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Ruby Re-Usable

August 14, 2007 by Alissa 2 Comments

bagladydetailmed.jpgRuby Re-Usable, a.k.a. artist Diane Kurzyna, is the diva of the Olympia Dumpster Divers in Olympia, Wash. She dedicates her life to art and craft made from recycled materials, which she also blogs about. Her website includes a portfolio of … Read More ...

Magpie Recraft Fair

August 12, 2007 by Alissa Leave a Comment

recraft_logo.gifThis weekend isn’t yet over, but it’s not too early to start planning for the next, which should be a good one for anyone in the Boston area: It’s the first-ever Recraft Fair, which features an afternoon of recycled craft … Read More ...

Dirt-Cheap Dorm Room Furniture

August 11, 2007 by Alissa 1 Comment

DIRT CHEAP (1)

Continuing with the theme of back to school, here’s a frugal — and green — idea for dorm room design: cardboard furniture. While you may not be able to craft Frank Gehry’s award-winning, high-design Wiggle Chair (retail $875, shown), I … Read More ...

Back-to-School Notebooks: Part 2

August 9, 2007 by Alissa 1 Comment

paint-sample-group-sm1.jpgI’m glad I’m not the only one who sneaks a few paint chip samples just to have pretty colors on hand. Maia from Lollipoop Designs (no, that’s not a typo) creates these too-cute Paint Sample Notebooks in an array of … Read More ...

Back-to-School Notebooks: Part 1

August 8, 2007 by Alissa Leave a Comment

frootloops.jpgMake schoolwork a bit more exciting by studying with Cap’n Crunch, Count Chocula or (shown) Toucan Sam! Etsy member Nature Made Scents has created a few fun notebooks using cereal boxes as covers. How about using Alpha-Bits for English class? … Read More ...

Quoth the Raven

August 7, 2007 by Alissa 1 Comment

raven-on-8-ball.jpgArtist Mark Orr of Scavenger Art repurposes an interesting family of items — billiard balls, shutters, stair balusters, wooden shoe forms and more — into striking one-of-a-kind artworks. Take this “Raven on 8 Ball,” for instance, made of carved and … Read More ...

Tiny Cassette Tape Purses

August 6, 2007 by Alissa 3 Comments

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Check out these microscopic Barbie purses crocheted from cassette tape at MyRecycledBags.com. (And don’t miss the recently posted matching Barbie halter dress and hat.) The creator, Cindy, generally crochets standard sized handbags, totes and other useful objects not … Read More ...

Silver Dollar Ring

August 5, 2007 by Alissa Leave a Comment

makecrwp.jpgMAKE magazine (the older sibling of CRAFT magazine) offers a video podcast on creating a one-of-a-kind hardy hand-crafted ring from an old silver dollar.

Even I (who has zero background in jewelry making or silversmithing) feel as though I could … Read More ...

From Junk Mail to Fine Art

August 3, 2007 by Alissa Leave a Comment

junkmailart.jpgPaper craft extraordinaire Patricia from A Little Hut has created a series of recycled art projects on her blog, including this first in the series of six (so far). For this project, she simply cut junk mail into thin … Read More ...

Aluminum Mini Trays

August 2, 2007 by Alissa 2 Comments

cantray.jpgUsing only a pair of scissors, Instructables member xavtek has been making these mini trays from aluminum cans for years. They’re meant to be used as ashtrays, but they function just as well as jewelry holders, soap dishes, spare change … Read More ...

Better than HDTV

August 1, 2007 by Alissa Leave a Comment

fishtank.jpgMove over, Animal Planet – here comes a more realistic wildlife channel. Sender-inner Trisha brought to my attention this tutorial of converting an old console TV into a fab new home for your fish. By carefully replacing the TV with … Read More ...

Recycled Barbie and Friends

July 30, 2007 by Alissa Leave a Comment

barbiebookcover.jpgUp for an indie recycling art show?

San Francisco’s 5th Annual Altered Barbie Show, “Out of the Box: Reclaiming and Recycling Barbie,” features 75 artists and vendors celebrating Barbie’s (and Ken’s and Skipper’s) second life. The art show, which … Read More ...

Vinyl Sign Jotters

July 29, 2007 by Alissa Leave a Comment

jotters.jpgLeslie Herger of Comfortable Shoes Studio upcycles colorful and funky vinyl signs into one-of-a-kind covers for her delightful — and very reasonably priced — handmade jotter notebooks. She gets her sign vinyl from a grocery store chain where she works … Read More ...

Three Phone Books Too Many

July 28, 2007 by Alissa 13 Comments

phonebook.jpgYet another phone book company delivered a book of “friendly” yellow pages to our front door this month — for a total of three giant phone books from three different companies — for our two-person household. I don’t remember the … Read More ...

Carpet Sample Transformation

July 27, 2007 by Alissa Leave a Comment

carpetsamplepurse.jpgInterior designers and architects receive a fair share of carpet samples and then discard them the next year when they receive the latest-and-greatest shipment of samples from the same carpet manufacturers. This year the Ample Sample Design Contest challenged designers … Read More ...

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