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July 1, 2009
FedEx Wine Rack
Collin @ MAKE writes:
The Arkansasridgerunner pioneers the world of shipping chic with this sensible wine rack built from FedEx tubes. I do believe this would go quite nicely with my packing-peanut chaise lounge!
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Jul 1, 2009 09:00 AM
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June 29, 2009
Wet/Dry Pool Bag
Wet/Dry Pool Bag
By Bernadette Noll and Kathie Sever
Future Craft Collective
We spent last week at the pool, trying out our super fun pool toss game. And since it's been hovering in the low 100s for about a week straight now, you can pretty much rest assured that anytime we are outside, we will pretty much be near water, be it pool, cold springs, or in the river. And when so much time is spent lugging stuff to and from the water's edge, you definitely need a way to keep your dry stuff dry and separated from the wet stuff.
This week while I packed up a family of six for a summer vacation, Kathie worked her magic in the studio. After a trip to the thrift store and a couple of hours in the studio, she emerged with this sweet bag, the perfect combination of form and function — upcycled and super styling too.
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Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 29, 2009 01:00 PM
CRAFT Summer Camp, Kids, Recycle, Sewing |
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Packaging Turned Into Kids Toys
Patricia of A Little Hut helps her kids transform ordinary packaging into toys with this building scene above and more.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 29, 2009 12:00 PM
Just for Kids, Recycle |
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June 27, 2009
How-To: Mint Tin Travel Games
Here's s good project for keeping the kids entertained on long car trips (just one in what must be an arsenal): turn an Altoids tin into a mini game board, with magnet fimo game pieces, so they don't get lost!
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Jun 27, 2009 12:00 PM
Kids, Recycle |
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June 26, 2009
Recycled Wine Cork Keychain Favors
Recycled Wine Cork Keychain Favors
By Tiffany Threadgould
That special day can turn into quite a pricey event. When it comes to creating a memento to share with your wedding guests, do yourself a favor and use recycled materials. With a few additions from the hardware store and a color printer you can create this easy, personalized, wine cork keychain. This project is a great way to save some green by making it green.
Tip: A great place to collect wine corks is at your favorite bar or restaurant. When you tell them they'll be put to good reuse, most will be happy to contribute to the cork collection.
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Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 26, 2009 05:00 PM
Recycle, Weddings |
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June 25, 2009
DIY Puzzle Piece Friendship Necklace
Say BFF for reals with this project on making a DIY puzzle piece friendship necklace by CRAFT contributor Tiffany Threadgould in the first of her monthly projects on Planet Green.
Stay tuned tomorrow for Tiffany's recycled wine cork keychain favor DIY Wedding project!
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 25, 2009 08:00 AM
Jewelry, Recycle |
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June 24, 2009
How-To: Pantyhose Petals
Pantyhose Petals
Create delicate nylon flowers to dress up a wedding gown, veil, or centerpiece.
By Mary Beth Klatt
In the 1950s, women had to wear hosiery to the office or risk being fired. Naturally, these ladies ended up with a lot of ripped and snagged pantyhose. Although some tossed these ruined pairs, the crafty ones cooked up beautiful ways to reuse them. Many women ended up dyeing and cutting them up to create flowers for wedding veils, corsages, and hats.
Now those same flowers will set you back a small fortune on eBay, but you can re-create them for a fraction of the price, and get a vintage look that would be appropriate on Elizabeth Taylor in Father of the Bride.
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Posted by Goli Mohammadi |
Jun 24, 2009 01:00 PM
Recycle, Weddings |
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June 22, 2009
How-To: Make an Herb Garden from Recycled Plastic Bottles
Yiddlenet shows you how to make an herb garden from recycled plastic bottles.
From the site:
Lately I’ve been drinking SoBe Lifewater 0 Calorie after my workouts. It comes in these really cool spiral shaped bottles. The bottles are really sturdy and I’ve been trying to figure out what (other than recycling) I could do with them. I thought the first thing I’d try was an herb garden.I live in a townhouse, and I don’t have a lot of yard. What I do have is really really shady, so I can’t get much to grow back there. I do love using fresh herbs, so this was a good solution for me.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 22, 2009 05:00 PM
Gardening, Recycle |
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Pillowcase Projects
Lee Meredith at ThreadBanger rounds up some of the best pillowcase projects from the web including one of our featured CRAFT projects by Betz White, this shirred pillowcase top and lots more!
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 22, 2009 08:00 AM
Recycle, Refashion, Sewing |
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June 19, 2009
Recycled Wedding Flower Baby Toy
Two of my sweetest friends were just married, and I know how excited they are about someday soon having a baby. So I decided to recycle some leftover flowers from their wedding into a keepsake baby toy. I saved the fragrant lavender blossoms from some of the arrangements, and dried them to use as part of the stuffing for this charming and easy gift. It takes a lovely part of their recent past, and gives it a new extra-sentimental life in the future.
