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02-09-2012
5 Recycled Crafts for Valentines Day!

Do you like to decorate your home for Valentine’s Day? Well, we have 5 incredible recycled craft projects that will add a lot of sparkle and pizazz to your everyday decor! 1. Birds on a Wire Art by Sweet Verbena Sweet Verbena took a thrift store frame, an old dictionary, and a bit of paint ......




02-08-2012
Craft Recycled: Upcycled Lamp from a Wire Waste Basket

For folks who are into cross-stitch or weaving, the texture of a wire waste basket begs to be fancied up with stitched or woven fiber, and Poppytalk did an awesome job transforming a wire waste basket into a lamp! They used strips of fabric, but you could also use yarn or grouped strands of embroidery thread - this is a great project for busting that fiber stash....


02-02-2012
Recycled Soda Can Crafts

Do you drink soda? Perhaps you're a bit of a soda addict? Hopefully you already recycle your soda cans, but if you want, save a few to complete these 5 awesome projects!...


02-02-2012
5 Recycled Soda Can Crafts
Do you drink soda? Perhaps you're a bit of a soda addict? Hopefully you already recycle your soda cans, but if you want, save a few to complete these 5 awesome projects!...


01-04-2012
Craft Recycled: Heart-Shaped Seed Bombs
It's a little cold for seed bombs in most of the northern hemisphere right now, but I'm definitely saving this idea for spring!...


12-28-2011
Craft Recycled: 10 Necktie Craft Projects
Vintage neckties are versatile for crafting - there are so many ways you can reuse them! You can work with the tie's natural shape, totally take it apart and reconstruct it into something new, or use a bunch of neckties for bigger projects....


12-12-2011
Craft Recycled: 5 Ways to Repurpose an Old Sweater
It is officially sweater season, but what do you do when your sweater stash runneth over?...


12-09-2011
Five Christmas Tree Projects From Recycled Materials
As you could tell from my How To: Make a Mini Christmas Tree post, I love making little Christmas trees to decorate around the house. The bad thing about other DIY mini Christmas tree projects is that they aren't necessarily eco-friendly! However, I found five incredible eco-friendly projects that would be perfect around the house, on the Christmas dinner table, or even to give as a gift at a holiday party! Take a peek at these awesome tutorials and be inspired!...


12-09-2011
Craft Recycled: 5 Eco-Friendly Place Cards for Your Holiday Table
The trouble with store-bought or even more conventional DIY place card ideas is that they usually involve brand new paper, and you know how we feel about that! This year, instead of hitting the big box store for place card-making supplies, head outdoors or to your recycle bin instead! Here are some eco-friendly place card ideas to get you started!...


12-08-2011
How To: Make A Recycled Gift Tag & Ornament
After last week's post, How To: Laundry Cup Wall Art, I started thinking about other uses for rolled magazine pages. Then, I was inspired by Julie's Five Sustainable Wrapping Solutions post to create some recyclable gift solutions of my own! Put the two together, and I made my own gift tags that can double as ornaments!...






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