Brown Paper Seed Packet Business Cards Tutorial
Autumn at Crafting a Green World shows you how to use a paper grocery bag and recycle it into an eco-friendly brown paper seed packet business card.
holiday projects
Spoon Chandelier
Apartment Therapy posts about this schmancy-looking chandelier by Studio Veríssimo that is made from…wait for it…plastic coffee spoons! From the designer’s site: This is a lamp made from plastic spoons used in the coffee which are going to the garbage daily by the thousands because they are only used once.The objective was with this waste […]
Chair Upholstery
Our own CRAFT and MAKE photo editor, Sam Murphy, just finished up her Saturday sessions of upholstery class where she took an old chair (photo below) and turned it into a beautifully re-upholstered chair with a modern flower print fabric. Sam writes what she’s learned: The thing I found most interesting is the process. There […]
Shoe Reupholstery
As seen in our CRAFT Flickr Pool, Doc Pop shares with us his saga on how he set out to reupholster his worn out shoes. From the pages of CRAFT: 07: “Converse A La Mod,” by Tom Wyatt, pgs 49-51. Preview the article in our Digital Edition. Subscribe to CRAFT Magazine For just $34.95, get […]
Telephone Cable Tiara
Laughing Purple Goldfish used stripped telephone wires to crochet this coloful tiara for a Ravelry challenge. So clever, and the rest of her blog is jam-packed with similiar crafty recycling ideas.
Postcard Shelf from a Yard Stick
Claudia at SuperZiper has a neat tutorial up for making a skinny shelf for cards and photos using a yard (or meter) stick and a piece of aluminum tubing. The tutorial’s in Portuguese, but you can pretty much make it out from the photos.
70s-Style Short Shorts
Crafty seamstress prettymisswitty created 70s-style short shorts with a modified Burdastyle pattern and two vintage pillowcases. She also posted a mod fabric circle skirt and jersey dress on Craftster.