Sunday, January 9, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
New Dress a Day Continues!
Remember New Dress a Day? I am so pleased to report that although her 365 days of refashioned dresses are over, Marisa will continue to refashion thrift store finds and include some tutorials. She also has plans to do some accessories and home decor items. It sounds like NDAD just got bigger and better than ever. Way to go, Marisa! Check out the info about Year 2 here.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Baby Sock Advent Calendar
Sorry, I realize we are halfway though the advent season but I saw this and just had to share because it may be the cutest holiday countdown idea ever and it involves repurposing! I'm smitten. Head over to Rhythm of the Home for details!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Halloween Water Bottle ideas
I know it's late to be posting this but I was just looking at some last minute Halloween ideas and I found these great ways to repurpose plastic water bottles into a costume.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Vintage Suitcase Friday!
Tiniest jack-o-lantern edition!
I have not been very involved in re-doing stuff lately, but this week I took a little time to give some acorns a seasonal makeover. I got the idea from the Family Fun site, though the acorns from the massive oak tree in our front yard are much smaller than the ones pictured there. Since we have no shortage of acorns, I got all I needed right from the porch. (We actually have so many that pile up near the sidewalk that it can be like walking on marbles. Farcicle.) Family Fun doesn't indicate how tricky it might be to cover little acorns evenly with acrylic paint. If I were to do it again, I might use spray paint instead. They turned out well, we love them and all the people we shared them with loved them!
Time to link up!
I have not been very involved in re-doing stuff lately, but this week I took a little time to give some acorns a seasonal makeover. I got the idea from the Family Fun site, though the acorns from the massive oak tree in our front yard are much smaller than the ones pictured there. Since we have no shortage of acorns, I got all I needed right from the porch. (We actually have so many that pile up near the sidewalk that it can be like walking on marbles. Farcicle.) Family Fun doesn't indicate how tricky it might be to cover little acorns evenly with acrylic paint. If I were to do it again, I might use spray paint instead. They turned out well, we love them and all the people we shared them with loved them!
I love my new kitchen tablecloth.
(fabric from Hobby Lobby)
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Homemade Halloween
Filth Wizardry has a wealth of ideas for your recyclables including Milk Jug Storm Trooper Helmets. Near the end of the post you will also find links for milk jug batman masks, homemade light sabers and milk jug "treat pots" for trick-or-treating. Plan to stay a while, this blog is full of great stuff!
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Halloween Ideas
Savers/Value Village had some great Halloween decorating and party ideas last year. Fortunately, I bookmarked that section of their site because they have updated it and I had to pull up my bookmarks to find these again. As with the back-to-school ideas I posted last month, there are lots of examples of how to turn thrift store items into seasonal ones. "Dolls of the Living Dead" and "Sinister Ceramics" are just a few examples. The instructions can be downloaded in PDF format. You may want to download them before this page disappears!
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Vintage Suitcase Friday!
Last week I posted about fusing plastic to make a stronger plastic you can sew. This week I am interested in learning to crochet Another way to reuse plastic bags is to cut them up into strips and make "plarn" (plastic yarn). You can then make all sorts things by crocheting the plarn, including reusable shopping bags. You can find more ideas by googling "crochet plarn". Here's a little intro:
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Vintage Suitcase Friday!
What can you do with plastic bags? One idea is to fuse them into a stronger plastic. Cut off the handles and the seam at the bottom of a bag, flatten it out, fold it up to 8-ply, sandwich it between pieces of paper (they use wax paper in this video, I used parchment paper) and iron it with a medium-heat iron for about 20-30 seconds, moving the iron continuously. The new thicker plastic can then be sewn up as you like to make something new. In this video, they show you how to make a laptop case. To skip the goofy parts and get to the project, start at minute 1:00.
I tried this for the first time today and haven't made anything with my fused pieces yet but will post when I do. I would love to see comments if you have tried this or links to your finished projects!
Time to link up!
Time to link up!
Saturday, September 18, 2010
"Back-to-School" Ideas
Here are some back-to-school ideas from Savers/Value Village (not the same as St. Louis Value Village). They are called "back-to-school" but they are really just idea for anyone who has a desk space (or a bed looking for a canopy).
Recovered desk chair, etched glass pencil cups
and record picture frames
Friday, September 17, 2010
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