How-To: Bagalopes By Stephanie Scheetz The bagalope, a simple gift bag made from an envelope, is a project I’ve shared with countless people over many years. I’m still tickled by their reaction when they learn how it’s created. “That bag started as an envelope? No way.” Never has the term “pushing the envelope” been truer […]
The Ample Sample Contest sees what you could do with carpet samples to make them into useful home decor, furniture, just anything to keep them out of the landfill. The results are in for this year’s contest, and the plans for replicating these projects yourself have been published on their site (open source designs)! Via […]
Instructables user wasabi32746 says that this instrument doesn’t really sound like bagpipes, but works the same way and is fun to play. These bagpipes from recorders and garbage bags might be fun to make with your kids (and educational)!
I love this sweet looking fabric scraps hanging bird mobile by Lisa Tilse of The Red Thread which is featured on the Smaller blog. I know this is really meant as mobile for a baby room but I’m secretly wanting to make this to hang in my office for some crafty birdy love.
Candy Box Purses By Racelle Rosett Some teenage friends of mine were suffering from the purse tyranny of their middle school when we came across these Japanese candy boxes. A glue gun and some fake fur later, we had made these clever recycled purses. Make your own Candy Box Purse by downloading the project as […]
Family Summer Center, Part Two: Family Calendar By Bernadette Noll and Kathie Sever Future Craft Collective Hopefully you’ve completed, or at least seen, last week’s project of the Family Intentions and Inspirations Banner. While you can certainly complete the calendar portion on its own, we really like the way the two pieces interact to make […]
CasaSugar shows how Ashley transforms a Craigslist find into a stylish Sex and the City inspired DIY vanity using metallic and chrome colored spray paint.
