mincekitten:

i found this old bin/trash can thing in my basement and i think i want to use it to recycle junk mail/papers. well it's green and plain, so i thought about painting a tree design on the side.

it's made of this bendy plastic. is there any specific paint i should use to paint it? i'm sort of a noob at painting so i don't want to mess anything up, but i do love sketching and charcoal (:

thanks in advance!

perthro:
I love going to thrift stores and garage sales. There's on thrift store in particular that I can't WAIT to go to Thursday, since they always have donations of craft supplies and clothes that are deeply discounted due to noticing broken zippers, small stains, etc. not to mention beads and jewellery of all kinds. This week, I'm stashbusting to make room for some of it. Recycled fabric scraps leftover from other projects or cut from old clothes are being turned into scrunchies or waiting to be sewn to the crazy quilt in progress (it's made from entirely recycled or reused scraps, so it's been in progress for years). I also managed to find a box of yarn scraps! Woot! Bookmarks and yarn flowers too.



Old polyester scraps, end pieces of elastic.



The ponytail holders are new, but the yarn is from other knitted objects and from secondhand balls. Buttons can be purchased by the bag at thrift stores or cut from damaged clothing.

One day, I hope to have quilt photos...

pookledo:

A couple of pendants I've made in the last week.



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pookledo:


Made this soft sculpture embroidered piece last night with the aim of it being a pendant hanging horizontally.

Now I'm lost inspiration on how to attach a cord/chain/ribbon to the corners, or indeed what to use. Any ideas?

yarakosenko:

Аксессуар из Древнего Рима и 20-х гг прошлого века обрел второе дыхание среди модниц. Мила Йовович, сестры Олсен, сестры Симпсон, Миша Бартон, Ферджи носят повязки и  днем, и вечером, потому как это украшение одновременно может быть в стиле нео-хиппи, так и в стиле золотого века Голливуда. Повязку носят и с casual одеждой, и с шикарными вечерними туалетами.
 
Все они из текстиля, но могут быть украшены стеклярусом, стразами, бисером, цветами и, конечно же, перьями. 

Свежо и хорошо. Под катом - больше повязок на знаменитостях,
 а так же галерея моих повязок.

  


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yarakosenko:

White, blue, red neckless. 
 icq 373семь34595

Red.  Czech beads, metall, plastic



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yarakosenko:

Небесно-прекрасные, мятно-свежие, лавандово-нежные колье!

комменты читаю,
больше- yaroslavakosenko.com
ася 373734пять9пять

Лаванда и мята. Проволока, чешские бусины. 120 грн


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auxoriousrex:
So, today I unpacked my comforter set to put in my bedroom (my husband is coming home soon, so I guess I cant get away with sleeping on the couch with a throw blanket anymore) and I realized that the two pillow shams had some water stains. So with those, along with the bed skirt I never used, I decided to make some homemade art for above my bed.

Its not amazing, but I tried! Tell me what you think:

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saltlesstears:
What is your best/ most creative/ thrifty decorating/ organizing trick?

Mine: I have an empty square box of tissues that matches my kitchen, it is where I keep plastic shopping bags. While they are useful this ensures that I can't keep to many, and it looks great in the kitchen!

purealto:



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perthro:
Got that scrap question project made! It's not washable, unless by hand since some of it is vinyl, but it's a collage of scrap pieces that's almost finished. Mostly, blues, blacks, and purples. It'll be mounted on foamcore board and stapled down when it's totally done. I'm just wondering how I would wrap it to mail it when I decide to sell...

Speaking of, I've got a ton of destash plastic pony beads on Etsy for $10 plus shipping. My husband and I live in a very small apartment, and I just have way too much stuff... but I've lost my job recently, so I'm trying to sell some of it, if I can. If you want, I'll post the link.

perthro:
What can I do with very small scraps of various fabrics leftover from old projects? I've got cottons, denims, chiffons, satins, silks, etc. Even vinyl and acrylic! I've already thought of crazy quilting, but how would I clean that using some fabrics? Anything else I can do with it all?

pookledo:
I'm planning to make a crazy patchwork quilt and was trying to think of the best way to do it before I start.

I want to make it double bed size but be able to work on it in front of the TV. I though making strips might be less stressful for the hand embroidery than making it in one large piece.

Does anyone have experience of doing this and can advise me?

papasearthangel:

i've never posted anything here, before...

i've seen a lot of people giving directions for making recycled paper beads and i thought i would give it a try.  Not perfect, but i'll keep working on it. i do collage and assemblage art, so i have lots of left over scraps to use.

onceupon:
Have any of you ever etched metal using an acid bath? I'm more afraid of electricity (for Galvanic etching) than I am of acid (I realize that's probably backwards in terms of actual danger but *shrug* it is what it is) but I haven't been able to find any helpful local resources on it. Even the "we develop every photo ourself and build miniatures and conduct srs science experiments" hobby shop was flummoxed when I asked them about it. This means I'll probably have to order some materials.... But I have some recycled materials that would serious benefit from a bit of etching!

soapfaerie:
I made a recycled kitty scratching pad for my friend's new kitten, inspired by a post from another member of 52_crafts . :)



Just over 3" tall, 10" diameter. I wanted to make it bigger but i ran out of boxes, haha. Whoops. 

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Hopefully he likes it! :) 

 cross-posted to

52_crafts

 

moonstone_fae:


Do you have pictures hanging around that are of people who do not know? How about ones of the ex boyfriend? Well, I created a tutorial showing how to turn photo trash into treasure.

Making the Old New Again

soapfaerie:
I work in a Vet's bar in Massachusetts, which is one of the only places that allow public smoking, being a private club and all. I therefore throw out a bunch of empty cigarette packs every night.

I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for these? I feel badly just chucking them.

blueathena:

I have recently picked up crafting and I am a big advocate for recycling and reusing materials. When I started making these felt birds though, I had gone rampant in a craft store and bought a lot of felt and some poly fiberfil... so they're not quite as on mission as they should have been! 

I am interested in knowing how/where to find that ecospun or eco-fi stuffing / fiberfil.  I read about it, the kind of fiber made from recycled plastic bottles.  I would love to get my hands on that and use that as the stuffing for future ornament projects and pillows, etc.  :)

I plan to make some other birds using the sewing machine and a pattern I found online.  I'll post about them when I finally sit down at the sewing machine and become re-acquainted with it.  I'm procrastinating!  But the fabric for those birds will come from scraps I bought at flea markets, clothes I found at goodwill or I outgrew myself (I ought to go through my closet again!).  My mom also gave me tons of trim she never used, so I will be making pillows or just pillow covers at some point, surely.

Anyway, I wanted to share the little birds I made...
( ...See Three Little Birdies! )

I've also got an etsy.com store, so check my profile for the link if you want to see the other 20 of these birds I made.  Each one is completely different and unique.  No repeating as materials dwindle! ;)