Mending tips are key to ecofriendliness. Prolonging the life of your belongings is certainly good for the planet. But what do you do with the item at hand if it’s simply beyond repair? Enter the ubiquitous umbrella. Everyone, at some point, has had a broken umbrella. In CRAFT Volume 07, Diane Baker wrote a Recycle […]
Hold onto your knitting needles, because we’re checkin in with super crafter Lee Meredith today and the girl has been beyond busy! But first off, let’s take a look at what Lee contributed to the pages of CRAFT. Back in Volume 06, Lee showed us how to recycle old vinyl records into bowls (above), mail […]
Posted in the new CRAFT forums – Bjornyeo of MacHam figured out how to reuse his old G5 monitor. He cleverly turned it into a modern den for his hamsters, Gucci and Prada. Link.
Shannon over at Make It pointed me to this really cool Swiss book web site that has pictures on how to make things out of everyday objects. There are 30 photos in all. Just click on each one to see how you can decorate your nails with stamps or spring load your chopsticks. Link.
Don’t throw away an old bulletin board. Here’s a great tutorial by Randi that shows you how you can cover an old bulletin board with fabric and create a modern inspiration board to showcase fabric samples or craft ideas. Link.
Designer Luce Beaulieu of Montreal, Canada designs a product line called POSCH which are reusable shopping bags made from vintage bedsheets and pillowcases. The bags come in two models, one is a handbag and the other is an adjustable shoulder strap back that can allow for up to 40 lbs of groceries to be carried […]