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Posted by Brookelynn |
Jun 19, 2009 01:00 PM
Babies, Recycle |
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June 17, 2009
How-To: T-Shirt Wedding Dress
T-Shirt Wedding Dress
By Donna Kroiz and Lauren Kroiz
Until the late 19th century, brides generally bought the fanciest dress they could afford and then wore it throughout their marriage as an evening gown. With the rise of mass-produced clothing, white became the popular color — maximally impractical, it signified the owner would wear the dress only once. Efficient women often married in white and then dyed their dresses to wear again.
In the 21st century, there's no need to choose between anti-consumerist values and looking cute in white on your wedding day. Learn how to make an adorable, versatile dress using white cotton T-shirts — comfortable, repurposed, and perfect for years of reuse.
Materials:
White T-shirts several, depending
on pattern and size
Thread
Sewing machine
Fabric scissors
Pins straight and/or safety
Dress pattern choose any you like
Notions, zipper, buttons, etc.
as called for by your pattern
Sewing machine knit needle (optional)
Click through for complete instructions.
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Posted by Goli Mohammadi |
Jun 17, 2009 01:00 PM
Recycle, Weddings |
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June 16, 2009
How-To Tuesdays: Vintage Teacup Pincushion
Thrift stores and yard sales are full of orphaned teacups, and I can never resist bringing them home. However, I don't think I could ever drink enough cups of tea to make my collection really worthwhile. So I found a way to repurpose these pretty vessels and turn them into something I'll use every day: a pincushion! The supplies to make these are cheap, but the results are adorable, making them an ideal last-minute gift. Here's how to make one of your own.
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Posted by Jenny Ryan |
Jun 16, 2009 12:00 PM
CRAFT Projects, Recycle, Vintage |
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June 13, 2009
Coffee Sleeve Transplanters
Here's a clever use for recycling your cardboard coffee sleeve: turn it into an inexpensive way to give away garden seedlings or cuttings.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jun 13, 2009 12:00 PM
Gardening, Recycle |
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June 5, 2009
How To: Father's Day Mini Toolbox
Alpha Mom shows you how to make a mini toolbox made from Altoid tins as a great Father's Day gift for Dad.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 5, 2009 11:00 AM
Holiday projects, Recycle |
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June 4, 2009
Graduation Cap Clock
Graduation Cap Clock
By Tiffany Threadgould
Transform your mortarboard into a keepsake clock with this crafty number. Graduation caps and gowns are like old bridesmaid dresses — you pay good money for them, wear them once, and then they get filed away in the back of your closet. Dust off that old cap because it's time to give it a second life.
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Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 4, 2009 01:00 PM
Recycle, Refashion |
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Treehouse Designs Skate Deck Chair
The beautiful thing about Maker Faire is that you often get a sneak peek into designs folks have in the works but that are not available yet. One of my favorite prototypes I saw was the Treehouse Designs Skate Deck Chair. From their site, the chair is a "prototype for a furniture line in kit form constructed of reclaimed skateboard decks and CNC-milled color fin ply." I, for one, can't wait until this kit is available because I have 6 old decks waiting for a new life. You also gotta love that the design team on this project is father/daughter duo Lance and Amanda Glover, coming up with a styley and functional use for Amanda's old skate decks.
Posted by Goli Mohammadi |
Jun 4, 2009 11:00 AM
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June 3, 2009
How-To: Bagalopes
How-To: Bagalopes
By Stephanie Scheetz
The bagalope, a simple gift bag made from an envelope, is a project I've shared with countless people over many years. I'm still tickled by their reaction when they learn how it's created. "That bag started as an envelope? No way." Never has the term "pushing the envelope" been truer than with this practical paper project.
All you will need is an envelope, glue stick, liquid glue, scissors, ruler, scoring tool, pencil, rubber stamps, and ink pads (along with any other embellishments you want to add).
Download the project as a PDF.
About the Author:
Stephanie Scheetz (coolcrafting.com) has been a designer and instructor in the craft industry for nearly 15 years. Her hobbies include thrift store shopping, eBaying, and collecting mail art, prison art, and bad art.
Posted by Goli Mohammadi |
Jun 3, 2009 01:00 PM
CRAFT Summer Camp, Recycle |
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June 2, 2009
Carpet Sample Project Contest Winners
The Ample Sample Contest sees what you could do with carpet samples to make them into useful home decor, furniture, just anything to keep them out of the landfill. The results are in for this year's contest, and the plans for replicating these projects yourself have been published on their site (open source designs)! Via Core77.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jun 2, 2009 02:00 PM
Recycle, Refashion |
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How-To: Makeshift Bagpipes
Instructables user wasabi32746 says that this instrument doesn't really sound like bagpipes, but works the same way and is fun to play. These bagpipes from recorders and garbage bags might be fun to make with your kids (and educational)!
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jun 2, 2009 09:00 AM
Kids, Recycle |
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June 1, 2009
Fabric Scraps Hanging Bird Mobile
I love this sweet looking fabric scraps hanging bird mobile by Lisa Tilse of The Red Thread which is featured on the Smaller blog. I know this is really meant as mobile for a baby room but I'm secretly wanting to make this to hang in my office for some crafty birdy love.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 1, 2009 11:00 AM
Babies, Home and Garden, Recycle |
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