YOUniquely MEcycled

06/05/2026

Hayyyyyyyyyy!! I'm going to be there with my table and art and rainbows and smiles! Come on down to the Gem and hang out, be yourself, check out some art, enjoy some drag, and feel safe! 🌈 💕 🏳️‍🌈 🌸 🌻 🌹 🏵 🌼 💃 🍕 🎨 🖼 🎭 📖 🎬 🎞 🎥 🍬 🍫 🍭 🍪 🪅 🥳 🎊 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Bethel Pride returns on Saturday, June 13th for a day of LGBTQIA2S+ Celebration!

4:00-6:00 pm: Join us in The Gem lobby to connect with local artists and community organizations, including OUT Maine, Queerly ME, EqualityMaine, and more. It’s a great opportunity to support local creativity and pick up important resources. All ages welcome.

6:00 pm: Join us for a family-friendly Drag performance from our favorite drag queen Chartreuse Money and other fabulous Maine performers. All ages welcome!

7:30 pm: After the drag performance we will screen World of Wonder’s Stop! That! Train! staring some of RuPaul’s Drag Race most beloved queens and RuPaul herself! This film is rated R, 18+ only.

Tickets for the shows are Pay What You Can, helping make the event possible, with a percentage of proceeds benefiting OUT Maine. A suggested donation of $10 per show is recommended.

04/21/2026

Hey ya'll!

Happy spring! Just a little bio about me and what I'm doing here.

My name is Jillian and I created YOUniquely MEcycled in 2020 (when I had a lot of time on my hands)! 😄 I'm originally from Boston, but am living in Western Maine now. I've also got some southern roots mixed in there, with a groovy 60s vibe thrown in as well. ✌️

I live in a tiny house, in the woods, with my doggos, Rupert and Joey 🐾

I've always made art. First, for some family and friends. Then, they convinced me to make art for others to enjoy as well. I create whimsical pieces of art made out of organic, natural and recycled materials.

I make large lion busts, made from acorns, walnuts, Birch leaves, Beach grasses, and maple stems.

I also make jewelry, made from popcorn kernels, sunflower seeds, eucalyptus leaves, pine cone petals, cantaloupe seeds, pistachio shells, and bell pepper seeds, Etc.

Then, I also make beautiful garden flowers! I make them out of plastic bottles, bottle caps, straws and metal and then I spray paint them and seal them.

Ooo, also my giant recycled sea creatures made from cardboard and bottle caps! I've also been known to make a moose or two, and a chicken!

My most favorite things to make, though, is something for my friends and family. My bestie loves concerts, so I make her band earrings for every concert she goes to! My brother loves elephants, so I've painted him a giant, multi-colored, glow-in-the-dahk elephant, on a wicked lahge black canvas!

I love creating and making personal pieces too! You have an idea? Or a favorite something or other? You want something unique for a friend's birthday or your parents anniversary? Tell me! Let's create something beautiful together!

Check out my art here, on Facebook or follow my booth around the area, at art markets and festivals!

Stay Groovy ☮️

Jillian

11/29/2025

BAAM-Bethel Area Arts & Music final art market is happening right now!! Come down to CPS in Bethel from 9-3pm! Soooo many beautiful things! I've made some new things as well! Poster magnets for your fridge! Sea turtle earrings! And coming soon book earrings! I love making YOUnique things! If you have a favorite band or turtle or flower or any idea at all, message me! Get your peeps something YOUniquely MEcycled ! Happy Holidays everyone!

11/20/2025

I'm beyond excited for the BAAM-Bethel Area Arts & Music Winter Art Market! I will have a plethora of my sea turtle earrings plus some newly themed recycled nostalgia! I'll share more after the mod podge dimensional magic dries! Please come and visit all these amazing artists and get something YOUnique for your loved ones this holiday season 🎄☃️🎁

09/13/2025

Today is the day! Norway Maine Arts Festival! We're down here on Main Street from 10-4pm! Come check out all these beautiful arts, crafts, yummy foods and great tunes!

08/24/2025

What a beautiful, successful 5th Annual Monarch Festival! I had so much fun! Saw a bunch of my camp and school kiddos, man are they creative! You can see me next at the Art and Agriculture Tour in September! Thank you for a wonderful day!

06/26/2025

Please come check out me and other fabulous artists at Bethel Pride today and the BAAM summer art market!!

06/06/2025

Hello my YOUniquely MEcycled fans! Summer is here! And so is my art! Come visit me and so many other talented artists, we were busy this winter and have a ton of new items! Thank you so much for your support!

Join us for the BAAM Summer Market!
🗓 Saturday, July 5 | 🕘 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 The Philbrook Place, Bethel, ME

Celebrate local creativity with art, music, and community! Shop from local artists, enjoy live music, and grab a coffee from The Grind. The day is packed with other arts and history happenings around town. It’s the perfect time to explore Bethel!

Artists Include:
Appleshade Woodworks
Bear River Glassworks
Bethel Retreads
C-A Art & Design
Crafty Badass Stitch
Earth and Fire Pottery Maine
ELYSIUM Unique Jewelry and Wearable Art
Lindsy Stephenson
Mt Crescent Crafts
PackRat ArtScrap
printing perspective
Repant Totes Bethel Maine
S List Pottery
Uniques by Nancy Lee
Village Blues
Wondrous Waters Art
YOUniquely MEcycled

Musicians performing:
Fiskars Cutting
Maya Best
Lindsy & Bella
MJ Johanson
Maya Salafia

01/03/2025

Welcome all my new followers! Thank you for taking a peek at my artwork! Here are some presents I made for Christmas. I love making homemade gifts for friends and family! If you haven't already, please like my page and click follow! ❤️ Thanks so much! Oh also, if you've acquired some of my art, please leave a review! Thanks!

11/30/2024

Stop on by to the Crescent Park School from 9-3 today to see all these beautiful art works and amazing people! It's my last art market of 2024! Happy Holidays! ☃️❄️🎄🎁🎅🤶🛷