…compilation of tutorials
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’
Do the cords lie around everywhere? Simply cram them into a toilet paper cardboard roll on the wall ;-)))
I find this idea simply amazing!
And as creative as we are we surely can embellish the tube ;-))
By the way, I have more things that can be done with cardboard tubes ;-))
Links:
Cord roll
Here at unikatissima:
Entries containing the word ‘cardboard tube’
Can you imagine that this lamp is made from recycled coffee cups?
Funky, isn’t it?
And if you don’t have as many coffee cups (yet?) and are in dire need of a lamp simply check out what you can find about lamps here ;-)
Links:
Coffee Cup Sphere Lamp
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘lampshade’
I’m completely amazed by these ‘trophies’! ;-)
I’m sure that you can make the shape yourself, e.g. from recycled cardboard and tape or even plaster.
If you don’t like this so much, you still can make sweater boots, a scarf from your old sweater or you can unravel it for the yarn ;-)
Links:
Sweater Trophies (Deer trophies)
Here at unikatissima:
Upcycled Sweater Boots
Sweater Scarf
Recycled Yarns
I wrote a couple of entries already that should help to prettify a garden (although I don’t have any ;-)) (see links below).
And I have several entries for making stuff from plastic bags, mostly bags.
So I like the idea of taking yarn from plastic bags and making plastic bag garden decorations quasi twice as much ;-))
Links:
Crocheted Plastic Wind Chime (Die ersten Windspiele) (German)
The automatic translation isn’t very convincing but I think that it doesn’t matter: simply crochet items from plastic yarn, connect them and hang them in the garden as wind chimes.
Here at unikatissima:
Garden Decorations
Tomato Tube Leaves
Jewelry for the Garden
Faux Rocks
Can Plant Markers
Entries containing the word ‘plastic bag’
Entries with the tag ‘bag/purse/tote’