50 Creative Ways to Repurpose, Reuse and Upcycle Old Things. If you’re like me, you probably have a lot of old stuff just lying around your house.
It’s not doing anything but taking up space, but you’re either too busy (or lazy), sentimental or just have more important things to deal with. Well if you’re looking for a little inspiration or a new DIY project, here are 50 creative ways to repurpose, reues and upcycle old things. There’s a pretty broad range in this list but hopefully a handful jump out and spark an idea for you and your home! 1. Reuse Toilet Paper Rolls to Organize Cables and Chords 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 Killer Wedding DIYs to Obsess Over. Posted June 25, 2012 | 6 Comments Happy Monday!
We hope you had an amazing weekend! We’re kicking off a brand new week of handmade wedding goodness with a collection of 10 killer wedding DIYs we think you’ll love. This list contains some of our favorite wedding DIYs ever… and we think you’ll agree! Feel free to follow each tutorial to a T or mix it up with a variation of your own.
Cake postcard tutorial. Supplies Materials needed to make two cake postcards: 1 large sponge (yellow paints the best)Serrated knifeX-Acto or utility knifeSpray paint (brown, yellow, pink or white)1 tube acrylic latex caulk (brown, cream or white)Spray adhesive (3M Super 77 works great!)
Cardboard, kraft paper or scrapbook paper Instructions Cut sponge into wedge shape With a serrated knife, using a sawing motion, cut a sponge into two, cake wedge shapes. Mad in crafts: DIY Fire & Ice Lanterns. The old becomes new: A new variation on the outdoor lantern.
We have had an unusually warm winter in Michigan this year, and while the temps have been nice, I have had to hold off on this project idea until we got a cold snap. We finally got some snow and cold earlier this week, so I was able to try out this fun winter project. Your source of daily updated funny pictures and gifs. 8 Cute DIY Bookmark Ideas. Bookmarks | 26 comments I don’t really use real bookmarks.
I’m not sure why. They’re not expensive, or hard to make, but I tend to just pick up whatever to mark my pages. Old receipts, scraps of paper, a pencil, etc. But I don’t ever dog ear my pages. U.V Crystal Ball. S Best Photos of crochet and plush. Flickr Hive Mind is a search engine as well as an experiment in the power of Folksonomies.
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Homemade sun jar. We made sun jars using these instructions by Cre8tor at Instructables: Home-made Sun Jar.
It’s based on the Sun Jar design by Tobias Wong. These notes are what we learned along the way. The short version: – Ikea Slom jar, smallest size, about $3. My Paper Crane. More holiday tutorials than you could ever craft before christmas. If you're looking for more ways to craft it up before Christmas - either for handmade decorations or for gifts - Whip Up has got your back.
Whip Up has posted a mammoth list of festive tutorials to keep you busy busy busy until the big day. A few projects that I particularly like are... Egg carton fairy lights by Esprit Cabane Paperclip skate ornaments by Not Quite Vintage Bird mobile by Spool (they'd also work well as tree ornaments) Owl pennant by Moonstitches Fabric chain garland by The Small Object.
How to Upcycle a T-Shirt into a Cardigan. November 2nd, 2012 Email 190 users recommend This sweet layering piece might become a new favorite!
Cal Patch Here's the "before" shirt. Fold it in half and determine the length. Photo: Cal Patch 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5next> View all. Glowing Alien in a Jar. DIY Origami Cherry Blossoms. I love making origami flowers.
There was a pattern I found once to make a simple flower, that wasn't so simple to make. After playing with the pattern a bit I came up with this short cut. It's pretty easy but if you run into problems let me know and I'll post more details. The blossoms look best if you use paper that is the same color on both sides. The blossoms pictured here are made of a really nice soft, slightly thick, paper I found at The Paper Source. Other then that the only other thing you'll need is some yellow or orange crepe paper for the center of the flower.