Trash to Treasure projects
Last year at Infarrantly Creative I did a week-long series featuring different ideas for upcycling cereal boxes. We are one cereal-loving family so there is never a shortage of those colorful cardboard boxes around here. It is a simple process to turn them into cute little notepads. Basically, it just comes down to some cutting {…Read More…}
Joyce from The Funky Clothespin was inspired by her grandmother’s handmade scatter rugs to make a denim version. She shares at All Free Crafts how you can repurpose thinner denims from shirts and skirts into a rug of your own. The process involves cutting strips of fabric from the denim and then sewing them onto {…Read More…}
When Chris from Just a Girl needed some super simple and free artwork for above the bed in her master bedroom she looked no further than the ever popular toilet paper roll. She created a simple, soft pattern with the rolls, hot gluing them onto her canvas and applying spray paint to the whole shebang. {…Read More…}
Laces, ribbons, and strings… oh my! It’s amazing how all those little spools can cause some serious disorder and frustration if not properly stored. This idea from Elena is an awesome way to restore order amongst your craft supplies AND upcycle a plastic bottle. With cardboard inserts, a dowel, and rubber bands, the plastic bottle {…Read More…}
From spilled drinks to unseemly injuries to children on the brink of starvation, it’s amazing how many things can go wrong when you’re on the road. After an in-car nosebleed, Aunna from Rips in My Jeans knew a portable emergency kit was a must! Aunna covered a diaper wipes container with fabric and then filled {…Read More…}
Bonnie from Revolutionaries had been saving up her toilet paper and paper towel rolls to try her hand at making some TP art. You wouldn’t think anything beautiful could come out of the plain brown rolls! Bonnie was inspired to combine a couple of other elements into her art, creating a natural scene of fall {…Read More…}
If you haven’t quite warmed up to power tools yet, you will love this plan for DIY wooden crates from Kristin at Craftiments. Being a resourceful gal, Kristin found a couple of sturdy baby wipe boxes were the perfect starting points for her crates. She hot glued wooden shims around her boxes and then spruced {…Read More…}
Can you tell I’ve been into t-shirt upcycling projects lately? Here’s another idea from Rebecca at Better Life Bags for turning those old tees and button downs into baby bibs. Rebecca says, “When my son was born, I had the biggest distaste for baby bibs. I hated how “babyish” they looked, yet I knew how {…Read More…}
