Embroidery Hoop Laundry Bag
Yesterday I posted my milk crate closet storage. Today I’ve found the perfect complimentary craft. Cornflower Blue made a great laundry bag using an old pillowcase and a large embroidery hoop.
Holiday Projects
How-To: Make a Decorative Tape Dispenser
Here’s a splendid piece of recycling from Melissa at To Boldly Fold. She took an empty plastic wrap box (and the tube that the wrap came on), and modified them into a handy way to store her collection of Japanese masking tapes. I love any project that gives me a good excuse to acquire more […]
Quick Fourth of July Crafts
Fiskars has a list of ideas for some quick, paper-related Fourth of July crafts good for just about any skill set or event you have going on this weekend. While this ring pop was simply jazzed up with a little paper flag, it totally caught my eye this morning as I was daydreaming about lunch! […]
Free Tote Bag Pattern, Tutorial
The folks over at Chronicle Books are offering up this free tote bag tutorial and pattern from the new book 1, 2, 3 Sew by Ellen Luckett Baker. It’s an easy sewing project that produces a useful result!
How-To: Steampunk Balancing Robot from Recycled Materials
By Scott Bedford Amaze your kids by transforming two old toilet rolls and a few other recycled bits and bobs into a cool steampunk-inspired robot. Amaze them even further by balancing your robot on the edge of a ruler, table, shelf, or even your finger. And then triple amaze them by rotating the arms and […]
Hair Accessories with a Heart
My friend Tania Prosser is one of the most diligent upcycling crafters I know. She saves all the tiny pieces of ribbon to make barrettes, and reuses fabric scraps and buttons with great success in the form of headbands and ponytail holders. I love it when accessories bring a smile to my face when I […]
Stools Made From Plastic Bags
CasaSugar points us to these rad stools whose seats are made from fused plastic bags. Jamison Sellers came up with the idea and implemented it through Artists of Humanity. From Artists of Humanity comes an innovative design that turns more than 200 plastic shopping, dry-cleaning or newspaper bags into a colorful plastic bar stool, called […]