HOW TO – Turn Pants into a Tote Bag
Crystal of My Longest Year has a great refashion/recycle project to turn an ordinary pair of pants into a cute and handy tote bag. Link.
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Tupperware Contest
Start cleaning out your kitchen, the 3rd annual Translations in Tupperware Global Design Contest is ready for your recycled tupperware piece of art! The deadline for entries is August 31st. Check out last years winners here. [ via ] Link.
HOW TO – Make a Pen Holder from CD Cases
Amy at Craft Chi has a great recycle project taking old CD jewel cases and making them into a pen holder. But it doen’t stop there. She also shows you how you can decorate it with image transfers. Link.
Cassette Wallet
Here’s a novel way to use the old cassette tapes you have around — sew them into a wallet! These casette wallets are designed by Marcella Foschi (Italy) and are for sale on designboom. Link.
More Plastic Grocery Bag Projects and Inspiration
Read more on the the cool things made with plastic grocery bags in Christina Loff’s plastic bag roundup in her Craftwork column on SFist. It’s amazing to see all these creations made from simple plastic grocery bags. Pictured here is the Plastic Bag Chandelier by Dan Steinhilber. See more including our favorite 1950’s knit grocery […]
DIY Earring Holder Frame
Ooh! Check out this great way to hang your earrings with a cool display made by CuriousJayne. I love that the netting was a bag that held apples! Link.
Plastic Grocery Bags into Knit 1950’s Outift
Cathy Kasdan of Clevland, OH and I were emailing back and forth a bit yesterday afternoon regarding my post on the knitting machines. Then my jaw dropped when Cathy sent me this beautiful photo of her finished thesis project — a handknit 1950’s style ensemble made from plastic grocery bags. Cathy is currently finishing up […]