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Dishes get turned on their side to make some pretty mirrors

Monica Ewing of the blog Crafty Nest posted this great tutorial on how to turn some thrift store plates and some craft mirrors into this wonderful collection of beautiful wall decor. Pop on over to this post to check it out.

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The Imagination Factory’s Trash Matcher

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I love the name of this idea as much as I love the concept. The Imagination Factory has a “Trash Matcher” It is a fun page where they list common items of trash and then corresponding craft projects you can make…

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Tiny Tool box made from an Altoids Tin

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Brenda Ponnay designed and posted over at Alpha Mom the best tutorial on how to make this super cute tiny tool box from an Altoids tin. While she says it’s a good Father’s Day Gift I totally want one for myself!

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Turn anything into a pin cushion in a pretty way

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Cool Recycle Fashion Show at The Urban Institute for Contemporary Art

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How to cast paper napkins into fun ornaments using candy molds

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Don’t want to chuck the extra paper napkins you get with your take-out? Why not cast them into fun shapes that you can use to make ornaments and embellishment perfect for just about anything! See how over at Craftside. While…

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Old Quilts (or new ones) “leaf” their old life and grow into new home decor

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Design Sponge posted this wonderful leaf project that was created by the design duo of Alyssa and Joslyn Krismer. They use a vintage quilt and fabric that was not usable due to damage but by cutting it into small pieces was…

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A Compendium of Suitcase Re-do’s

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Jennifer Perkins of the fabulously colorful blog Naughty Secretary Club, has put together an amazing post of all sorts of ways to reuse, remake and all together enjoy old suitcases. They are a wonderful way to store stuff but I…

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Chance to win Generation T Beyond Fashion

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I have the first book: Generation T and if this one is as good I will just have to have it. Over at Cut Out and Keep they are having a contest to win one. I will definitely be entering because…

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Sew Vintage Bed Sheets into new cloths

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Recycled magnetic cord clip organizer

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I don’t know about you but my cables and cords are such a mess! Well this brilliant crafter, Julie P. posted over at Cut out and Keep this great how-to on how to make a magnetic cord clip out of recycled…

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Recycle a tin can, postcards and a suit jacket into a Mixed-Media Journal

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Leftover hardware cloth, a soda can, some yarn , an old suit coat, two binder rings, a bunch of sassy fun new tools and some inspiration from the cool book Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials culminate in…

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Recycle Family Slides into a Modern Lamp Shade

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If you know what these are than you probably have them in your family attic somewhere. My parents are currently learning how to use the equipment to convert them into digital images and then the slides will be winging their…

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Modern Art Wall Decor made from squares of paper

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ALEXA WESTERFIELD A.K.A. SWELLDESIGNER posted this cool design that re-purposes scrapbook paper into a very colorful and non-permanent decoration/art. I have tons of wallpaper sample pages that I could see doing this design with. Or making individual squares of art and…

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Handwritten recipe cards add flavor in a new way

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Cathe Holden of The Right at Home blog has a whole “menu” of ideas for recycling and up-cycling recipe cards into fun home decor projects including framing them in geometric checked patterns, boarders, and transferring them to fabric. Pop on over…

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