How to Make an Embellished Recycled Sweater Blanket
Do you need a tutorial on how to make an embellished recycled sweater blanket to deal with that growing pile of sweaters and old clothes in the hallway?! Here it is. Many of us have cleaned out our closets in this pandemic. Often, much-loved sweaters have worn elbows,...
Which Compost is Best for You?
Because today is Earth Day, here’s an eco-friendly gardening tutorial to help green Mother Earth and to enhance your passion for gardening. Because growing fruit & vegetables is so much more so fun, when the plants reward you with an abundance of produce! And to...
50+ DIY Mothers Day Gifts
~ Personalized DIY Mothers Day Gifts ~ Updated 2020 50+ Beautiful, Easy-to-Make Mothers Day Gifts Pretty, personalized, functional & stylish gifts for moms, and other important women in your world. Make a gift yourself, or give mother the craft materials along...
DIY Postcard Journal Calendar
Need a new calendar for 2018? Need a new journal for 2018? Don’t buy anything. Instead, create a DIY Postcard Journal Calendar instead. Here’s how. DIY Postcard Journal Calendar Pin It. The idea is based on a perpetual postcard calendar that I...
DIY Pillows – Recycled Sweaters as Home Decor
Besides featuring a wonderful way to make DIY Pillows recycled sweaters are given a new life – I also have a personal announcement to make: I have moved! As you can see in the picture, I have moved out, but not yet moved in. LOL!!! So forgive me if I...
Make a Recycled Dryer Sheet Envelope
Great Idea: Make your own Recycled Dryer Sheet Envelope for keepsakes, niknaks and special letters. Jennifer from Sunny Vanilla executed this creative idea that was the brainchild of Paula Spahr. Let me show you her works of art: How to Make Your Own Recycled...
How to Fold Book pages into Letters – Recycled Book Art Ideas
Fancy giving this as a wedding gift? A ‘You & Me’ or ‘Mr and Mrs’ …Happily Ever After- sign folded from a vintage book. These will look good on bookshelves or fill-out a bedroom mantel. Book art as Gifts Vintage books can also easily be transformed into a...
Recycled Bottle-Cap Wall-Art
Maybe because I have been partying this weekend with a massive picnic in the park on Sunday afternoon. Anyhow, I noticed how everyone has their own favorite beer brand, or brands. And I realized how some people in particular really identify with their beer brand,...
DIY Hanging Bedside Table
Instant love for this DIY hanging bedside table made from a slap of recycled walnut wood. This slab of walnut wood is from an aunt’s grandfather’s farm. Pulled from the back of the barn and re-instated in full beauty, it’s now treasured as a heirloom. What an...
Recycled Magazine Picture Frames
Two more sleeps …. Earth Day 2015 is on April 22. Let’s do something special. I have been talking about creating recycled magazine picture frames but never given you the instructions on how to make them. Well, here you are: Today I created a tutorial with all the ins...
Recycled Men Shirts into Cool Girl Dresses
** Warning: Really Cute Recycled Men Shirt Ideas Here!!! ** Today I’m featuring fellow blogger Deborah from Sew Much to Give*. In particular, she’s sharing her original dress designs re-purposing all the various parts of men’s shirts into unique and totally adorable...
3D Butterfly Granny Square Crochet Pattern
I have been working on this: a butterfly granny square pattern. A few weeks ago, one of my readers asked if I could upgrade this free butterfly crochet pattern into a butterfly granny square pattern. So I did. And I am pleased with the result. You got to love granny...
Pretty Notebook Cover Makeover
:: Pretty notebook cover makeover :: Here’s yet another paper crafts with recycled materials. I found this rather ugly, but handy ‘To Do’ planner book at a garage sale. 25 cts. I liked that it combined personal and business . It’s not an official planner, but...