HOW TO – Recycled Magazine Earrings
While visiting CHA on Sunday, I spotted these adorable earrings on Kayte Terry, which she created using jewelry findings and recycled magazine pages. Find out how with her tutorial!
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Felted Sweater Strip Scarf
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: I love the colors and textures in this clever scarf made from recycled felted sweaters by Popsiedaisy. So inspiring!
Cards and Crochet
WhipUp tips us off to the work of artist Robyne Melia, who creates life-size dresses using greeting cards and crochet.
Kids in Malawi Make Toys from Junk
MAKE reader Mike points us to this Inhabitots article about Avik Maitra, a Colombia University graduate doing a research fellowship in Malawi. Malawi kids have been making some very cool toys out of found items; Avik is working on designing more toys that the children can make out of local materials and factory byproducts – […]
Green Holiday Crafts – CRAFT Video Podcast
Join Molly de Vries and pick up some new holiday tricks with a green conscience. She shows us how to make a festive fabric garland from attractive scraps, then shows a furoshiki fabric gift wrapping technique. Molly is a sustainable textiles maven and creator of Ambatalia “The Fabric Society.” Molly recently closed her retail shop in Mill Valley, CA, but you can find her on her blog and etsy shop. She’s even working an underground shop in her home studio for by-appointment shopping, special resourcing, and custom work.
“Fan Mail” Dress
A Dress a Day posted this pic of Nancy Judd‘s gorgeous “Fan Mail” dress. Colorful junk mail (catalogues, solicitations, newspaper ads) were folded into fans and sewn onto a skirt and dress made of scrap canvas and a mantilla for the hair. The vintage shoes are covered with old postage stamps. The inspiration for this […]
HOW TO – Recycled Cardboard Cat Pad
Design Sponge has a great how-to on making this colorful recycled cardboard cat pad. My cats Kang and Kodos would absolutely love to hang out and scratch this thing up!
