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Feb

28

Wanted: Recycled Art for Gallery and Gift Shop

February 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

Spotted on the Craftster boards: The Cre8tive Arts and Holding Company, located in historic downtown Jordan, Minn., is seeking recycled art to add to its new gift shop and gallery. Interested artists should e-mail jpegs, pricing and contact info to mailbag@cre8tivegang.com.
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Feb

27

Fabric Remnant Key Chains

February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The creative gals at Maki Squarepatch keep their online shop filled with mostly recycled, 100-percent handmade goods, like these adorable little swimmer key chains made from fabric remnants. You’ll also find finely crafted innovative T-shirts, handbags of all sizes, pouches, pencil holders and more — all made with love and a healthy dose of Cute [...]

Feb

26

From Soda Crate to Frame

February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Carol A. Tanzi, the Goddess of Garbage, offers this homespun project for your next family photo display: Find an old soda bottle wooden crate (you can usually spot loads of them at flea markets and better yard sales), glue photos onto wooden squares that fit into the bottle slots, then arrange the blocks in the [...]

Feb

21

Recycled Craft Competition

February 21, 2008 | 3 Comments

Pretty Little Love Objects is running a competition in February called Reuse, Recycle, Reclaim and they’re looking for projects made from materials that once had a different function. If your entry is chosen as the winner, you’ll receive a bundle of Valentine’s-themed prizes. Deadline is Feb. 29. See this Craftster post for details.
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Feb

18

Fluffy Flowers

February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

You may be hard-pressed to find any fluffy flowers at the Fluffy Flowers Etsy shop, but you will find plenty of wide-eyed creatures that will put a smile on your face. Take Jordan the Macon Mutt (shown), as an example. Like most of the characters in the shop, she’s hand-crafted with love from an old [...]

Feb

17

Mini Tin Purse

February 17, 2008 | 2 Comments

Another project to add to the altered Altoids tin category: an adorable mini purse. Jennifer Camacho created this well-done project, found on Craftbits, with card stock, stamps and ribbons. The finished craft would make a great (reusable) gift box, a little girl’s purse or another organizer for your growing pile of scrapbooking materials!
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Feb

16

Bring the Outdoors In

February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

If shabby chic is your style of choice, you’ll love the ideas on the Trash to Treasure episode on diy network’s DIY Decorating & Design. Learn how to transform old shutters into a room divider, an old wooden rake into a coat rack, a used iron gate into a kitchen pot rack and much more [...]

Feb

13

Umbrella Magazine Rack

February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This month’s ReadyMade magazine’s MacGyver challenge winning entry shows us that we needn’t throw out that pesky broken umbrella. Instead, transform it into something equally functional (and waterproof): a magazine rack. View the detailed instructions and illustrations for making your own, and while you’re there, read ahead to next month’s challenge, which involves creating wonders [...]

Feb

12

Scrabble Lover Coasters

February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Words aren’t the only thing you can create from Scrabble tiles, as jessfun23 over at Craftster shows us. She made this set of coasters a few years ago as a gift for her boyfriend. She says coming up with a list of beverage-related words was the easy part; putting them together into six coasters was [...]

Feb

11

Bottled Beverage Art

February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Artist John Bassett takes discarded glass bottles and plates and then slumps and fuses them into colorful abstract works of art for the wall. A true recycling artist, he even uses materials from old window sashes and door frames when his works call for wooden supports. Visit his creative and colorful gallery at www.basglas.com.
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