Hand Me-Ups: Recrafting Kid’s Clothes with Easy Techniques and Fun Designs
By Lorine Mason
What I liked about this book was the use of really good sewing techniques to make very nice looking projects. Often times when you are
… Read More ... DIY Star Wars Lego – Belt Buckle
The force was totally with the clever mom of the blog In The Happily Ever After to make such a cute belt buckle for her son from Logo action figures. Pop on over to her blog for the tutorial. Thanks … Read More ...
Zip up some great fashion with recycled zipper projects
Over at Threadbanger there is a great collection of recycled zipper projects that include jewelry, clothing and home dec. This simple choker is my favorite but there are some really pretty flowers and some really crazy/wild stuff. Zip over there … Read More ...
Beautiful jewelry made by recycling musical instrument parts
Do you love musical instrument parts and think they are just beautiful? Designer Wesla Bay Weller did too and check out the gorgeous jewelry she makes with vintage violin and guitar pegs not to mention drum heads! Pop on over … Read More ...
Book Review: Steampunkery by Christi Friesen
OK you may be asking yourself why is this book review of Steampunkery in the Recycled Crafts section? I’ll tell you. One of the cool aspects of the Steampunk style is the reuse and recycling of old elements in new … Read More ...
How to make beads from the pages of a book
Over at the blog Smallest Forest there is this super cute and detailed tutorial on how to make beads made from the pages of books!
I can’t wait to try this in all sorts of shapes.
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Recycle an old eraser into a new ring
Over at Dollar Store Crafts there is a fun tutorial on carving a new ring from an eraser. How fun! The cool thing about this project is you can still use it as an eraser if you want!
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Sassafras Creation turns Knitting needles into beautiful jewelry
This jewelry is so pretty! I collect anodized aluminum and that includes knitting needles. Anne of Sassafras Creations over at Etsy give old knitting needles a new life cutting them up and linking them in fun and unique ways to … Read More ...
Puzzle pieces get and give inspiration!
Over at the blog Confessions of a Craftaholic there is a sparkle-tastic tutorial on how to recycle a puzzle piece into a cute pin! What a great idea for those puzzles that are missing some of their pieces.
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How to recycle a drinking straw into seed bead storage
I am a storage and organizing junkie. It is so cool when you can store your craft items in a way that you can also look at them and enjoy them even when you aren’t using them. How pretty and … Read More ...
Recycle a promo button into a glitter adorned flower broach
This flower broach has a very humble begining, it’s base is an old promo button. Pop on over to the blog Refashioned Threads to check out a wonderful tutorial on how to make a recycled button flower broach perfect to … Read More ...
Recycled Book Review: 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse, Remake, Restyle, Recycle, Renew By Garth Johnson
1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse
Remake, Restyle, Recycle, Renew
By
Garth Johnson
OK so you are into recycling and crafting. Want 1000 really cool ideas? This is the book for you.
It is the kind of book that just gets … Read More ...
Recycle a branch into a wishbone inspired necklace
Over at the blog B Organic there is a little tutorial to make a wishbone inspired necklace from a little stick. So simple yet so charming and perfect to remind us to be thankful for all the beauty in nature.… Read More ...
Lisa Kettell recycles cat toys into the cutest little ballet dancers
I don’t think I would have ever thought of cat toys as crafting materials but Lisa Kettell did and boy look what she can transform them into! In addition to cat toys she made some great recycled jewelry pieces too!… Read More ...
How to zip up some zippy zipper earrings
These earrings are so cool and simple to make with this wonderful tutorial that is posted over at the blog Silver Bug Studio. This is a great use for an old pair of hoop earrings that have tarnished or … Read More ...