Tag: Recycling

Button Collage Necklaces

craftster Button Collage Necklaces

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Even if the ‘pendants’ don’t really match my liking, I find the idea and the workmanship really great!
In fact she only wrotes as ‘instruction’: “I don’t really have a process on
how I make them it’s a trial and error thing.”
That means that it is my part to realize something to my liking – as necklace, as earring, as pin and so on ;-))
And I have already some tutorials for buttons ;-)


Links:
Button Collage Necklaces (New Collage necklaces)

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Entries with the tag ‘button’
Entries with the tag ‘necklace’
Entries with the tag ‘earring’
Entries with the tag ‘pin’

Rack from Clothes Hangers

Haus+Garten Rack from Clothes Hangers.jpg

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I simply don’t know why I’m so about racks at the moment, especially because I don’t need any.
They seem to be extra ‘susceptible’ to creative treatment ;-))

I, for one find the rack from clothes hangers fun :)

 

Links:
Rack from Clothes Hangers (Garderobe: Raffinierte Deko-Idee) (German)

Here at unikatissima: Juice Rack

Inspired by Trash

art-e-zine Inspired by Trash

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This is a page from a creative diary (‘journal’), but I would love it as a collage, too!

Today I have not to do with a tutorial but an inspiration, especially with regard to ready-bought material versus material ‘saved’ from the trash.
When I’m visiting craft stores – especially the paper and scrap book sections – I’m often disgusted by the commerce that rules the originally creative use of trash.
The author shows in her article what wonderful and unique things can be made with material found a little bit everywhere by keeping your mind open.
I persevere in my attempt to emulate her ;-)


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Inspired by Trash (Trash inside your journal )

Here at unikatissima: Keep Your Mind Open

Fabric Bowl

imagine fabric Fabric Bowl

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Doesn’t this fabric bowl look beautiful?
And it seems to be quite easy to make (although I often underestimate such things ;-)).
Unfortunately I won’t be able to make it just as the other clothesline fabric bowl because my sewing machine still can’t make the zig zag stitch.


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How To Make a FABRIC BOWL

Here at unikatissima: Clothesline Sewing – A Fabric Bowl

T-Shirt Necklace

cucumbersome T-Shirt Necklace

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I presented already some tutorials with t-shirts, this time it is about making a necklace from the t-shirt (the link isn’t available no more, but she presents a tutorial for a recycled t-shirt bracelet which is done similarly).
When I heard it first I thought: ‘That’s silly’ but the photos convinced me that it’s not ;-)

And if you don’t have a t-shirt at hand take some old stockings ;-)


Links:
DIY Recycled Fabric Necklace
The link isn’t available no more, but she presents a tutorial for a recycled t-shirt bracelet which is done similarly

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Entries containing the word ‘t-shirt’
Necklace out of Laddered Stockings and Tights

Postcard Boxes

Craftster Postcard Boxes

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Once I’ve seen pictures of beautiful postcard boxes (that I don’t find back, unfortunately ;-() and I always wanted to make some.
Up until now I haven’t found the time but now that I even have templates for them, it should work somehow ;-))

 


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Postcard Boxes (Back The Day It Was Frugal – Today It’s Going Green)

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Entries with the tag ‘box’

Juice Rack

Recyclart Juice Rack

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I’m always fascinated of all those ideas that people have – just as of this juice rack: simply nail some beverage cartons to a plank and you get a coat rack.
Sheer lunacy ;-))

If you have a coat rack already or you find this one interesting but don’t want to have it at your home ;-), you can make a lot of other stuff from your beverage cartons: beverage carton crochet, a Marudai, a weaving loom, a coin purse or a vase.
I’m sure that in the course of time more will come ;-))
And if you’d like to have a coat rack but not especially from beverage cartons take a look at the Bookhooks (from my entry Recycle books).


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Juice Rack
Bookhooks (from my entry Recycle books)

Here at unikatissima:
Beverage Carton Crochet
Links to self-made marudai in my Kumihimo entry
Cardboard Box Loom
Tetrapak Coin Purse
Woven Newspaper Vase
Recycle books

Card Holder

Recyclart Card Holder

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Wow, an idea again that I really appreciate: take a phone book, roll it up and fix it with a ring of a nature what-so-ever and done is the card holder!

The silver coloured ring looks quite good, but I imagine that it would look as good when you wrap your card holder with wire, plastic, beautiful yarns or fabrics or when you slip a poymer clay ring over, the only thing to make sure is that you fix everything well.
And in place of the Yellow Pages you can use as well coloured ads or paper – neatly stacked – or books where you removed the cover.


Links:
Card Holder (Reusing Yellow pages) – they’re linking to another website but I didn’t find the Card Holder on the other web page

Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘ring’
Entries with the tag ‘wire’
Entries with the tag ‘plastic’
Entries with the tag ‘books’