I have a most ordinary and totally boring beige-gray computer screen – perhaps I should do something about?! ;-))
I don’t like the ‘stone look’ though, I’d prefer something baroque-y ;-))
Links:
Fantasy Computer Frame
Category: Recycling
Fake Rock Keychain
Must be quite heavy, such a rock key chain, mustn’t it?
It mustn’t! ;-))
It is fake stone and made from foam and spraypainted ;-)
I don’t quite understand how it works and why it isn’t dented, but at the moment I can’t make it because I still need my mattress at night ;-))
And by the way it should be possible to make them from paper maché, shouldn’t it?
And wearing it around your neck should look, great, too ;-)
Links:
Fake Rock Keychain
Washer Pendant
Recently we wrapped recycled gift tags, now washers.
And why not, most of us have enough stash yarn at any rate it looks cute ;-)
Links:
How to Make a Washer & Yarn Pendant
Here at unikatissima:
Recycled Gift Tags
Salt & Pepper
Well, isn’t it a great idea making salt and pepper shakers from film containers?
It would be quite the right thing if you want to have salt and pepper at a picnic, isn’t it?
Although it gets now much to cold here for such events ;-))
Links:
Salt & pepper
Recycled Gift Tags
The gift tags on the photo aren’t ready yet: I simply can’t decide with which yarn I should wrap them.
But I find the idea really great: flatten the cardboard tube, cut it in strips and wrap the pieces with yarn.
I think that it could look beautiful, too, when wrapped in a piece of beautiful polymer clay and worn as necklace, earring or pin.
Hm.
When reading the instructions for the gift tags I had to think somehow at the surprise ball gifts ;-)
But she had other ideas, too, about what to make with these paper shapes, namely a cute tealight and an interesting lamp decoration.
I presented before entries about recycled cardboard tubes here in this blog, namely the beaded amulet bag, the plaster photo holder and the knitting loom from a plastic bottle.
But there the cardboard tube was ‘only’ a tool.
Links:
recycling project no. 19 – yarn gift tag
recycle project no. 12 – tealight decoration
recycle project no. 16 – hurricane cover
Here at unikatissima:
Surprise Ball Gifts
Beaded Amulet Bag
Plaster Photo Holder
Knitting Loom from Plastic Bottle
DIY Storage
What about a really individual storage solution?
Simple, expressive and easily to be adapted to your needs.
Or something like this ;-)
Anyway it’s different than buying, isn’t it? ;-))
I can imagine how this ‘shelf’ would look hanging directly beside the juice rack ;-))
Links:
DIY : storage
Here at unikatissima:
Juice Rack
Beaded Shoes
I’d never have had the idea myself: beading shoes!
Up until now I mostly ‘jumped’ at buttons and pins and the bead embroidered Paisleys are still on my list, but shoes…
If you don’t like the pattern, check out again the cross stitch patterns treasures ;-)
I’m thrilled, it’s possible that I really will make them once ;-)
You can possibly even embroider your self-made shoes.
On the other hand it may be easier to spraypaint the shoes.
And if you are a sneaker type you may prefer to customize your sneakers ;-)
Besides fall has begun, possibly you better add crochet embellishments to your shoes?! ;-)
Links:
Kasut Manek (Beaded Shoes)
Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 1 – Preparing the frame and canvas
Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 2 – Border Beading
Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 3 – Interior Beading
Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 4 – How to take measurement on your foot
Here at unikatissima:
Freeform Bead Embroidery
Bead embroidered Paisleys
Bead Picots
Cross Stitch Patterns Treasures
Sneaker Customizing
Self-made Shoes
Spraypainting Accessories
Shoe-torial
Button Jewelry
I find this ring so beautiful: just a little wire and two buttons.
Great!
It matches well the button necklace or the button collage necklace and to tell the truth I also like the other rings…
Again I don’t know where to begin ;-)
Links:
Button Jewelry (Jumping on the Button Bandwagon!)
Here at unikatissima:
Button Necklace
Button Collage Necklaces
Plastic Bottle Candle Holder
I really like the idea for those plastic bottle candle holders – only the colours are not my cup of tea.
I imagine them vividly coloured – that would be great for a beautiful summer evening where you make a barbecue on the patio.
Now I only have to get a patio and a barbecue ;-)
Links:
Plastic Bottle Candle Holder (Recycled Pop Bottle Candle Holders)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries containing the word ‘plastic bottle’
Whitewash Paper
‘Whitewash paper’ sounds strange, but that’s exactly what she does in her tutorial with the decorative paper: she tints stripes of the decorative paper so that the original pattern shows through.
I find it very elegant.
I think that should be possible with gesso, too (as are so many other things: Wow!) – but I still have to try it out.
If you have experience with this I’d be pleased if you post it in a comment (by the way I’d always be pleased if you comment ;-))
Links:
Alter Your Paper with Krylon’s Whitewash Paper Finish