…compilation of tutorials
I presented already some entries to the subject plastic bags, but none made beads from.
The basic material is a ‘fabric’ from plastic, they’re making beads from just as paper beads.
I like this combination ;-)
Links:
Plastic Bag Beads (How-To: Turn Bags into Beads)
Here at unikatissima:
Fabric from Plastic Bags
Entries containing the words ‘plastic’ and ‘bead’
Don’t these wineglass tea light holders look nice?
Once I’ve seen an instruction for them (that’s only available now via web archive), which was meant for Christmas with little Christmas ornaments put in the glasses.
I can’t throw away anything and so I thought that it’d look nice to fill the glasses…
… with hand-dyed paper scraps or…
… with yarn and thread scraps that I kept for reasons I can’t understand anymore ;-)
I can imagine as well to put flowers into the glasses, or carved vegetables or the apple swan or the little hors d’oeuvres penguin ;-)
Note: Be careful to fix the tea lights or even candles so that they can’t slip or topple over!
Links:
Wineglass Candles in web archive
Here at unikatissima:
Chillie Anthurium
Apple Swan
Penguin Hors d’oeuvres
Do you need a gift wrap in a short time, which should be individual nevertheless?
The instruction shows how to do it.
I like the wrappings very much ;-)
Links:
How-Tuesday: Kraft Paper Rubbings From The Art of Gift Wrapping
This sun mirror is extraordinary, as I find!
I have to chose an appropriate book on the spot ;-)
Although the pages from the travel brochure from the paper shopping bag should look great, too!?
On the next occasion I’ll have to try it ;-)
Links:
Paper Sun Mirror (Make A Recycled Book Page Sunburst Mirror!)
Here at unikatissima:
Paper Shopping Bag
Somebody had the great idea to use coffee cups as fancy packaging for little somethings.
Nice, isn’t it?
If you have more coffee cups than people to present with something simply try the coffee cup sphere lamp ;-)
Links:
Coffee Cup Packaging
Here at unikatissima: Coffee Cup Sphere Lamp
Did you always wanted to make a handbag from a soft toy?
I found a tutorial for this now :)
And if you feel this is too silly try to make a giant inflatable plastic animal from your soft toy ;-))
Links:
How to Make a Soft Toy into a Handbag
via: Soft Toy Handbag
Here at unikatissima:
Giant Plastic Inflatable Dino
In fact it is more a self-made holder to load small devices, but I find the idea great however.
My shampoo bottle is anyway nearly empty…
;-))
Note: It seems that this construction is not secure because it says in the entry that the original entry was removed due to security concerns.
I really like the colourful safety pins bracelet!
I find it more interesting with the safety pins than the paper bead bracelet where the paper beads are hold together from elastic alone.
Making paper beads really is simple, especially if you use a (self-made) paper beads roller.
You can even give the paper beads a slightly different form if you like to or make the beads from fabric.
However, it’ll be an interesting and beautiful item ;-)
A propos: If the style of the bracelet seems familiar look here ;-)
Links:
Colourful Safety Pins Bracelet (Guest Post with Alisa Burke)
Here at unikatissima:
Paper Bead Bracelet
Making Paper Beads
Paper Beads Roller
Paper Jewelry
Making Fabric Beads
Fabric/Paper Place Mat
I have here already a lot of tutorials and inspirations for items from plastic bottles and from recycled paper, but I think that this is the first combining both ;-)
Anyway, I found an inspiration where they make baskets from recycled paper and plastic stripes.
They are made similarly to the basket coiling but with different materials.
I find some of these baskets most beautiful!
If that’s not your cup of tea check here whether you find other baskets that you like ;-)
Links:
Paper and Plastic Bottle Baskets (Spanish and English)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries containing the word ‘plastic bottle’
Entries with the tags ‘paper’ and ‘recycling’
Coil a Basket
Entries containing the word ‘basket’
Do you still have some cardboard tubes?
What about some simple yet really beautiful napkin holders?
The flower that looks like a rose (Satin Flower) is made in the same technique than the textile roses here, by the way.
Apart from that you can of course use different yarns instead of cord, perhaps even funky yarns?!
Possibly it was fun to use coloured yarns and little plastic toys or Lego pieces as decoration.
And it would look beautiful to make the napkin holders more in the way of the string decorated ornaments, you need less cord then ;-)
But you must paint more ;-))
And then you can always come back to my knitted/crocheted napkin rings ;-), they can be made on a cardboard tube, too, of course.
Links:
Simple and Very cool Napkin Holders
via: yine tuvalet kağıdı rulosu
Here at unikatissima:
Textile Roses
String Decorated Ornaments
Knitted/Crocheted Bangles (and Napkin Rings)
Entries containing the word ‘cardboard tube’