HOW TO – Make Newspaper Pots
Here’s a great tutorial from Wizer that helps you recycle your old newspapers — fold them into newspaper pots! Perfect for small plants or seeds. Read the comments for more planting tips! Link.
holiday projects
Reafashioned Sweater Tote
Crystal of My Longest Year took an old sweater she bought at a thrift store and turned it into this cute totebag complete with those dark wooden buttons that I love. Link.
CRAFT Pattern Podcast: Burda Style’s Franzi Vest
This week’s CRAFT Pattern Podcast goes extra stylish with the Franzi vest pattern by Burda Style. But, instead of heading over to the fabric store this weekend, see if you can make this project with recycled fabrics either with old clothes you have lying in your closet or scrap fabric from other projects. Burda style […]
Guitar Pick Jewelry Charms
Cat of Cut Out + Keep shows you how to use Shrinky Dinks to make your own guitar picks, decorate them, and create fun new jewelry charms. Link.
Zipper Wine Bag
Beth Fuller a grad student at Pratt Institute and designer of the Beetle Bag which we posted here on CRAFT, has a new eco-friendly design with her Zipper Wine Bag Collection. Beth writes: The Zipper Wine Bag Collection embodies an elegant mix of style, function, and eco-friendly design. Each bag is made with organic cotton […]
Plastic Containers turned into Sea Sculptures
Veer writes: Taking art from found objects to new depths, Miwa Koizumi uses heat guns and soldering irons to sculpt startlingly realistic sea creatures from discarded liquid containers. Her PET project cleverly takes its name from PET (polyethylene terephthalate) – the highly recyclable, plant-based oil the containers are made from. See more of Miwa Koizumi’s […]
Board Game Box
Zieak has a cool idea on how to reuse old board games — turn them into fun novelty boxes. A cool surprise when you give a gift to someone! Link.