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Paper beads made from recycled magazine pages. Great for jewelry- coated with sealant to protect them from light showers.
repurposed a knit tank top, floral pillow case, and the yellow belt was a t-shirt
blogged about here
Wool absolutely quit selling.... so I have been hetitant to list anything new (stockpile till I get brave enough to visit some shops) But I listed this today at www.pineblossoms.com
when I found this candleholder the first thing I thought of was how the little cups would be perfect for holding ornaments... and voila, it worked!
This is a wrap skirt (a la Sew What Skirts beach wrap). It's made from, of all things, a thrifted shower curtain. It's my third wrap ever, and the first one this year - I'm really pleased with it. It came together very quickly, in part because I was able to take advantage of some of the existing hems of the shower curtain. Blogged here.
4. This is a metal box that the headlights for one of our vehicles came in. It had a sticker on the front that wouldn't come off and a gluey sponge thing inside the lid. I covered some poster board with scrapbook paper for the inside of the lid.
This little Mattel bird was supposed to be Isabel's pet, but just got a cage for it now. Might end up on the Island.
www.1001gardens.org/2015/09/5-repurposed-potting-benches-...
If you garden at all, you need a potting bench! Why? Yes, you could transplant those seedlings on the back patio, and you could re-pot all your houseplants on a newspaper covered dining table. But once you’ve discovered the convenience of having a dedicated potting table for all your garden chores, you will never go back!
Repurposed door into potting bench: source and making of
1926 kitchen sink attached to the garden wall: source
Repurposed window and reclaimed wood: source unknown
Repurposed arched window in potting space: source
Old china cabinet into a peppy potting bench with paint, tile, and a few clever DIY ideas: source
getting into the whole repurposing thing lately.
i found out some of my newsletter postcards were getting munched in the post so i decided to make envelopes for them.
these ones use an old atlas (some of the countries don't even exist now!!!) and they've been sprayed with gold metallic paint and stencilled.
www.recyclart.org/2014/12/diy-pinecones-gnomes/
We already featured several creations made out of pinecones; but these pinecones gnomes from the blog "We Bloom Here" are just perfect for the christmas season !
If you would like to see some pine-cone gnomes in your garden, you'll want to find some smallish pinecones and 1-inch wooden beads with 3/8th inch holes like these. Then you can use felt for the hats, feet and gloves !
Let's do it !
I made this belt and a tutorial on how to make this belt and blogged about it here: anniescupboard.blogspot.com/2009/06/vintage-sheet-fabric-...
Whenever a people or an institution forget its hard beginnings, it is beginning to decay.
~Carl Sandburg
In addition to the visual aesthetic that obviously attracts me to abandonements, one of the things I enjoy about this hobby is having the opportunity to learn a little bit of history about the places I visit and be able to see visual evidence of a site's previous use.
This particular complex was built in the 1800s as a fort, it was then used as a barracks, prison, and even a military hospital. While exploring here, if you're observant, you'll definitely see traces of each of these uses.
Made from Goodwill shirts and denim; blogged here: entropyalwayswinsblog.com/2015/05/06/all-things-being-equal/