Got an old filing cabinet that’s ready for reuse? Here’s how to turn it into DIY garden storage to wrangle tools, pots, and other gardening supplies.
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One of the easiest ways to have a beautiful stash of heirloom Easter eggs is to buy wooden eggs and then embellish them.
How-to: Woodburned Easter Eggs with Watercolor Stain Read More 👉
Postcards made from food packaging?
Kind of the easiest thing EVER.
Make Postcards from Food Packaging Read More 👉
Old potato sacks or coffee sacks make lovely, simple, DIY wall art! Here’s how I transformed some salvaged burlap sacks into display-worthy pieces.
Make DIY Wall Art from Old Potato Sacks Read More 👉
Kids and their display boards, amiright?
How to Make a Display Board from Upcycled Girl Scout Cookie Cases Read More 👉
This coloring book page bookmark looks especially nice when made from one of those adult coloring book pages with lots of patterns, or when fussy cut to pick out an extra-cute detail from a larger coloring book page.
How to Upcycle a Coloring Book Page into a Bookmark Read More 👉
Enlarging an existing pattern by a fraction of an inch is a pretty common thing to have to do.
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The paper that companies use to cushion packages is so handy! Here’s how to reuse brown packing paper, whether you need it to look fancy or just functional.
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If you sew, and especially if you love to upcycle, the upcycled denim skirt is a rite of passage. Here’s how to make one!
How to Sew an Upcycled Denim Skirt from Your Old Blue Jeans Read More 👉
Aromatic sugar scrubs are my favorite remedy for dry skin. You get to exfoliate, moisturize, and treat yourself to a little aromatherapy all at the same time! This Maple Lemongrass Sugar Scrub is energizing and revitalizing.
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The garden is a place for growing flowers, chasing butterflies…and preschooler math games. Start planning now for a spring and summer full of learning!
Growing Preschooler Math Games in the Garden Read More 👉
This mandala, made from an upcycled CD and plenty of buttons, is an easy craft to make, and an easy craft to make look cute.
How-to: Make an Upcycled Mandala with Buttons and a CD Read More 👉
Are you ditching incandescents this year? Save those old bulbs and make yourself a cute lightbulb terrarium!
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Mason jar lights? They found me.
DIY: Mason Jar Hanging Light Fixture Read More 👉
I was able to get the look that I wanted in a single day for less than sixty dollars.
DIY: Our Handmade Wooden Headboard Read More 👉
Crafting for long periods is tough on your body. Try these simple exercises for crafters, broken down into categories, so you can target what ails you.
Exercises to Recover from Holiday Crafting Read More 👉
Whether you need a quick and easy handmade gift or you would rather not hit up the store just so you can send some thank-you notes, you’ll find that it is super simple to make your own personalized, handmade stationery, entirely from your favorite scrapbook paper.
Easy Handmade Gift: Make Scrapbook Paper Stationery Sets Read More 👉
Need a gift that’s easy to make but still personal? A matted photo that you make yourself can be just the thing!
Easy Handmade Gift: Matted Photo in a Thrifted Frame Read More 👉
Even if you’re careful and eco-conscious, every now and then you probably use a disposable coffee cup. Don’t throw it out! Try these disposable coffee cup crafts instead.
11 Disposable Coffee Cup Crafts Read More 👉
If you like the look of the teacup candle, but don’t necessarily want to put forth the time and effort to make one, then let me talk you out of that and into the just as pretty, but MUCH simpler, alternate: the teacup candle holder.
How to Make a Teacup Candle Holder Read More 👉
If you’ve got something small that you want to show off, but don’t want to get damaged, keep it safe AND on display by turning it into a treasure in a bottle charm!
Make a Treasure in a Bottle Charm Read More 👉
Gentle, spiced sugar scrub is perfect for warming and soothing winter skin. Make this winter sugar scrub recipe for yourself or as a holiday gift. Or both!
Warming Ginger Spiced Sugar Scrub Recipe for Winter Read More 👉
If you need something a lot sturdier than plain paper, but you still want to craft with some upcycled materials, then this cardboard record album cover and duct tape bookmark is for you!
Make a Cardboard Record Album Cover and Duct Tape Bookmark Read More 👉
You’re going to have the coolest school supplies on the planet when you make yourself an upcycled folder from a cardboard record album cover.
How to Make an Upcycled Folder from a Cardboard Record Album Cover Read More 👉
ell whoever pulled it out in the first place to be more careful next time, because that’s five minutes of your life that you aren’t going to get back!
How to Replace a Drawstring Read More 👉
Have summer storms done a number on the big trees where you live? Grab a large, fallen branch, and turn it into a cool DIY bird feeder!
Make a DIY Bird Feeder from a Fallen Branch Read More 👉
Read on to see how I embellish a composition book, and try it for yourself.
How to Embellish a Composition Book with a Coloring Page Read More 👉
These hearts are so quick and easy to make that you’ll have a pile of them before you know it.
How to Make Origami Hearts Read More 👉
Quick, easy, and when you’re done, they’ll look like a pair of store-bought shorts, not last year’s winter pants with holes in the knees.
2 Easy Ways to Hem Cut-offs Read More 👉
Upcycle motor oil bottles and organize your garage at the same time! These bottles are sturdy and begging to be reused!
Upcycle Motor Oil Bottles into a Workshop Storage System Read More 👉
Not all homemade instruments can handle an energetic toddler. These homemade instruments have stood up to more than a month of heavy toddler use and abuse.
3 Homemade Instruments for Toddlers Read More 👉
Upcycled marker beads are easy to make, if a little messy.
How to Make Upcycled Marker Beads Read More 👉
If you just need a quick-and-dirty plant hanger to get your lovely plants up in front of your windows and off your cluttered counters? Well, go check your garage for pegboard, because this planter is the quickest!
Make an Easy Hanging Planter from a Pegboard Read More 👉
This simple, one-seam skirt is super easy to make from a single length of fabric.
Sew an Easy One-Seam Skirt Read More 👉
Here’s how to make that fabric wall hanging happen!
How to Make a Fabric Wall Hanging Read More 👉
