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Blog posts : "reuse"

Christmas in July - Recycled Ornament

With the temperature outside reaching close to 100 degrees, it is really hard to be creative with a Christmas theme. But, for Christmas in July, a…

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DIY : Beads!

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Craftster has a visual tutorial on how to make plastic beads. This recycle/reuse/repurpose craft is so simple you are going to want to try it just t…

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DIY :: Weave a Recycled Basket

Weave a basket from recycled plastic bottles. A great reuse project that transform a container of one kind into a container of another! Utsumi share…

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Recycled Soda Bottle Vase

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Wikihow has a fantastic tutorial for making a vase out of a plastic soda bottle. The results as you can see are rather beautiful. What a great inexp…

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Dollar Store Skirt

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Fave Crafts Blog has a  great dollar store craft. A petal skirt made from a t-shirt and flower petals - how cute! [skirt]

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Recycle a Garden

Want a garden and no land to plant on? Here is a great recycling project from Architecture Art and Design that you can easily do to create your own …

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DIY :: Little Stuffed Bunny

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This cute little bunny is made from socks. I knew about this tutorial years ago and have been looking for it ever since. Glad I finally found it! I …

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Yarn from Newspaper

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You have probably heard of plarn but greenUPGRADER has a tutorial for making yarn from newspapers. I couldn't believe it! And yes, you can make it f…

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Gardening Newspaper Pots :: DIY

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Planning your garden? How about making newspaper pots for your seed starts. You will be recycling your newspaper and it will biodegrade in the groun…

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Plastic Bag Bows

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I love the popularity of recycling plastic bags that is popular today. Sometimes I find a post that makes me say "wow". This is one of those posts. …

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Recycled Jewelry Stand DIY

Dollar Store Crafts have a fantastic recycling project that makes a jewelry storage unit out of the bottoms of soda bottles. This is really ingeniou…

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Plastic Bag Coasters

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I have seen many a craft that starts with a plastic bag. I love these coasters because they look nothing like their origin. Country Woman Magazine sha…

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DIY Plastic Strands

A great tutorial with lots of visuals on how to make plastic strands or as they call them wire. Full instructions are on WikiHow [link]

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Recycle a Pillowcase Tote

Growmama shares a tutorial for making a tote or market bag out of a pillowcase. [link]

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DIY Drink Holder

Positively Splendid had a guest craft blogger, The Homes I Have Made. She shared a step by step tutorial with descriptive photos on making an outdoo…

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Travel Checkers DIY

Stacy Vaughn has a creative bent towards recycling DVD cases. Here is a new creation using a DVD case and turning it into a portable checkers game. [l…

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Repurposed Materials

This idea has so many applications. What a great way to repurpose materials. Blah to Tada uses old make-up to colorize glue for an impressive raised e…

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DIY Dessert Stand

The creative mind is amazing isn't it? So many great ideas can be found online that I could never imagine in my life time - thank goodness for techn…

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DIY Grocery Bag Easter Basket

ellinée posted a great photo of a DIY grocery bag basket. [link]

and if you want an idea of how to accomplish this little wonder out of scrapbooki…

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Gift Card Bracelet

Recycle your used gift cards into jewelry! Yeap, Oh So Crafty took a used Starbucks card and made a bracelet for a friend. What a great idea for a gif…

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