How-To: Vintage Doily Easter Basket
Turn vintage doilies and assorted sewing box scraps like ribbon and buttons into a ridiculously sweet bird’s nest-inspired basket you can use to hold candy or anything else your heart desires.
Holiday Projects
How-To: Vinyl Record Guitar Holder
Rebecca at Roots And Wings shares this fun upcycle project to create a practical storage solution and decorative accent for your wall. Use a melted, hand-molded vinyl record to create a holster of sorts from which you can hang a guitar.
How-To: Wine Cork Gift Wrapping
Save your corks and turn them into unique package wrapping accents
Father’s Day Tie Pattern
I know Father’s Day is still a ways away but I couldn’t resist this updated tutorial for a Father’s Day tie by Molly of The Purl Bee featuring new Liberty of London Tana Lawn prints.
How-To: Candy Wrapper Barrettes
Looking for a sweet way to show off your upcycling style this Easter season? This year’s best accessory is something that you were about to throw away. In this project, I’ll show you how to dress up your Sunday best with this fun candy wrapper project. Start collecting those Cadbury candy and gum wrappers and you’ll turn your Sour Patch into a sweet fashion accessory!
How-To: Dictionary Easter Grass
Cathe of Just Something I Made has a simple tutorial on how to make vintage-style Easter grass or nest fill by using the thin pages from an old dictionary and feeding them through your printer to create that wonderful light-green tint. Maker Faire: Cathe will also be demoing at the CRAFT booth on Sunday May […]
How-To: Cereal Box Trivet And Coaster Set
Patricia Zapata of A Little Hut never ceases to amaze me with the beautiful, functional objects she can create from what most of us toss into our recycle bin without further thought. One of her latest projects is this trivet and coaster set made from cereal boxes that she’s posted up over on Green is […]