I am not the greatest at keeping up with the trends, but I will say I have noticed a great deal of blog posts and websites dedicating tutorials and space to ruffles. I have no problem with this because I love ruffles. I have a ruffled dress and a ruffled skirt on my things...
I am in love with the sun. I love the way it feels when it hits my face. I love when it sneaks through my bedroom window in the morning to say hello. I love when it sets down at night and gives off hints of red, purple and pink just so I have...
I have always been a fan of Before and After photos. They are so inspiring and give me a ton of ideas for when I have some space in my house to work with. My list of upcycling projects is growing quickly. Here are some awesome Tranformation upcycling posts I found this week. The...
Make your own Ice Cream Pops! Oh my gosh, these look so VERY delicious. The hardest part will be waiting for the ice cream to firm up around the stick. MMMM….and then there’s Maple Ice Cream! with candied walnuts. How about reusing some potato chip bags to make a book cover? If Audrey Hepburn...
As far as I am concerned, summer = skirts. I love wearing skirts. Especially soft, cuddly and poofy skirts. Since I am teaching myself to sew upcycled clothing, I wanted to check out my predecessors on the Internet. Skirts seem to be one of the most popular type of clothing to upcycle, so I...
I am a clothes makin’ newbie and hope to have a wonderful new product line to show off by the end of the year. Until that happens, I am in search of inspiration from my fellow upcyclers out there. This week I concentrated on googling “upcycled T shirts” and “shirts made from recycled material”...
Wow! There are so many materials that one can use to make an upcycled headband! From t-shirts to measuring tape to bike tubes! I love the creativity that I have found this week while hunting down my favorite examples of headbands made from recycled materials. Way to go upcycling artists! Keep those creative juices...
This week I discovered that a brooch might be something I want to add to my wardrobe, I need to learn how to knit (or make a wind powered machine that’ll do it for me, and oil spills are something we need to work harder to prevent. TUTORIALS CraftZine.com has a great tutorial on...
I have been having a wonderful Earth Day Week watching wonderful promotions about taking care of the planet and awesome effort by people to make every small step they can to live more eco friendly. My Finds: My dear friend Amy over at dogwood & poppy has made an amazingly detailed tutorial on How...
I am always on the hunt for new websites, blogs, communities, projects, etc. that have to do with the upcycling phenomenom. This week our lovely Internet taught me how to reuse a stamp, help Haiti, and garden like a guerrilla! Tutorials/Creative Reuse Ideas Great little quick and easy tutorial from CraftGossip.com on turning a...
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