Toilet Tube Still Life
Gareth @ MAKE points us to these cardboard toilet paper tube dioramas by Anastassia Elias.
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Eyeglass Lens Chandelier
Sean @ MAKE points us to this recycled eyeglass lens chandelier by Stuart Haygarth. Great salvage idea, keeping unwanted things out of the landfill!
How-To: Paper-Covered Storage Box
By Natalie Zee Drieu I love to save cool boxes, especially the ones with flap-style lids like cigar boxes, so that I can reuse them for storage. What I don’t like is how boring they look or have their branding emblazoned on the box. While organizing my craft room this month, I needed a place […]
Wool “Won’t Come Off” Baby Helmet from a Sweater Sleeve
By Future Craft Collective When my youngest son was born it was unusually cold here in Austin, Texas. Always a big fan of baby hats anyway, I crafted quite a few different hats trying to make one that wouldn’t fall off his head. I made several using a delicious dark green merino wool from an […]
How-To: Coordinating Organizational Boxes
This month, we’re covering all aspects of craft organization with our Make Space For Crafting series. Last fall, I finally purchased several coordinating oraganizational boxes and bins to use in my office. True to what I’d always heard, having my storage boxes coordinate made a huge difference in the look and feel of my office. […]
Upcycled Sweater Boots Mini Tutorial
The mini tutorial for these sweater boots by Urban Threads on Crafster is great, it gives me just enough information to get the project done. Sometimes when I am reading how-to instructions, I feel like following them is more of a challenge than the craft I’m trying to do and that if I have to […]
Recycled Firehose Bags
> Elvis and Kresse, a Dutch accessory company, rounds up old firehoses and produces a line of bags made from them. [via Core77]
