Here’s a great “turning lemons into lemonade” story from Stay.See.Make.Do. Stacie was sad to see her favorite Pyrex bowl break after many years of service. So she partially buried the remaining piece in her garden and added some animals. Eventually, the creeping sedum plants she planted nearby will surround this tiny world. How fun!
I am officially regretting every can I have sent to the recycling center without first removing its pop top – because I want to make this gorgeous lamp shade! The design is by MAKE’s own Sean Michael Ragan, and he’s just uploaded the how-to over on Make: Projects. Pop over there and you can view […]
By Jessica Wilson If you have ever happened over to my Flickr page, you might notice that I like to take pictures…of everything. I am also quite smitten with cameras; all sorts of cameras. My mister however, is not a camera person, but he does have a fondness for Animal Crackers. One day, I picked […]
Image by Tiffany Threadgould One of my favorite places to find unique upcycled projects is Unconsumption, a Tumblr blog run by a small volunteer team that’s dedicated to creative re-use. They’ve recently embarked on a very interesting effort to build an Unconsumption brand – they’ve released their logo under Creative Commons license, and are asking […]
Artist David Wasserman painstakingly cuts shapes from tin cans, soda cans and other metal packaging, then nails them to plywood to create detailed art pieces. This portrait of an immigrant family makes beautiful use of rust. From the artist’s website: “Around the turn of the 20th century, immigrants were said to believe that the streets […]
We editors and authors here on CRAFT have been oohing and awing over these cute Little Leftover Note Cards. Kristin Roach over at Craft Leftovers has done an amazing job with her step-by-step how-to; she makes these elegant cards look easy-peasy to make. I’m now thinking of all the odds and ends I have in […]
Unconsumption points us to artist, Jennifer Cantwell, who creates cool crochet doilies from old cassette tape. This piece of work is made as a response to the feelings I get when I see a piece of work that’s taken many hours and has now been discarded or an album thats been listened to over and […]
