Paper Bead Bangle Roll your own beads to make an awesome safety pin bracelet. By Stephanie Scheetz I’m a self-proclaimed paper pack rat. Big pieces, little pieces, nothing gets thrown away. One day I sat staring at a huge stack of paper strips, all the same size. They were leftover remnants from a workshop I […]
Family Summer Center, Part One: Intentions and Inspirations Banner By Bernadette Noll and Kathie Sever Future Craft Collective It’s that time of year, folks, when the classroom parties hit a fever pitch, the volunteer coordinator at school has you on speed dial, and we, as parents, start to spiral into a little bit of a […]
Michelle our Education Director for Maker Faire sent in these amazing photos from her aunt in Prague. They feature the work of artist Veronika Richterová who incorporates plastic bottles in her art. She recently had an exhibit in April at the Czech Centre Prague entitled “Five Years of Plastic Bottle Art and The National Museum […]
I’m loving this idea to make security patterned business card envelopes from discarded mail in this tutorial by Jackie at Crafting a Green World. Jackie writes: Security envelope papers are captivating the craft world. There are so many different security envelope patterns, and most of us get them with our bills or junk mail so […]
Celebrate cutting up your credit cards by turning them into this credit card bracelet by Scavenging. Being debt-free never looked so chic! [ via Whip Up ]
Zakka Life shows you how to keep your kids busy this summer by making them a plastic bottle jump rope. I love the plastic flower embellishment.
I’m all bouncy for Hugh Hayden’s tennis ball chair featured on Inhabitots. Just think fun it would be to make accompanying accessories? Tennis ball side table – hmm..that may not work. Since my tennis racquet is collecting dust in the closet, I love this idea of using tennis balls for more than just playing around. […]
