CasaSugar points us to these rad stools whose seats are made from fused plastic bags. Jamison Sellers came up with the idea and implemented it through Artists of Humanity. From Artists of Humanity comes an innovative design that turns more than 200 plastic shopping, dry-cleaning or newspaper bags into a colorful plastic bar stool, called […]
This Fimo labyrinth using a CD case from Teri of Giddy Giddy for Bloesem Kids is a brilliant example of reuse. She shares a few versions of maze styles, and I imagine kids would have fun coming up with their own as well. [via Austin Creative Reuse]
Danny of Daily Danny shares this fun way to upcycle glass bottles using Sculpey and paint. It would be fun to make a whole collection with all the glass bottles in your recycle bin and then line them all up on a shelf.
Here’s a great “turning lemons into lemonade” story from Stay.See.Make.Do. Stacie was sad to see her favorite Pyrex bowl break after many years of service. So she partially buried the remaining piece in her garden and added some animals. Eventually, the creeping sedum plants she planted nearby will surround this tiny world. How fun!
I am officially regretting every can I have sent to the recycling center without first removing its pop top – because I want to make this gorgeous lamp shade! The design is by MAKE’s own Sean Michael Ragan, and he’s just uploaded the how-to over on Make: Projects. Pop over there and you can view […]
This Father’s Day, we’re running a number of features on the site dedicated to dear ol’ dad. One of the them involves reaching out to you, our readers, and asking for tips and sayings from your father (or grandfathers) about the noble art of making things. We want to gather up the best of these “Tips My Dad Says” and will run a feature piece on Father’s Day (Sunday, June 18).
By Jessica Wilson If you have ever happened over to my Flickr page, you might notice that I like to take pictures…of everything. I am also quite smitten with cameras; all sorts of cameras. My mister however, is not a camera person, but he does have a fondness for Animal Crackers. One day, I picked […]
