Staffers use upcycling to create unique Christmas decorations

INTERIOR décor at the Guyana Chronicle for the Christmas holidays has now been taken to another level thanks to the creativity and ingenuity of two dynamic visionary young staff –Librarian, Onika Gentle and Accounts Clerk, Regina Paul.

These creative and hard-working women, thinking outside the box, have combined colour and glitter with vision and detail to come up with interesting and attractively designed Christmas decorations. And what’s more, they have taken on a green approach, upcycling items- such as plastic sanitary cups, cardboard and the core of the newsprint reel- and using them as a base for their creations.

It’s amazing the volume of work these two young ladies have produced in just two weeks, wowing management and other staff of the Guyana National Newspapers Ltd and customers alike.
Adding a touch of class to the environment, they have already created and installed their creations in literally every department within the company. Such works include images of Santa Claus, Christmas wreaths, wall and Christmas tree decorations, a winter warming fireplace and ‘Frosty the Snowman’.

Credit also goes out to the duo for designing and setting up Diwali decorations within and around the company’s facilities in the recent past.

Having received their initial exposure in craft making from their loved ones, the ladies have excelled in tibisiri cords, straw hats, handbags tie and dye and Batik among other things.

And now, wowing their bosses and workmates, Onika and Regina have taken the creation of Christmas decorations to another level, pausing to express gratitude to

their mothers and aunt respectively, and to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a bright and prosperous New Year.