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How to make recycled plastic cup word tea covers

November 22, 2010 by Stefanie Girard

Rashmi sent in this link to her blog The Ochre Elephant featuring a great project where she recycled yogurt containers into tea light covers that also spelled out “Happy Diwali”. The Festival of Diwali or Deepavali means “The Festival of … Read More ...

Flowers, paper bags and a bit of lint make for some pretty magnets

November 15, 2010 by Stefanie Girard

These lovely magnets are created with a whole bunch of recycled bits of this and that. See a whole collection of Desiree’s craftiness at her blog Beyond a Garden.… Read More ...

How to make a snowman and Christmas tree out of recycled bottle caps

November 14, 2010 by Stefanie Girard

Pop (pun intended) over to Linda’s blog to see how she transformed plastic soda and water bottle tops (along with a bit of t-shirt) into a cute snowman and Christmas tree.

Looking for more ways to refashion t-shirts? check out … Read More ...

How to recycle a plate into a canvas for decupage art

November 9, 2010 by Stefanie Girard

This is a really clever idea! See how to turn a damaged plate into a canvas to create a bit of decupaged art over at the blog Creative Mind! I actually think it would be cool to leave some … Read More ...

How to wax preserve Fall leaves and make a wonderful decoration

October 26, 2010 by Stefanie Girard

Nature can make some of the most beautiful things so why not preserve them and make pretty decorations for your home. To take advantage of the beauty of fall leaves why not preserve them in wax? Try this great tutorial … Read More ...

Recycle those old silk flowers into a Halloween Wreath

October 21, 2010 by Stefanie Girard

It is truly the magic the transformation a simple can of black spray paint can have. Cindi sent in her wonderful recycled flower wreath project posted at her blog The Brass Paperclip perfect to welcome your trick or treaters this … Read More ...

A whole bunch of “Green” Halloween Crafts made out of all sorts of this and that

October 20, 2010 by Stefanie Girard

Caley sent in this link to all sorts of green Halloween Crafts posted at FaveCrafts. I am sure you will find something spooktactular to craft with bits of this and that you are sure to have around.

Eco-friendly Halloween crafts … Read More ...

How to make the cutest Mummy Halloween decoration

October 18, 2010 by Stefanie Girard

Are these guys cute or what? Thank you Amy of the blog Then She Made… for sending in a link to her tutorial for turning some recycled food boxes into just darling Halloween mummy decorations.

[tags]recycled food box mummy decoration[/tags]… Read More ...

How to make fall leaves with crayon shavings

October 15, 2010 by Stefanie Girard

These autumn fall leaves are so pretty! They rival the real ones. If you need to make some pretty fall leaves yourself pop on over to the great tutorial  Ashley Lee sent in posted at her blog Chasing Fireflies.… Read More ...

How to make a recycled plastic milk jug skeleton

October 7, 2010 by Stefanie Girard

There is a spectacular tutorial for recycling milk jugs into a wonderful skeleton Halloween decoration over at the blog All Good Things Come To Them That Thwaits!

[tags]recycled milk jug skeleton tutorial[/tags]… Read More ...

How to make a pumpkin with a roll of Bathroom tissue

October 6, 2010 by Stefanie Girard

Today’s craft falls under one of those categories that could be questioned. Is this really a recycled craft, more of a repurposed item or simply a great way to disguise one of those necessities. I am voting for all of … Read More ...

Folded paper spider webs

October 5, 2010 by Stefanie Girard

Check out these cool spider webs Jennifer of the blog Muse Lodge sent in. She made the paper template in Excel. I vote for this being the best re-purposing of office software in a craft project yet! See more of … Read More ...

How to make a wreath with chess pieces

October 4, 2010 by Stefanie Girard

Over at The Value Village site there are tons of pretty Halloween decorations including this cool wreath made from chess pieces. I like the “spiky” quality. It looks intimidating but really isn’t. Time to dig through the toy box and … Read More ...

How to recycle a desk door into a cork board

September 28, 2010 by Stefanie Girard

Elizabeth of the blog Covered in Crafts sent in a cool tutorial on how she transformed a desk door into a super stylin’ cork board. See how she did it at this post over at her blog.

[tags]how to make … Read More ...

How to make a chopstick sunburst mirror

September 24, 2010 by Stefanie Girard

It’s not playing with your food, it’s playing with your utensils, uh are chopsticks considered utensils? Well, anyway here is a fabulous project sent in by Amanda that recycles chopsticks to make a mod mirror! Pop on over to the … Read More ...

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