Recycled Crafts

Rustic Twig Frame

Alissa — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:04:35 +0000

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. Alternatively, glue stones or seashells onto a ready-made frame if your vacationing takes you to the beach. Or, decoupage pressed flowers and leaves onto a frame.

Technorati Tags: frame, photo, twig, stick, nature

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Upcycled Whistle

Alissa — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:53:37 +0000

Bottlecaps are showing up everywhere in recycled crafts, as seen in Loran Scruggs‘ handcrafted whistles. Made from beautiful vintage bottlecaps and tin scraps, the working whistles are both stylish and functional.

Technorati Tags: bottlecap, bottle cap, vintage, whistle, Etsy

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Upcycled Piggy Bank

Alissa — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:54:07 +0000

Save on materials while you save your pennies. From time to time I like to head over to Novica for some out-of-the-box thinking from artisans from around the world, like this piggy bank made from a used aluminum bottle that’s created by the artist Luitpol. While Novica doesn’t have a recycled goods category per se, simply search for “recycle” in the Keyword Search box at the top of the page.

Technorati Tags: piggy bank, Novica, National Geographic, aluminum, bottle

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Sweater Picnic Blanket

Alissa — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:28:39 +0000

Put those old winter sweaters to summer use by upcycling sweaters into a picnic blanket perfect for the Fourth of July or any lazy summer day. Designer Vickie Howell (also one of our own CraftGossip editors) offers a tutorial for this pieced blanket with a touch of patriotism on myLifetime.

Technorati Tags: picnic, quilt, recycled sweater, patriotic, Fourth of July, Lifetime

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Creativity 350 Contests

Alissa — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:31:44 +0000

Creativity 350, a partnership between five craft- and DIY-themed websites, is looking to help creatively spread the word about the important new climate change awareness group called 350.org. And they need YOUR crafting and design talent to help! It’s offering two contests (with plenty of cool crafty prizes): a Craft Contest that’s asking participants to craft something that expresses the number 350, and a T-Shirt Contest that’s asking participants to design a T-shirt that also expresses the number 350. Learn more at:

Creativity 350
and
350.org

Technorati Tags: Creativity 350, 350.org, contest, prize, global warming, climate change

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Bottlecap Hardware

Alissa — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:19:49 +0000

These bottlecap knobs would look cute in the kitchen. While they’re certainly easy to make yourself, Jamere offers some quality knobs at her Etsy store. Each bottlecap is adhered to a wooden knob (colorfully painted to match) and then sealed with acrylic gloss for durability.

Technorati Tags: bottlecap, bottle cap, kitchen, Etsy, drawer, knob, pull, cabinet

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DIY Charging Station

Alissa — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:51:22 +0000

Calling all DIY neat freaks: jannypie offers a delightful decorative charging station tutorial to organize your phone, mp3 player and other chargeable devices. She makes hers from already-prosh Martha Stewart boxes, but you could easily recycle boxes found around the house and embellish them according to your own style.

Technorati Tags: charging station, ipod, mp3, Martha Stewart

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Replayground on TV

Alissa — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:24:34 +0000

Tiffany Threadgould, founder of Replayground, is featured in a segment of the one-hour special on Fine Living, It’s Easy Being Green. In just over three minutes you’ll see how Tiffany comes up with ideas for her recycled furnishings and accessories. Sitting in her home with a pile of unwanted computer keyboards in front of her, she says it well: “Basically I deconstruct things before I reconstruct them.”

Technorati Tags: Fine Living, TV, green, Replayground, YouTube

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Candy Wrapper Dress

Alissa — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:30:08 +0000

Craftster Theperilouspopsicle had no worries that she’d arrive at prom wearing the same dress as another girl. After all, no one else would think to construct a rainbow-colored frock made from 101 Skittles wrappers (my tummy aches just thinking about it). See more photos of her impressive project, which was chosen as a Craftster featured project, here.

Technorati Tags: candy wrapper, Skittles, prom, dress, gown

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Upcycled Bracelets

Alissa — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:06:27 +0000

Bracelets look great, but they don’t always feel great on your wrist. By wrapping used bangle bracelets in colorful yarn, not only have you created a soft accessory for your skin, but you’ve also created a whole new look. Here are a few Etsy sellers offering pretty yarn-wrapped bracelets:

Technorati Tags: bracelet, bangle, yarn, jewelry, accessory

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