Food safe fabric for reusable lunch bags and mats can be harder to find than you think. What are the alternatives?
Are PEVA and PUL Safe for Making Reusable Lunch Bags and Wraps? Read More 👉
Are you crazy for your iPhone or in love with your PSP? All of those gadgets and gizmos keep us connected and entertained, and the least that we can do is protect them from dings and scratches by whipping up cases for them!
10 Gadget Cases for Your Inner Geek Read More 👉
My husband just got a Kindle, and he is loving it! He loves that it’s small and that he can instantly snag new books whenever he wants. What he doesn’t love is worrying about his Kindle getting damaged in his bag on the way to and from the train station, so I thought I’d whip him up a simple little cozy to keep it safe and sound.
This Kindle cozy took less than an hour to make, and it fits his Kindle like a glove!
How-to: Make an Upcycled Kindle Case in 10 Steps Read More 👉
Jump into bookmaking with these tutorials that let you make upcycled journals, scrapbooks, D.I.Y. planners and more out of recycled materials.
Journals, Planners, and Scrapbooks You Can Make Using Recycled Materials Read More 👉
Shells, stones, feathers, fossils–what will you use to create your next piece of jewelry?
Five Easy DIY Accessories to Make Using Natural Materials Read More 👉
We shouldn’t use plastic bottles but plastic bottle caps are on milk cartons, orange cartons, and even yogurt drinks. We can’t escape them, even if we don’t drink bottled water. So what do we do with all those non-recyclable plastic bottle caps? Collect them and make these cool functional crafts!
4 Clever Bottle Cap Crafts for Non-Recyclable Plastic Caps Read More 👉
Have some plastic PET bottles in your recycling bin? Here are five ways you can craft with them before they hit the recycling plant.
Paper napkins are a huge waste of resources. Not only does it take energy and trees to produce all of those disposable napkins, but once the meal is through, you have to toss them in the trash, since you can’t recycle that food-soaked paper. Cloth napkins might feel like a fancy-dinner-party-only sort of thing, but that doesn’t have to be true at all! It’s easy as pie to whip up a batch of cloth napkins, and you can make yourself a bunch, so you have some for every day use and a set for special occasions, if you like.
How-to: Make Cloth Napkins Read More 👉
We’ve covered the beautiful, bold prints from ten14 organic textiles before, and I’m drooling over Josi’s new line of fabrics just for fall and winter!
Fab Fabrics: Fall/Winter Line from ten14 organic textiles Read More 👉
Make your own shark tooth necklace with this quick and easy wire wrap, then try it out on any other triangular object to make a variety of custom pendants.
Easy Wire Wrapped Shark Tooth Necklace Read More 👉
Using a small glass vial with cork stopper from the craft store, putting together a treasure bottle necklace is a quick and easy craft. What favorite beach do you want to wear?
Crafty Keepsake How-to: Make a Glass Vial Treasure Bottle Necklace Read More 👉
Crafting with freezer paper to make appliques and stencils are great way to use up fabric scraps. Here is how to use freezer paper for making appliques and stencils.
Use up Scrap Fabric with Freezer Paper Applique Read More 👉
Got a few old nail polish hidden away in your closet? Here are some crafty uses for them.
Crafty Uses for Old Nail Polish Read More 👉
A few action figures are fine, but wouldn’t playtime be even more fun with something that has a little bit more heart?
Upcycled Superhero Craft Roundup Read More 👉
Action figures are all well and good, but what could be cooler than a Superman-style badge with the first letter of your very own name?
When one playing card gets lost or bent or torn, don’t relegate the entire deck to the trash! Instead, try out one of these five projects especially created to upcycle your old playing cards.
5 Ways to Upcycle Old Playing Cards Read More 👉
Repurpose that beat-up deck of playing cards by creating the ultimate house of cards, one that won’t fall down no matter what you do to it.
How-to: House of Cards and Other 3D Structures Built with Upcycled Playing Cards Read More 👉
Do you have a great crafty idea using scraps? You should enter the Scrap Lab Design Contest going on right now. The prize for the winner is…
Scrap Lab Design Contest Read More 👉
Hoop wall art is very easy to curate even without knowing how to embroider or sew. Here are five ways you can adorn your wall with vintage hoops.
Five Eco-Friendly Hoop Art Ideas Read More 👉
Not only were these little cork ships simple and fun to make, they put a nice dent in my hefty stash of wine corks!
We’ve explored some options for natural and organic sewing notions before, but it’s been a while, and there are more options out there than ever!
Natural and Organic Sewing Notions: A Resource Guide Read More 👉
Take your magnifying glass on the go when you use solder and an antique glass lens to create your own magnifying necklace.
How-to: Make an Upcycled Magnifying Glass Necklace Read More 👉
Is it better than my homemade Kool-aid dye? I’ll find out!
Review: Dharma Acid Dyes for Silk and Wool Read More 👉
An old clock and a scratched CD are combined to make a new and funky clock.
How-to: Upcycle an Old CD into a Clock Read More 👉
Denim scraps are easy to use up but how about those hard hems and edges? Here is one easy peasy way to use them up to make beautiful handstamped wrapping paper.
How To: Make Stamps Using Denim Scraps Read More 👉
You’ve used up old t-shirts to make various projects. Now you have a pile of cut up sleeves. What do you do with them all? Find out how you can…
5 Awesome T-Shirt Sleeve Crafts Read More 👉
Yesterday, we made some upcycled pinwheel party decorations, and there are lots of other ways to deck out your soiree without all of the waste.
Upcycled Party Decorations Roundup Read More 👉
Party decor can mean a lot of waste, but it doesn’t have to! Instead of heading to the party supply store for generic decorations, you can raid your recycle bin and upcycle yourself some pinwheel party decorations instead.
How-to: Create Upcycled Pinwheel Party Decorations Read More 👉
Make a kid-friendly, plastic-free suncatcher using kite paper, stick it onto any sunny window, and watch it glow.
How-to: Make a Waldorf Window Star Read More 👉
How does Stockmar modeling beeswax compare to my own beloved homemade modeling beeswax?
Review: Stockmar Modeling Beeswax Read More 👉
First World Trash makes functional accessories by recycling billboards and seat belts. The eco-chic items are carried in stores around the world and the owner’s goal is to do what’s good for the people of her hometown than just make accessories. Read more to find out where her ultimate vision lies.
Green Crafter: First World Trash Read More 👉
The applique quilting method is easy and eco-friendly as it uses t-shirts and other various knick knack clothes for a memory quilt. If you have more than just t-shirts, using the applique method is the way to go if you want to make a memory quilt.
You can’t recycle used guitar strings, but you can upcycle them into a super sweet dream catcher!
How-to: Make a Dream Catcher from Old Guitar Strings Read More 👉
Crafter Sadie Sigford rescues discarded bicycle parts from her local bike shop and turns them into handmade treasures.
Green Crafter: Bike Art Read More 👉
When it comes to upcycling thrifted or vintage fabrics, tie-dye is an easy way to instill a complete make-over. From socks to bed sheets, check out these five projects that use tie-dye to turn something dingy and old into something colorful and new.
Five Upcycled Tie-Dye Projects That aren’t Tacky Read More 👉
