Recycled Crafts - Free projects and DIY gift ideas from Craftbits.com craftbits.com DIY Christmas Crafts and Handmade Gift Ideas You are here: Home / Recycled Crafts Recycled Crafts Recycled Crafts – Save the environment or your money with these frugal recycled craft projects. 68Share 2.7KShare Christmas Tree Sweatshirt Cut Out Halloween Napkin Luminaries Old Jeans to Adult Coloring Pencil Bag Gypsy Bohemian Boot Recycled Junk Wind Chime Stamped Domino Tile Pendant Necklace Give new life to old furniture. Old Desk, Play Kitchen Transformation Heart Light Bulb for Valentine's Day! Cute Bird Made Of Leftover Yarn Upcycled Hubcap Halloween Table Apothecary Bottles Wind Chime Made With A Can And Egg-Shells DIY Collage of Pages Bookcase Soda Can Pop Top Brooch Pins Upcycled Floating Shelf Candle Holder - Industrial Copper Hardware Make Simple Button Pendants Make 4th of July Inspired Recycled Shaker Box Make a Decorative 4th of July Vase Upcycled Coffee Pod Capsule Holder Recycled Denim: Make a Gorgeous Gypsy Purse Recycled Spoon Coat Of Arms Pendant Burlap Country Christmas Decoration
DLTK's Printable Crafts for Kids How to make gift bags from newspaper When I bought something at a store recently, the clerk handed me my purchase in a bag made from a newspaper. I liked it very much and had to make some more—thus today's DIY recycled newspaper project: gift bags made from the Wall Street Journal. You can vary the dimensions, of course, but here's what I used to create a bag that's 5" tall, 4.5" wide, and 3" deep. Stack two sheets of newspaper on top of each other. Cut out a rectangle that's 15.5" wide and 8.25" tall. Fold a flap 1.25" down from the top. Cut two pieces of cardstock or chipboard to 4.25" x 1", then glue them on the widest two panels just under the top fold. Put glue on the outside of the 0.5" tab and bring the left-most panel over to form the body of the bag, aligning the cut edge of the panel with the folded edge of the flap. Upend the bag so the 2" flap is now up. Put glue on both flaps and fold them inward to form the bottom of the bag.
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9 Cool Things to Do With Old Books & Written Word - StumbleUpon Bibliophiles and bookworms, English majors and lovers of literature: is it possible to have too many books? They accumulate so quickly! Every member of your family getting you the same three books you requested for Christmas. We are up to our waists in books, some of which we hate (really Master Burns? Update: Do to the overwhelming support (HA!) 1. It brings a whole new meaning to “audio book.” Use your old books to showcase your artistic side. Good for hiding passwords and codes, the key to your safe, and family jewels. 2. Your choice of ribbon can transform this wreath so it is suitable for every holiday – or every day! 3. If you think floating books are mesmerizing, check out some other wacky bookshelves that will make your head spin (and your walls upgrade to awesome). 4. Book clocks are for everyone, young and old. 5. We recommend using a low-watt bulb, like 10 or 15 maximum. 6. For the fashionable bookworm in all of us. 7. You could also use the pages to make paper beads. 8. 9.
How to tie your shoes pentagram style Howto FunAdvice.com It's not the most efficient way to tie your shoes, and it probably won't help keep them on your feet, but it looks really cool. Step One Fold your lace equally in half (wide, flat laces give the best effect). Insert the ends of the laces into the last holes going from the outside, in. (see the red section of the photo). Pull one end so that the left side (blue) is shorter than the right (yellow). Fold your lace equally in half (wide, flat laces give the best effect). Step Two Cross the laces over each other (right/yellow over left/blue), and insert them into the fourth holes from the bottom (in other words, skip two holes). Pull both sides under and through the third holes from the bottom. Cross the laces over each other (right/yellow over left/blue), and insert them into the fourth holes from the bottom (in other words, skip two holes). Step Three Pull the right/blue lace diagonally across the outside of the shoe and insert it under and through the sixth hole on the opposite side. Step Four
Altered Metal and Tattered Angels - Wild Wyoming Art Cafe' Metal is such a perfect medium for Tattered Angels paint products! I love the way the paints ooze, drip and pool in and around the metal. I have three projects that are featured on the Tattered Angels Blog today! I can't really say which is my favorite, but this Saw Blade Clock as to be the most unique of the three. I used these Tattered Angels products on the Saw Blade Clock: Chalkboard Mist - Inch Worm, Glam - Chandelier on the actual saw blades, and Dirty Martini; Glaze - Icicle andAll That Jazz on the metal embellishments. I used 2 used saw blades I got from my darling husband, bottlecaps, glass globs, seed beeds and a washer. My next project is a Metal Mini Album. I used Tattered Angels Glam - Chandelier and Glaze - All that Jazz and Penny Loafer. All That Jazz Glaze really finds it's way into all the de-bossed areas of the copper metal foil. The last project I have for you today is a Metal Butterfly Night Light. The Butterfly is Spellbinders S5-051 Fanciful Flight. Holly
Jump Starting Madeline's Spring Collection - the Bubble Ruffle Dress! I wanted to kick off Madeline’s Spring Collection with a bang, as I already know I will have interruptions this week with some other posts that were previously planned to be featured (but don’t worry, they are really, really good interruptions! I promise – lol). This dress was by far one of my favorites, part because of its ease factor, and part because of how cute and comfy it turned out! I used a T-shirt that I already had on hand for the top, or onesie in this case, and added the attaching bubble skirt to the bottom. What makes this different than every other bubble dress you have seen out there? The adorable pop-up ruffle waist! I almost stopped there, but decided it just wasn’t ‘finished’ without the tie sash waist belt. For your free tutorial to make the Bubble Ruffle Dress, click HERE. If you know what fabric the bottom of this dress was made of, let me know! But the dress gets better…because later on this week I will show you how to make a matching sun hat! Happy Sewing Jess