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Upcycle an Empty Picture Frame into Fabric Art

Upcycle an Empty Picture Frame for Fabric Art

You know you’ve got some empty picture frames cluttering up a shelf somewhere. And even if you don’t, the thrift store definitely does!

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Make DIY Drawer Liners from Reclaimed Paper

Not all DIY furniture projects require paint! Make DIY drawer liners from reclaimed paper of your choice!

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Hanukkah Crafts: Building Block Candle Holders - Learn how to make wood candle holders from those building blocks your kids haven't touched in years.

How to Make Wood Candle Holders from Old Building Blocks

Even after the kids have outgrown their building blocks, there’s still a place for them in your home.

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These DIY fabric storage bins are from the new book Stencil Craft by Margaret Peot. Get the tutorial and a review of this awesome craft book!

DIY Fabric Storage Bins + Review of Stencil Craft

I monogrammed the fronts of the children’s fabric bins. I’m VERY pleased with how they look now, and they’re much more organized now that they’re labeled.

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10 DIY Lampshades, Craftily Updated

DIY decor doesn’t have to mean creating a new decor piece from scratch! Take the pieces you already have and give them a makeover instead. There are so many ways to create DIY lampshades by updating an existing one rather than buying new.

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How to Organize Jewelry with a Vintage Drawer

Need some DIY storage ideas for your jewelry? Here’s how to organize jewelry with a common yard sale find.

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How to Upcycle an Empty Picture Frame: 18 Projects

LOTS of people upcycle empty picture frames, and there are a lot of awesome project tutes to turn that empty picture frame into just about anything else that you could ever want or need.

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20 DIY Drawer Knob Makeover Ideas

Remake the drawer knobs that you already own or, at the most, upcycle something into a drawer knob.

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How to Make a Chair Planter for Your Garden

Need to spruce up your porch or patio? Learn how to make a chair planter from a thrifted or found chair.

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Shower Caddy Planter

Is your shower caddy gross and full of gunk? Don’t toss it out! Turn it into a beautiful shower caddy planter. You’ll be amazed at how simple this DIY is.

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Do it Yourself Wall Art from Old Embroidery Hoops

If you want DIY decor on a budget, you’ll love this tutorial: create do it yourself wall art with old embroidery hoops and vintage lace!

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DIY Plastic Jug Watering Can

Not only does this project take about one minute to complete, but it also works better and holds more water than a lot of those cheap-o watering cans that look cute but cost real money.

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How to Make a Candy Wrapper Picture Frame

Candy wrappers do have one redeeming quality: they’re so cute! Here’s how to make a candy wrapper picture frame to show off your favorite photo.

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How to Whiten Bones

This is me, doing the weirdest, most random, most vaguely disturbing projects out there, so that you don’t have to!

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Though rain barrels are pretty much all the same concept, each one tends to be put together in its own way. This is my DIY rain barrel and how we built it.

Check Out My DIY Rain Barrel (and how we built it)

Even though rain barrels are pretty much all the same concept, each one tends to be put together in its own way. This is my DIY rain barrel. There are many others like it, but this one is mine.

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Create an Upcycled DIY Jewelry Organizer

Desperate for a way to organize and store your jewelry? Create an upcycled DIY jewelry organizer!

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Build Your Own Yard Games: 18 DIY Projects

Lize-sized Monopoly, anyone? Giant Jenga? Supersized Scrabble!

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Don't buy new -- reduce, reuse, redecorate! Today we're sharing 30 repurposed DIY side table ideas to inspire you!

30 DIY Side Table Ideas: Reduce, Reuse, Redecorate!

Don’t buy new — reduce, reuse, redecorate! Today we’re sharing 30 repurposed DIY side tables to inspire you!

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A Betta in a Vase is NOT a Green Craft. Here’s the Safe Option.

This great-looking ecosystem is actually a very poorly functioning one.

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Make DIY Mini Magnetic Chalkboards from Mason Jar Lids

Add fun and color to your fridge with these DIY mini magnetic chalkboards! They’re made from old mason jar lids.

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Do Seed Bombs Work? (I Kind of Don’t Think So)

Y’all? I kind of don’t think that seed bombs work.

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Make a DIY Indoor Herb Garden for Earth Day!

Celebrate spring with an Earth Day Craft! What are we making? A DIY Herb Garden, of course! It’s so easy you won’t believe it!

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Homemade Soft Scrub: Bleach Free and Effective (+ green cleaning basics!)

A lot of homemade soft scrub recipes call for toxic ingredients like bleach. This is the easiest, most budget-friendly homemade soft scrub that you can make. And it works like a charm!

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Be a Butterfly Hero and Get Free Wildflower Seeds

The National Wildlife Foundation wants you to save the monarch butterfly, and they’re going to give you the stuff that you need to do it.

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Best of Crafting a Green World: 13 DIY Playhouses that You Can Build

13 DIY Playhouses to Make this Summer

THESE playhouses could actually come and live in your yard this summer!

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Keep birds away from strawberries with DIY decoy strawberries!

Having a tough time keeping the birds away from your strawberry patch? Decoy strawberries keep birds away from strawberries with homemade trickery.

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12 DIY Rain Chains for Your Yard

What is a rain chain? Here’s how rain chains prevent erosion and 12 DIY rain chains you can make from recycled materials!

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8 Spring Garden Guides to Get You Growing

Spring is here! It’s still not too late to start your spring garden, even from seed. Whether you’re new to gardening or an old pro, we’ve highlighted some super fun garden guides to help you start growing and deck out your garden, DIY-style.

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