How-To: Pipe Bed Frame
Instructables user jtwanderlust has plans up for making your own bed frame from easy-to-find pipe and fittings. It comes apart easily for those of us who move quite often! If only my Ikea frame did the same…
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How-To: Colander Lights
The Sampler shows us a great colander light how-to from Eleanor of Stylish Crafts — I love her bold bright colors, just in time for spring! Plastic colanders are cheap and easy to manipulate, and they look great hanging in nested clusters. For a simpler look, use natural (full spectrum) or soft white bulbs instead […]
Fused Plastic Shopping Bags: Toadstool Tote & Rain Bucket Hat
By Betz White The eco-savvy shopper brings her own reusable bags to the store, at least when she remembers them. But when life hands you lemons (or wasteful plastic bags), make lemonade — or in this case — toadstools! The Toadstool Tote and coordinating Rain Bucket Hat are made entirely from plastic shopping bags. When […]
Tin Can Stars
Ansie of Sol y Sombra shows you how to take a soda can and upcycle them into these tin can stars which she used for her tin can star mobile last summer (pictured below).
Messenger Bags from Old Life Vests
Sean @ Make: Online points us to this attractive bag made from an upcycled airplane life vest. Not functional as such, but still a nice reuse project! I love the pull-to-inflate zipper pull.
Shoebox Race Car
Gareth @ Make: Online points us to this F1 race car made entirely from shoeboxes (for a Puma promotion). Nice slotted construction!
Book giveaway + project excerpt: 62 Projects to Make with a Dead Computer by Randy Sarafan
62 Projects to Make with a Dead Computer by Randy Sarafan Book site: deadcomputerbook.com Buy on Amazon We all have old, broken, or otherwise junk electronics stashed away in our closets. Randy Sarafan’s 62 Projects to Make with a Dead Computer is just what it sounds like and much more, inspiring makers to repurpose mice, […]
