Fingerless Mitts Roundup
Lee Meredith has a great roundup of fingerless mitts on Threadbanger. I love these fingerless mitts made from felted sweater pieces by Kristin Roach of Craft Leftovers. So cozy!
holiday projects
PaperBling!
Yup. There it is. That stack of old magazines you’ve been saving to … hmmm, what was the plan again? Coffee table? Collage? DIY dollhouse? Cut and paste cookbook? Well, there’s really no shortage of what to do with printed paper goods, and Maria of PaperBling reminds us that upcycling paper is fun. All her […]
Bike Tube Headband
Upcycled accessories are fun and easy to make. Watch and learn how to make your own chain-link headband from a busted bicycle inner tube in this week’s CRAFT Video! I got this project idea from Britt McMaster, who showed us how to make a chain-link necklace from white leather over on her blog, cucumbersome.com. You […]
How-To: Bird’s Nest From Recycled Materials
This bird’s nest project from Tali of Growing Up Creative is an awesome twist on a paper mache process. I love that it incorporates recycled and natural materials. Best of all, it promises to be messy (and worth it!).
How To: Gourd Lanterns
Diane Gilleland’s gourd lantern project appears in MAKE, Volume 21, and is the subject of this week’s Weekend Project video! You can also download the project PDF that accompanies the video. Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, or download the m4v video. From MAKE magazine: MAKE Volume 21 is the Desktop Manufacturing issue! If […]
Guitar Slide from a Wine Bottle
One interesting historical example of upcycled crafting is bottleneck guitar– or as it is now widely known, slide guitar. The unique resonant sound of slide guitar was originally formed by playing with a glass bottleneck over one finger and running the slide up and down the strings. While the materials for making slides have evolved, […]
Retro-Style Running Shoes from Old Tires
By Andrew Salomone A few years ago a friend of mine brought me to a little town in Mexico to see the Tarahumara race. The Tarahumara are an indigenous people who live in a massive canyon and run incredible distances in sandals, called huaraches, made from old car tires. When I tried to wear a […]