Guitar Pick Jewelry Charms
Cat of Cut Out + Keep shows you how to use Shrinky Dinks to make your own guitar picks, decorate them, and create fun new jewelry charms. Link.
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Zipper Wine Bag
Beth Fuller a grad student at Pratt Institute and designer of the Beetle Bag which we posted here on CRAFT, has a new eco-friendly design with her Zipper Wine Bag Collection. Beth writes: The Zipper Wine Bag Collection embodies an elegant mix of style, function, and eco-friendly design. Each bag is made with organic cotton […]
Plastic Containers turned into Sea Sculptures
Veer writes: Taking art from found objects to new depths, Miwa Koizumi uses heat guns and soldering irons to sculpt startlingly realistic sea creatures from discarded liquid containers. Her PET project cleverly takes its name from PET (polyethylene terephthalate) – the highly recyclable, plant-based oil the containers are made from. See more of Miwa Koizumi’s […]
Board Game Box
Zieak has a cool idea on how to reuse old board games — turn them into fun novelty boxes. A cool surprise when you give a gift to someone! Link.
HOW TO – Turn Pants into a Tote Bag
Crystal of My Longest Year has a great refashion/recycle project to turn an ordinary pair of pants into a cute and handy tote bag. Link.
Tupperware Contest
Start cleaning out your kitchen, the 3rd annual Translations in Tupperware Global Design Contest is ready for your recycled tupperware piece of art! The deadline for entries is August 31st. Check out last years winners here. [ via ] Link.
HOW TO – Make a Pen Holder from CD Cases
Amy at Craft Chi has a great recycle project taking old CD jewel cases and making them into a pen holder. But it doen’t stop there. She also shows you how you can decorate it with image transfers. Link.
