Jul
31
This pretty — and very tactile — ribbon is just about as green as you can get. Cream City Ribbon is made from 100-percent biodegradable cotton yarn and comes in a variety of solids and stripes. If you regularly incorporate ribbon…
Jul
29
Mosaic artist Jason Mecier takes macaroni art to the next level. The artist is known for making portraits of the stars with alternative materials, like this Carol Channing work made with junk. Also featured in his art are jelly beans,…
Jul
26
You’ve likely seen old vinyl LPs upcycled into fashionable cuffs and contemporary bowls. Now make a matching headband using the same melting-and-molding techniques. Head on over to Craftbits for an easy step-by-step tutorial.
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Jul
24
Sylvia Anderson’s steampunk ring is a hands-down portable conversation starter. Made with an antique watch movement — including interesting embedded jewels — this particular ring is adjustable to nearly any ring size. While the gears may not help tell time…
Jul
23
I love the idea of recycling postage stamps — artwork in miniature — into earrings. The fact that I’m a Frank Lloyd Wright fan doesn’t hurt, either. C.D. Childs offers a number of vintage postage stamp jewelry items, each encased in…
Jul
21
Hey kids — how does $10,000 sound? That’s how much you can win by entering the Design Squad Trash to Treasure Competition, which is challenging kids age 5 to 19 (U.S. only) to recycle, reuse and re-engineer everyday materials into…
Jul
20
WurlitzerGirl shares an Instructables tutorial on transforming a cheap pair of headphones and a couple of stuffed animals into a plush — albeit kooky — set of headphones. Had I saved all 48 of my childhood stuffed animals, I could have…
Jul
19
Found & Made Designs is exactly what it sounds like — a studio that creates handcrafted items using bits and pieces of vintage, recycled or repurposed materials found at estate sales, thrift stores and junk piles. In this delightful Etsy shop…
Jul
19
The 80s and 90s brought us big hair, questionable fashion trends and — to a lesser extent — floppy disks. Mike Rosati of Designing Time turns those rarely seen disks into colorful refillable jotter notebooks and other desk accessories. A notebook…
Jul
18
Call to Artists!
Presenting the second Mend donation project, “The Altered Toy Project”. Mend is a non-profit educational arts organization, located in Boise, Idaho USA. As an organization, we are interested in exploring the potential of…
Jul
13
Paint chip samples are such pretty little things. To me, they’re the equivalent of craft candy! The chips can be upcycled into many things, including this funky decorative curtain found on Craftster by its_TRAGICx, who simply punched a thumbtack hole at…
Jul
12
Here’s your chance to be published! The Best of Instructables Volume I will be published this fall and more than 100 Instructables will be in it. Visitors to Instructables.com will be able to vote on the tutorials that should be published…
Jul
10
eco-artware is offering an online clearance of typewriter jewelry, which includes upscale cufflinks and these make-a-statement fashion rings. Limited quantities and letter choices are available, so you best act fast if you intend to take advantage of this clearance.
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Jul
9
My Recycled Bags offers a simple tutorial on managing piles of plastic bags (that can, of course, be recycled into recycled bag projects). Simply gather a plastic cup, a hole punch, a cutting device and some plarn (yarn made from plastic…
Jul
8
Capture the essence of your summer camping or hiking trips in not the photos you take but the frames in which you display your photos. This easy twig photo frame project can be made with materials you gather on your vacation.…







