Recycled Office Chair Elements into Ottoman
Sara points us to a great recycle project by M. Patririzio who took an old office chair and recycled elements to make this cool looking ottoman. Link.
holiday projects
MAKE and CRAFT: Now with More Huggable Trees
Make & Craft Magazines Embrace Recycled Paper — All future issues will feature 30% post-consumer recycled content paper — Gareth @ MAKE writes: Our Benevolent Overlords at O’Reilly Media have announced that future issues of both MAKE and CRAFT (starting with volumes 12 and 5 respectively) will have 30% recycled paper content (up from the […]
Recycled Pool Ball Rings
Recycling can absolutely be fashionable–just check out these stylish, chunky resin rings. They’re made from old pool balls! Check out the Pool Ball Rings shop for more fun and colorful jewelry. Link.
Recycled Chiquita Chandelier
Inhabitat features a recycled Chiquita banana carton chandelier by Anneke Jakobs while a student at Utrecht School of Product Design. From the site: The chandelier is for subtle ambient lighting only, but we are most impressed by the designer’s creative use of castaway materials for an upscale, brand-subverting object. To see more photos of the […]
Crochet Uno Card Dress
Sara points us to this fab dress made out of UNO cards by Kitty’s Creations as part of Craftster’s Total Board Game Revamp challenge. Link.
Recycled Cheese Carton into Gift Box
Save your old round cheese boxes and turn them into decorative holiday gift boxes in this tutorial by Empress of Creativity. I think eating all the cheese can be just as fun as decorating the boxes. Link.
Recycling Mint Tins into Gift Tin Boxes
Danny Seo of Simply Green gives us a great tip on more things to do with those Altoid boxes — turn them into cute little gift tins which you can fill with candy or even jewelry! Link.