How-to: Rolled Beeswax Candle
It’s a good thing that candles are useful, because you’re going to become addicted to making these quick, easy, and natural rolled beeswax candles.
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How-to: Five Crafty Recipes that Use Cornstarch
Don’t let all that cornstarch just languish in a box on your shelf for ten years, not when you can use it up making these five natural, fun, and easy crafty creations.
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How to Make Spray Starch
If you like the feel of spray starch, you’ll love being able to make this quick, easy, and eco-friendly version. Here’s how to make spray starch at home!
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ReSew Giveaway and Tutorial!
I always seem to accumulate a stash of unloved clothes picked over from my closet. This pile consists of clothes that are no longer fit, or need heavy mending, or have acquired an unbeatable stain. I keep this pile with dreams of swapping with friends or donating to Goodwill. But now ReSew, a new book out by Jenny Wilding Cardon has me eyeing my discard pile with a new eye.
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5 Ways to Repurpose Old Games
Got an old deck of cards that’s missing the queen of hearts or a Scrabble set that’s missing a Q? Don’t send that board game to the landfill! There are lots of ways to repurpose those old games!
Five Ways to Upcycle Old Stuff with Chalkboard Paint
What are the most creative and useful objects to upcycle with chalkboard paint? Check out these five projects to find out.
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How to Upcycle an Old Globe into a Chalkboard Globe
Upcycle a beat-up, inaccurate old globe into a useful and artistic write-on chalkboard globe.
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Five Fabulous Sites for Free Craft Patterns and Tutorials
Five great sites to explore for new craft ideas, patterns and tutorials.
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How-To: Felt Scraps Garland
Use up those felt scraps and pieces of junk mail to sew a unique garland.
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How-to: Beautiful Butterfly Wings Upcycled from Wire Hangers and Old Clothes
Beautiful butterfly or fairy wings are easy to make with two wire hangers, an old stretchy shirt, and some simple sewing. Your child will be thrilled!
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Closet Clean-Out: Five Ways to Upcycle Wire Hangers
There’s no need to fill the landfill with your wire hangers when there are these five great projects to make with them instead.
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How-to: DIY Texture Paint Over Paneling
Need to give your walls a makeover? Here’s a way to save your walls and give them a great new look.
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Five Activity Toys Made From Recycled Materials
Create one of these five activity toys for your kids to keep them occupied indoors until warmer weather arrives.
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Five Rugs You Can Make With Recycled Materials
Five rugs that you can create using recycled materials to keep your home clean during the upcoming wet, spring months.
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Fab Fabrics: Vintage Doilies and Projects to Get You Started
Your first mental image when I mention doilies is probably of a stuffy old home, where those lacy mats adorn the table tops, but doilies definitely have a place in modern crafting, too.
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How-to: Lengthen Your Pants with One Easy Alteration
Being able to hem a pair of pants is all well and good, but what do you do when you need to lengthen them? You check out this tutorial, that’s what!
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How-to: Recycled Bottle Cap Magnets
Use this quick and easy tutorial to make adorable recycled bottle cap magnets from magazines.
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Five Small Furniture Makeovers
Beat the winter blahs and spruce up your living quarters with five furniture makeovers you can do inside.
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How-to: Recycled Cardboard Valentine Mailbox
Don’t send your kid to school with a decorated paper bag on Valentine’s Day! Go the extra mile to make this quick, easy, and adorable realistic Valentine mailbox, and you’ll be the parent that everyone else is gossiping about for a while.
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Crafty in the Kitchen: Homemade Granola
Make your own healthy, natural, and delicious homemade granola–it’s easy!
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How to Make Glue with Natural Ingredients (5 recipes!)
No matter what project you’re working on, we can show you how to make glue to suit your needs. Try one of these five recipes!
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How to Make Laundry Soap for Three Cents a Load
Have you been wanting to make your own green cleaning supplies? Here’s how to make laundry soap that’s eco-friendly and only costs three cents a load!
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How-to: Sew a Simple Drawstring Bag with Stashbusting Materials
Stash fabric and the need for portable storage are practically all that you need to sew up these quick, easy, and awesomely useful drawstring bags.
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Buntings, Banners, and Pennants Made with Natural and Recycled Materials: Five Projects
If you love buntings, check out this collection of five very different bunting projects that use up all sorts of stash materials, from yarn to blue jeans to scrapbook paper.
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How-to: Create an Inspirational Bunting with Stencils and Stash Fabric
With a few bits of stash fabric and some simple freezer paper stenciling, you can create a bunting with an inspirational saying.
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How-to: Easy DIY Bridal Bouquets
The current trend in bridal bouquets are pretty, semi-round, hand wrapped styles which is great for those who wish to go DIY. You can make your own DIY bridal bouquets with real or artificial flowers.
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How To: Mini Origami Star Banner Made With Recycled Paper
String up some recycled paper origami stars to create a mini-banner for your home or office.
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How-to: Tree Stump Card Holder
Packing bright holiday cheer back into boxes can make your home seem a little lonely after the hustle and bustle of the holidays. Not to mention that the bags of wrapping and packaging are enough to make any eco conscience a little bit guilty. Luckily, there are creative ways to use holiday décor in a whole new way as winter persists. This simple three step tutorial offers several decorating tips for a Christmas tree stump card holder – an eco friendly and free winter craft that you can make from your Christmas tree or leftover tree lot stumps.
Tutorial: How to Sew a Sweet and Simple Pillowcase Skirt
If you can sew a straight line (and even if you can’t), then you can sew a pillowcase skirt.
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Six Sweet and Simple Skirts that You Can Sew from Recycled Fabrics
Check out these five skirts that you can sew using recycled fabrics ranging from T-shirts to bedsheets.
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ReadyMade’s Top 20 Projects of 2010
Check out ReadyMade’s top 20 projects from 2010.
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Green Geek Crafts: Five DIY Projects for your Gadgets
Did you get any fun gadgets over the holidays but need a case to prevent scratches and dings? You can use your crafty skills to keep your electronics safe and sound!
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Five Picture Frames To Make Using Recycled Materials
Display your memories from the past year with these five picture frames you can make using recycled materials.
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How-to: Make Beads from Colored Pencils (You Get to Use Power Tools!)
It’s easy to make colorful, beautiful wood beads when you recycle them from colored pencils! For the how-to, check out this step-by-step tutorial.
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The Best Snow Ice Cream You’ve Ever Tasted: Tips, Tricks, and Recipes
Snow ice cream is a quick, simple, and delicious winter treat. Check out these tips, tricks, and recipes, then make the best snow ice cream you’ve ever had!
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