Liberty Tool Company in Liberty, Maine sells salvaged hand tools. This lovely three minute video featuring Liberty owner and tool buyer H.G. “Skip” Brack pays homage to beautiful old tools, notes the importance of tool use in sustainable economies of the future, and provides a glimpse into a solid small-town business providing a useful service to its patrons.
Sand is a big problem in my house (3-year-old boy: check, kitesurfing man: check) so Pascale’s beautifully written mesh beach bag tutorial is making me do a happy little dance. Best of all, it uses real window screen mesh, so it’s a brilliant reuse for that broken screen!
Here’s another fun way to repurpose plastic grocery bags from Tiffany Threadgould of RePlayGround. Her fused plastic placemats are quick and easy to make. They are especially fun with bags that have cool logos or messages printed on them. Check out her video and how-to over on RePlayGround. More: Fused Plastic Shopping Bags: Toadstool Tote […]
Breath new life into old vessels with a pretty DIY mirrored glass tutorial by 17 Apart.
Made from recycled foil-lined cardboard beverage packets by designer Ed Chew. He’s figured out how to fold and interlink them such that only the silvery foil-lined side is visible.
Rescue the waistband from a pair of old jeans and make this upcycled prairie skirt from Kinsey at Sincerely, Kinsey. Head over to her site to see the full tutorial! More: How-To: One-Hour Skirt @Craftzine.com blog Circle Skirt Calculator @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Pencil Skirt From Scratch @Craftzine.com blog
Our good friend, Kristin Roach, is back with another issue of the popular zine, Craft Leftovers. Volume 4, Issue 2 covers lots of great stories and resources for crafting from your stash, including: Stash Inheritance: how Kristin has so many crafts for so cheap Stash on Display: an illustrated catalog of Kristin’s stash Sewing Machine […]
