Posted in Journal, tagged cutting down a tshirt, cutting tshirts, easy crafts, recycled tshirt, recycling crafts, recycling ideas, recycling tshirt on March 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is me in my birthday suit… ha! did you really think this was that kind of blog?… yeah, it just isn’t. My birthday suit featured a new hat, courtesy of a recycled pink t-shirt. I cut the shirt down to 2″ wide ribbons and then ran a stitch up the tiers [...]
Posted in Ideas, Journal, tagged easy crafts, recycling craft, thrift store shopping, upcycling, upcycling crafts on March 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ok, if you haven’t visited yet, please go check out Etsy this morning. Etsy is a marketplace for handmade crafts, so it’s much better than the other E-named marketplace. Many cool people, many cool things. Besides the listing fees are a bargain compared to that other E-named site. I am so [...]
Posted in Ideas, tagged paper crafts, paper patterns, recycling crafts, recycling ideas, recycling paper on March 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hey Jessica! Well it’s a slap-dash video, but I hope it’ll help. Here is a companion video to my pattern for making paper stars out of recycled junk mail or magazines.
Posted in Ideas, Journal, tagged easy recycling, recycled clothing, recycled crafts, recycled purse, recycling ideas, recycling jean, recycling shirts on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
When I’m working on something new I sit at my sewing machine snickering to myself, which causes my little family no small amount of concern. I snicker because many of the little projects I try out are a pretty funny joke to me. When I first started this blog I began with a couple of [...]
Posted in Journal, tagged presents, scrap fabric on March 22, 2008 | No Comments »
look what I got in the mail today!.. a new favorite. Thanks so much Cathy, I love it, thanks for the scraps as well. Please check out her blog here: knittingcaboodle
Posted in Journal, tagged recycling baby clothes, recycling crafts, recycling ideas, recycling shirts, save baby clothes, upcycling baby clothes on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I love the beautiful blue flower on the pin point dots!!! Still working my way through my recycling bag of baby clothes, I can’t seem to get enough.
Tips for your own Baby Recycling Project
Clean the clothing one more time, and be sure to prewash all fabric - this will make sure that the first time [...]
Posted in Journal, tagged doll making, hand painted doll, handmade doll, recycled doll, recycled materials, recycling crafts, upcycled crafts on March 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Here is Provincial Georgie, I had a lot of fun with the hair.
I’m still giggling over the wonderful chicken print fabric as well - I liked it so much on her legs that I used it in the dress as well.
I even came across a ladies lace collar to use as a shawl, I have [...]
Posted in Journal, tagged green baby, recycling crafts, recycling for baby, recycling ideas, recycling shirts, recycling t-shirts, saving baby clothing on March 14, 2008 | No Comments »
My second daughter is growing up too fast for my taste and she is already starting to move into her older sister’s 12 month clothing. As she moved out of the little baby clothes we sent her most of the ’still good’ clothing to friends or donated it. She had way too much [...]
Posted in Journal, tagged asking for donations, donations of fabric, persistance, recycling on March 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I learned a valuable lesson today - it doesn’t hurt to ask. I’ve been looking for a new source of upholstery fabric as my old stash is running low - it’s good though it means I’ve had some sales lately. A few weeks ago I made some calls around town begging for a few more [...]
Posted in Journal, tagged recycled jewelery, recycling crafts, recycling upholstery, upholstery crafts on March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My sweet little daughter has a lot of favorites. This jacket is her favorite, this other jacket is her favorite and yesterday it was another jacket. My immediate thought was to explain that to have a favorite is to prefer one thing over many others. However, as she is still new to the whole speaking [...]
