchange Celebrates Women’s Empowerment by featuring Local Artist’s Purse Designs
The Scrap Exchange celebrates Women’s History Month by featuring Zanobia Sewing’s one-of-a-kind handbag creations. The totes feature empowering designs using locally sourced cloth from Spoonflower, a celebration of beauty and power evident in every design. The handbags can be...
The Scrap Exchange is Offering Online Creative Classes
There is no reason the pandemic has to put the kibosh on your creativity. The Scrap Exchange is excited to provide you with Creative Classes Online! Below are just a few reasons why you should consider joining us for...
COVID-19 Positive Test Case on 1/5/2021.
We value proactive and transparent communications and want to inform the public that an employee tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. This employee works in a “low contact” position with infrequent or indirect contact with the...
The Cameron Gallery & Marketplace Ribbon Cutting was a Success!
Check out our news coverage, covered by Spectrum News! Our ribbon cutting event on February 22nd, 2020 was a huge success. Over 100 people came to shop, eat, and help cut the ribbon to officially re-open the Cameron Gallery...
What’s New? How About Our Website!
You Might Have Noticed Some Changes… We are happy to announce the launch of our new website! Even though the site has a new look and feel, you will find that we stuck to our Scrap-py roots and reused...
What’s the Big Deal about Creative Reuse?
photos and article by Alice Carroll Not exactly sure what a creative reuse center is? Very niche, I know, but picture this: the motherload, heaven on earth, honey hole place for people who love to get crafty, find inspiration,...
Why Reuse is NOT Recycling
by Alice Carroll You might have heard of the three R’s- reduce, reuse, recycle- but they’re actually in this order for a very specific reason. They’re in order of what’s best for our planet. When we reduce, we lower...
Scrap Exchange Shopper Highlight
Casey Bingham by Alice Carroll The unique stories of every shopper at the Scrap Exchange are powerful testimonies of how our non- profit organization impacts the Durham community. Casey Bingham shared her connection to the store and how it...
Costume Contest Winners!
You guys did not disappoint! We were impressed with what you all came up with! We decided to expand the prize pool just a bit since your entries were so amazing! We hope you enjoy the reuse and creativity...
Seven Ways to Celebrate National Reuse Day
October 20th is National Reuse Day. Here are seven ways that you can celebrate today and every day: Donate Old Clothes and Great Items You Don’t Need Get rid of clutter and things that no longer “spark joy” for...
10 Awesome School Supplies Made With Reused Objects
It’s back-to-school season and we have got you covered! In this video by “Crafty Hackers,” they show ten ways to recycle, reuse and create school supplies; utilizing the items left from the previous school year and around the house....
Reuse Plastic Bottles for Fun Flowerpots
Gardening can be an excellent method of improving your living space, the environment, and our planet. This video by “TEO Garden,” shows you how to simply create beautiful flowerpots out of plastic bottles! So, instead of buying plastic pots,...
Join Us for the Summer of Reuse!
We at the Scrap Exchange have declared July and August the Summer of Reuse! We will be highlighting a number of ways to promote creative reuse, zero-waste and upcycling! This summer you can join in by: Checking out our...
Here Are Six Clever Ways You Can Upcycle Cardboard Boxes
We all can agree there tend to be cardboard boxes strolling around the house constantly. From online shopping, groceries, and everything in between. It is normal to resort to throwing the box out but what if there is a...