Pretty DIY Baskets

diy Design Fanatic box before

Pam blogs at diy Design Fanatic, where she claims that necessity is the mother of invention.  ”I looked for at least 2 months for a basket for our daughter’s room. I looked at Marshall’s, HomeGoods, Ikea, TJ Maxx, Target, but didn’t have any luck. None of the baskets were the right size.”  One day, walking out of Trader Joe’s, she spotted an empty box that was the perfect size, and was desperate enough to bring it home!

diy Design Fanatic box before

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Caricature Wall Art

recycled caricatures

After years of creating personalized caricature art for friends, Sheri from Awesome Sauce & Asshattery decided it was time to add a bit of fun to her own living room wall. All she needed were recyclables and a bit of imagination! Each face begins as a cardboard box and then starts of the process of {…Read More…}

Cereal Box Art Display Board

cardboard boxes

If your kids go to any type of school or daycare, they inevitably bring home all sorts of custom creations. At Infarrantly Creative, you can see how I made a special place to display this precious artwork using squares and rectangles cut out of cardboard food boxes. Using a board from my stash, I adhered {…Read More…}

Cereal Box Notepads

cereal boxes

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…}