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2009 Planner Made from Restyled Trash
Ready to get organized for 2009? Instead of buying a new planner, try taking some of the trash that’s been piling up in 2008 and put it to good use. Check out my DIY Green planner. You can see...
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Harlequin Hiking Dress
1 commentLong sleeves are a must in this new winter dress. I plan to make more with this kind of Corset bodice as I LOVE the way it fits and shapes the torso. This Black and Red t-shirt dress has a...
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Pop Art!
This one-of-a-kind mirror was created using recycled soda pop cans. Hours of work goes into cut cutting each piece and hammering into place using tiny little nails.The mirror measures approx 12" X...
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Hats from Plastic Bags
1 commentCrochet a hat from used plastic bags. I love making this as a custom order in color or size.
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My Fried Egg Pincushion.
This is an adorable little fried egg pincushion!! It's handmade of recycle craft felt using yellow and white cream colors. At the bottom of the pin, inside the fabric is a recycle little...
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Experimental Recycled Sleeve Dyeing with Food Dyes
7 commentsHoliday gift countdown: 10 days. Use the sleeve of a recycled wool sweater to dye some experimental yarn with Kool-Aid or food coloring. A perfect gift for your knitting loved one!
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How to Make a Custom Clock
1 commentHoliday gift countdown: four weeks. Make a personalized new clock from an old recycled one, or even use the clock parts to make one on a separate object for a crazy, cool gift!
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My Brown Cake Pincushion.
1 commentThis is an adorable little brown cake pincushion!! It's handmade of recycle craft felt using brown color. At the bottom of the pin, inside the fabric is a recycle little bottle...
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Christmas Recycle
Made by recycling gloves that don't have pairs. Stuff glove with polyfill up to wrist. Just tie pinky finger around the wrist of the glove leaving a space for head, stuff head and tie...
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Mimi Wallet in beige pink!
I made the wallet using some recycled blue jean and some floral cotton fabric as well. Inside has two pockets maybe for some credit cards or money and at the back of the wallet you will find another...
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Refashion a Boring Cardigan
I refashioned a boring thrift store cardigan into an eye catching piece of art. Easy peasy. The full tutorial is on my blog at http://bonnindesigns.blogspot.com
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How to (Re)Make a Custom Board Game
3 commentsHoliday gift countdown: nine weeks. Turn an old, forgotten board game into a new, exciting, customized, playable gift for the game-lover in your life!
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A "Spin" off the typical Cork Board
Making a Cork board is a very practical way to reuse/recycle old wine corks and create a unique and usable piece of art. There have been many tutorials to make a"Wine Cork Board" so I decided to give...
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How to Make a Custom Photo Album
2 commentsHoliday gift countdown: 10 weeks. Use recycled T-shirt fabric to make an embellished cover for a photo album gift, and use this extra time to fill it with special photos, captions, and more!
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More Hiking Dress Photos
These are a few additional photos from my ongoing Hiking Dress series. They are all my own design and fabrication. I am focusing on replicating favorite designs at present and...
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How to Make an Embellished Blanket with Recycled Sweaters
3 commentsHoliday gift countdown: 11 weeks. Make this personalized wool blanket from pieces of felted sweaters, covered with embroidery, appliqué, and whatever else you want to do!
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Autumn Wreath using found materials
I gathered some fallen oak sprigs and used clippings from our bushes (I have been trimming them - they are way overgrown!) to make some fall decorations for outside. One of my main objectives was to...
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How to Recycle Yarn from a Thrift-Store Sweater
9 commentsHoliday gift countdown: 12 weeks. That should give you plenty of time to unravel an old sweater and use the new yarn to knit a holiday gift sweater!
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Reuse and Recycle Note Cards
2 commentsNote cards are part of life...you use them to say thank you, congratulations, I LOVE YOU, or just to say HI. But what do you do after reading them? Try reusing them.
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Recycling Just Got Easier
2 commentsNew recycled yarns from Coats and Clark make being "green" even easier.
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