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. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. If you enjoyed this post, the Sifter highly recommends:
10 Killer Wedding DIYs to Obsess Over | Emmaline Bride™ 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. And, if you tackle a craft below, please let us know so we can see your beautiful work (+ share it in an upcoming post!) 1. Become a frangrance mixologist in an evening! 2. Pretty up your place cards with DIY paper peony flowers thanks to a FREE printable template + tutorial from Ellinee. 3.
Decorate mugs for your coffee or tea loving bridesmaids or create a custom ‘His’ + ‘Hers’ mug set thanks to this tutorial from A Beautiful Mess. 4. Make your own (affordable) favors with this tutorial via FellowFellow: it’s fun and easy. 5. Deck out your outdoor reception tables (or patio) with DIY cement votive holders. 6.
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. Cut a center groove into sponge Using an X-Acto or utility knife, cut a section of foam from the center of the sponge. Paint the sponge wedges in desired color.
Trace the slice of cake When the sponge wedges are dry, trace around them on a piece of cardboard, kraft paper or colorful scrapbook paper. Spray glue the postcards to the solid, flat sides of the sponge wedges. Using a caulking gun and your desired caulk, fill a plastic disposable piping bag with half of the caulk. Pipe the center of the cake Pipe the icing on the top Note from the editor This totally works! 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. I had pinned a product called Globe Ice Lantern Kits a few months back recognizing that I could DIY them at home. Originally priced at nearly $30 for a kit that makes 6 lanterns, I think they are very reasonable for a small batch. To make DIY Fire & Ice Lanterns, you will need: a package of 3 punch balloons from the dollar store a package of 3 LED tea lights from the dollar store bowls small cylinder (shot glass, pop bottle, etc.) water freezer or below-freezing outdoor temps You are getting a glimpse of my less-than-sparkling kitchen sink in this post.
First, stretch the opening of one punch balloon over your faucet. I brought in my first lantern after 12 hours. 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. (For those curious, I finished A Million Suns a couple days later and really enjoyed it! I’ve been eye-ing lots of super cute DIY bookmarks for the last few months that I’ve seen pop up around the web.
The problem is, often my bookmarks fall out and I lose my page. I’m definitely going to keep these in mind for future gift giving opportunities after I’ve made a couple for our use at home. 8 Cute DIY Bookmark Ideas Bow Tie Paper Clips Using Fabric Scraps from How About Orange. No-Slip Bookmark Tutorial from Mary Janes and Galoshes. Fabric Button Paper Clip Bookmarks from Quiverfull of Blessings. Remember when I mentioned all those cute ways to use or make fabric rosettes recently?
Ribbon Bookmark or Journal Wrap Tutorial from Craft Snob. 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. All thumbnail images come directly from Flickr, none are stored on Flickr Hive Mind. These photos are bound by the copyright and license of their owners, the thumbnail links take to you to the photos (as well as their copyright and license details) within Flickr. Because some other search engines (Google, etc.) index parts of Flickr Hive Mind, you may have been led here from one of them.
Welcome to Flickr Hive Mind, almost certainly the best search engine for photography on the web. If you are a Flickr user and use Flickr Stats you may have seen people being led to your photos via Flickr Hive Mind (as a Referrer). Flickr Hive Mind is a data mining tool for the Flickr photography database, allowing search by: tags(keywords); Flickr photography groups; Flickr users, their contacts, and favorites; free text; the Flickr Explore algorithm for interestingness. 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 – single Malibu brand solar garden light, about $10, from Lowes (see notes below for pictures of the specific one as there are a few variables) update: In the years since I wrote this tutorial it’s become easier to find individual garden lights that pop off their ground stake and are small enough to fit inside the lid of a jar.
See the update note at the end of this page for pictures. . – glass frosting spray – some Blue Tak or sticky stuff Disassemble the Ikea jar and spray the bottom half with glass frosting spray. The long version: The guts of the homemade sun jar are made using a solar garden light. At stores I also found solar lights for floating in pools, and ones made to sit on patio tables, a lantern and even, oh my gosh, a light-up squirrel.
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 Modern paper ornaments by Design*Sponge Paper fortune cookies by For the Love of Paper And my own Joke Tree Advent calendar is on the list!
Still need more inspiration? 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 I love layering. You'll need: An oversized T-shirtTape measureThreadScissorsChalkButtonsSock-weight yarnA small crochet hook 1.
Set aside the piece you cut off as it'll become the cuff ruffles. Posted in: yarn, tshirt, cardigan Stay connected with CraftStylish Inspiration for crafting with natural resources. 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. CLICK HERE and scroll down to the "Lokta" paper.
Other then that the only other thing you'll need is some yellow or orange crepe paper for the center of the flower. Once done you can glue the flowers to branches. LOL I have to say I was a bit reluctant to post the photos because, quite frankly, my fingers look really ginormously freaky in some of them :P 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 14b. 15. 16. 17. 18. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 31. I found this glue at Michaels and it worked like a charm. Craftgawker | look to inspire. Recycled glove chipmunk.