Jonah and Marc over at MAKE are on a roll with recycled lighting projects. Madeline Boulesteix makes chandeliers from “old spoons, jelly bowls, teacups and more,” and the BVD group’s lampshade made from 121 plastic knives gives new life to lunch trash.
(Photo of CRAFT contributor Christine Haynes by Jessica Wilson–more in the Flickr pool.) Just wanted to share this clever summer project–sewing together recycled, thrifted umbrella fabrics to create a fun multicolored sun shade. This one was made by the gals who run ReForm School, who hosted the CRAFT: 07 release party in L.A. last Sunday. […]
Anitra wrote in about her tutorial for making a market bag from a tank or t shirt in just a few minutes. She also describes variations that take a bit longer.
DIY Maven on Curbly has a video podcast showing how to turn a take-away container into a decorative storage box.
This week, the Thread Heads take a trip to the Green Festival in Chicago and checks out all the eco vendors. Then they head over to forum member MamaSasss’s house and get and lesson on how-to make a pin necklace.
This baby mobile is a more complex than it appears at first glance. It has light-up stars and paper cranes. The best part is that insctructibles user kazaam shows you how to make your own.
Vickie Howell shows you how to make a a Fourth of July Picnic Blanket made from recycled sweaters in a video for new site CRAFTED by Lifetime. Vickie writes: Starting now, each holiday season will be webdazzled (the internet’s version of “jazz hands”) by 5 new craft segments hosted by 5, very different designers (yours […]
