If Earth Day has left you itching to find new ways to upcycle items around your home, Patricia Zapata of A Little Hut has a great new tutorial for you. She shows you how to use a worn out cutting mat to create a cute little storage bin. Use your craft tools in a craft […]
Open MAKE: Trash event at the Exploratorium celebrated garbage as a medium for creativity and a tool for learning.
I’m really digging this cork trivet desk organizer from Erin on Design for Mankind. It’s a simple, clean way to keep your office necessities close at hand, and it would make a perfect project for a lazy Saturday afternoon. Click through the link to see the complete how-to! More: How-To: Embroidered Cork Jewelry @Craftzine.com blog […]
This Earth Day weekend, get in the mood to upcycle with the latest podcast from CraftyPod! In the new episode, Creative Reuse and Crafting, with Michele Pacey, Sister Diane and crafty recycling guru Michele from Michele Made Me talk crafts, creativity, and how to make awesome projects using discarded items in your recycle bin. Creative […]
Tomorrow, Saturday, April 21 from 10am-2pm, we will enjoy the final Open MAKE at the Exploratorium before Maker Faire. In fact, it’ll be our last Open MAKE at the original site of the Exploratorium before the museum moves to the piers. (Sniff!) So you have many reasons to “dump” everything else you are doing and […]
Last week’s video about Caine’s amazing cardboard arcade inspired millions, and reminded us how magical mixing imagination and “trash” can be. This weekend, you can meet the boy behind it all, Caine Monroy, at Open MAKE at the Exploratorium in San Francisco and enjoy a day full of hands-on creativity around the topic of Trash. […]
Our very own Haley from The Zen of Making posted this fantastic project just in time for Earth Day. Up-cycling is a great way to create without making more waste and what could be cuter than these mini terrarium made out of old spice jars? Just about nothing, that’s what!
