How-To: Make Jewelry From Recycle Bin Plastics
Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood of Crafty Sanity shares her methods for making fun, funky jewelry from plastic items in your recycle bin.
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Eraser Ring Tutorial
Cute Little Disaster takes a standard pink eraser and turns it into this cute eraser ring.Via Whip Up.
NYC Subway Cuff
This NYC Subway cuff by Tiffany Burnette would be a reasonable remake for a beginning metalsmith using a toner-transfer etch process (or a laser cutter) and a bracelet mandrel. Via Core77.
How-To: Make a Doily Button Brooch
Maximum Rabbit Designs shares a super simple guide for assembling a fun brooch from doilies and a button. I’ve often had my hand on doilies in thrift stores, but wasn’t quite sure what I could do with them. This is a great, fast option!
How-To: Nightlife Necklace
Over on Etsy’s Storque, Diana Eng has a tutorial from her book, Fashion Geek, on making this LED “nightlife” necklace.
How-To: Star Wars Rings
Have your kids try their hand at making these Star Wars rings by our friend Bonnie at StarWars.com. There’s even a handy sheet of your favorite characters to print out.
DIY Puzzle Piece Friendship Necklace
Say BFF for reals with this project on making a DIY puzzle piece friendship necklace by CRAFT contributor Tiffany Threadgould in the first of her monthly projects on Planet Green. Stay tuned tomorrow for Tiffany’s recycled wine cork keychain favor DIY Wedding project!
