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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 ...

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 ...

Natural Mobiles

July 16, 2007 by Alissa Leave a Comment

mobile_euc_detail.jpgGrab some inspiration at (or bring a well-funded checkbook to) [tag]SILHO Furniture[/tag] from [tag]mobile[/tag] artist Kevin Inkawhich, who uses [tag]eucalyptus[/tag], tulip petals, gaultheria leaves, pine cones and more to create abstract hanging mobiles. Shown is a detail of his Eucalyptus … Read More ...

Cupcakes with a Shelf Life

July 12, 2007 by Alissa 1 Comment

cupcakes.jpg[tag]Cupcakes[/tag] are adorable, delectable and on-trend, but artist Michelle Stitzlein’s cupcakes will last well beyond the current popularity of this portable dessert.

A sculptor from Ohio, Michelle does some amazing stuff with used [tag]found objects[/tag] around the house and in … Read More ...

MixtGoods — Not Good, but Grand!

July 9, 2007 by Alissa Leave a Comment

tirepurse.jpgI’m a sucker for clean design and good typography, so when I saw an advertisement on our very own site for [tag]MixtGoods[/tag], I immediately clicked to their site. And once I was there, I was drawn to every single … Read More ...

Taking Tips from Ten Thousand Villages

July 8, 2007 by Alissa Leave a Comment

tenthousandvillages.jpgI’m lucky to live near a [tag]Ten Thousand Villages[/tag] store, where they sell beautiful, [tag]fair trade crafts[/tag] from artisans all over the world. While a good portion of us crafters take for granted the ample portion of craft supplies and … Read More ...

Shopping Bag Crafts — Part 1

July 5, 2007 by Alissa Leave a Comment

Plastic Bag Makeup BagHop on over to [tag]Craftster[/tag] and take a look at jamiewatchthestars’ detailed tutorial of transforming plastic shopping bags into durable, sewable, waterproof fabric with tons of character. After fusing the bags with an iron, the “fabric” mimics [tag]Tyvek[/tag] (used in … Read More ...

4th of July Leftovers

July 4, 2007 by Alissa Leave a Comment

Fireworks Packaging Art

Artist [tag]James McNulty[/tag] does some amazing things with the most under-appreciated part of fireworks: the packaging. He mixes and matches kitschy illustrations with Chinese characters with over-the-top names of fireworks to create colorful [tag]collage[/tag]s. If you live in the U.S., … Read More ...

Film Canisters

July 1, 2007 by Shellie Wilson 1 Comment

Film Canisters — Well, there used to be a time when we all had them to spare and they were a popular topic on recycled messageboards all around the place, but what happens now that people are going digital? You … Read More ...

Keyboard Clock

June 17, 2007 by Shellie Wilson 1 Comment

Computers are great we all love them, but they do become obsolete very quickly and keyboards are no exception to that. RePlayGround Came up with this very funky office clock which would make a great DIY project for all ages.… Read More ...

Newspaper Crafts

June 9, 2007 by Shellie Wilson 11 Comments

We all know the usual stuff to do with newspapers but how about some more unusual projects.

Newspaper slippers – Ok these are not going to be durable but are ideal for painting in or other one time use situations.… Read More ...

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