Sure, you can toss that boring bottle bottom into the recycling bin… except there are SO MANY awesome ways to upcycle even glass bottle bottoms! Check out my list of my favorite projects that just happen to do really cool things with the least likely parts of glass bottles.
Zero Waste Upcycling: One Dozen Glass Bottle Bottom Crafts Read More 👉
Think outside the (brand-new, laminated cardboard, single-use) gift box when it comes to ideas for eco-friendly gift packaging. Upcycled papers, stash supplies, and cardboard from the recycling bin can all be of service to create gift packaging that’s unique and fits your personality way better than anything you can buy new.
Two Dozen Ideas for Eco-Friendly Gift Packaging Read More 👉
Whether you’re rolling beeswax candles with kids or pouring a multi-color, multi-layer jarred candle, homemade candles give you the power to fill your home with exactly the sensory experiences you want, with no mysteries and nothing unexpected.
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If you can sew at all, then, I highly recommend that you spend a couple of afternoons DIYing yourself a dress form to your specific measurements. It’s a little weird to have an exact model of your torso just standing there, yes, but I have found the ability to custom fit patterns to be quite remarkable.
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Painting a wicker basket is a super quick project that makes a big change in the overall look of your room. And when you get tired of your current color scheme, repainting that basket is just as quick and easy!
How to Transform Wicker Baskets with Paint Read More 👉
The materials and techniques that you use to dye cotton are necessarily different than what you use to dye silk.
Yes, You Can Tie-Dye Silk! Read More 👉
Fortunately, that mate-less sock doesn’t have to live the rest of its life alone in my Socks Sans Partners basket, only to eventually be tossed out, years later, when I’ve finally admitted the truth to myself. There are SO many cute ways to upcycle orphaned socks.
Two Dozen Ways to Upcycle Socks That Have Lost Their Mates Read More 👉
There are huge environmental and economic benefits to covering your windows with curtains. You conserve energy when you insulate even energy-efficient windows with another layer or two, and if your windows are older, the energy conservation is even more extreme. With that energy conservation comes concrete savings on your energy bills. It’s a win-win situation!
15 DIY Curtains and Window Coverings for an Eco-Friendly Makeover Read More 👉
What to do with serving ware that could go great together but is mismatched and also super ugly?
Spray paint it!
Make Matching Serving Ware with Spray Paint and Dish Soap Read More 👉
Upcycled denim quilts don’t have to be boring! Use upcycled denim to sew some of your favorite quilt blocks. It will take your recycled blue jeans quilt to the next level!
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Whether you make your sewing table from scratch, or modify it from an existing piece of furniture, DIYing it is a great way not only to avoid buying something else new that will one day end up in the waste stream, but also to make yourself the exact custom sewing table that you need, exactly the way you want it.
18 DIY Sewing Table Plans Read More 👉
I’m obsessed with how easy strip quilts are to sew, and with how many fun design looks you can achieve from these identical cuts of fabric.
30 Free Strip Quilt Patterns and Tutorials Read More 👉
A petticoat may not be the essential everyday wear that it once was, but it’s still essential to give the perfect silhouette to certain garments.
How To Make a Petticoat: 15 DIY Tutorials Read More 👉
Do you want to look like Queen Elizabeth I or Marie Antoinette?
How to Make a Hoop Skirt: 15 Projects Read More 👉
Don’t let the kids have all the fun this Halloween!
Two Dozen Homemade Halloween Costumes for Adults Read More 👉
Whether you pick a project right from this list or use it to inspire you to create your very own project, you’ll find lots of wonderful ways to use dried flowers right here!
36 Dried Flower Crafts Read More 👉
Need to cover your butt?
I’ve got you covered!
How to Sew Pants: Two Dozen Free Patterns and Tutorials Read More 👉
If you’ve got an unloved clipboard that you wish you didn’t, check out this list of my favorite upcycled clipboard crafts.
20 Upcycled Clipboard Crafts Read More 👉
Sometimes you just need a little inspiration to help you upcycle your stash craft supplies.
20 Upcycled Yarn Art Projects Read More 👉
Keep your front door in tune with the season by DIYing a beautiful, eco-friendly spring wreath!
30 Spring Wreaths to DIY Read More 👉
You’ve got to paint a few coats of sealant on your picnic table, anyway, if you want it to last outdoors–you might as well paint something interesting onto it first!
How To Refinish a Picnic Table with Paint Read More 👉
If you’ve got a fun collection of patches, you don’t have to a) hide it away in a drawer, or b) pay a professional framer to display it for you.
13 DIY Ways to Display Patches Read More 👉
If you do not use plant markers, you will regret it.
30 Handmade Plant Markers Read More 👉
These cute chickens make great little gifts, and since you can sew them up quickly completely from scraps, no two are alike!
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Leggings are super easy to sew, very forgiving for the beginner, and best yet, when you’re in charge of making them, you get to choose your favorite prints and patterns, and you get to make sure that the fit and length are exactly what you want.
21 Free Leggings Patterns and Tutorials Read More 👉
So if you, too, buy skull-shaped vodka bottles mostly so that you, too, can do something cool with them after you’ve drunk the vodka, then check out my list of my favorite ways to upcycle that Chrystal Head Vodka skull bottle!
10 Ways To Upcycle A Crystal Head Vodka Skull Bottle Read More 👉
My kiddos and I are now well-armed with passport wallets for our road trip to Canada this summer!
Handmade Review: The Passport Wallet from Fat Quarter Bags and Purses Read More 👉
From button signs to bird nests, there are tons of eco-friendly projects to make to help you celebrate Spring!
30 Cool Things to Make for Spring Read More 👉
Even something as complicated-looking as a bra is quite possible to be DIYed at home.
20 Bra Patterns and Tutorials to Make at Home Read More 👉
Asymmetry. Bold, unusual color choices. Gradients. Popular novelty trends. Remixing the classics.
10 Free Modern Quilt Patterns to Sew Read More 👉
Each project uses upcycled materials in its making, so that it’s eco-friendly (and cheap to make!) and has a full tutorial so that you can easily DIY your pet its newest, funnest plaything.
40 DIY Upcycled Cat And Dog Toys Read More 👉
A painted rock. Because of course.
22 Easy and Creative Rock Drawing Techniques Read More 👉
Want to set yourself up with your own year’s worth of romantic evenings and snug-inside-and-safe-from-the-storm weekends? Here’s how!
How to Make Beeswax Candles in Upcycled Bottles Read More 👉
Check out some of my favorite things to do with rocks!
21 Things to Make with Rocks! Read More 👉
For something that’s supposed to get you back to nature, you can actually buy a butt-load of new crap just for camping.
The DIY Camping Trip: 14 Projects and Hacks for Your Next Camp-out Read More 👉
