Posts tagged: recycle
Eco-Chic Home: Rethink, Reuse and Remake Your Way to Sustainable Style
By DIY Maven
Designer and author Emily Anderson of Eco-Chic Weddings fame turns her attention to interiors with her new book Eco-Chic Home. In its pages, Emily tells us how to embrace sustainability stylishly. It starts with imagining all those cast-offs as something else, something useful and--yes--even pretty.
Room by room, the Emily tackles fun and easy projects that re-use hand-me-downs, thrift store and garage sale finds and everything in between. » READ MORE
How to Turn an Old Skirt into a Rose Pillow
By DIY Maven
Why a skirt? I'm guessing because that will afford you the quantity of fabric you'll need to make this baby. Besides the second-hand skirt--a big full one--Re-Nest says we'll need this stuff to » READ MORE
12 New Uses for Aluminum Foil
By DIY Maven
According to Green Daily, a whopping 1.3 billion pounds of aluminum foil is made every year in the U.S. Although its as recyclable as any old aluminum can, a lot of recycling programs won't accept the stuff due to 'sanitary reasons'. It's no wonder why environmentalists encourage its re-use. Here's 12 new uses for the foil » READ MORE
Turn a Plastic Bottle into an Lovely Vase
By DIY Maven
What do you get when you go all origami on a plastic bottle? You get a lovely--yes, lovely--vase. To make one, you'll need a plastic bottle, a scissors and a Sharpie. You can find the written » READ MORE
How to make a pair of sweater boots.
By DIY Maven
Urban Threads gives us a quick and dirty tutorial on how to make these kickin' sweater boots. A trip to the thrift store--or maybe even your closet--will be your first step in the process. Here's what you'll need to make a pair » READ MORE
Ten Alternative Uses for Your Christmas Tree.
By ChrisjobWhether you wait until the traditional January 6th to take down your natural tree, or have already gotten ahead start, the question remains: "now what do I do with it?"
Well, here's not one, but ten options:
1. Mulch with the needles
2. Create a bird sanctuary
3. Insulate perennials
4. Edge your garden borders
5. Shelter overwintering fish
6. Create a varying height display stage for garden containers
7. Make coasters and trivets
8. Chip it for » READ MORE
What to Do with Your Post-Holiday Waste and Wrapping Paper.
By Chrisjob
Christmas on a Friday means lots of things - four day weekends for many 9-5ers, a few days after New Years before the kids head back to school...and that you have to hang onto your wrapping paper and waste until at least Monday when the sanitation department people get back to work. But, of course, you'd never just lug it to the curb and send if off to landfill land.
But what should you do with it?
How to Turn a Pair of Socks into Fingerless Mittens
By DIY Maven
It's really cold here. Like tongue-sticking-to-flagpoles cold. Such conditions demand puffy coats, hats, snow boots and mittens. All of which erase not only eliminate your perceived gender but also any semblance of grace. And dexterity. Which leads me to this how-to. » READ MORE
DIY: Leather Rug and Tiles Made From Old Belts
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Enough of Christmas aleady! Dudecraft got my creative juices flowing today with this post of a round floor covering made from recycled, old belts. Frankly, I think these are brand new belts made to look vintage. Old belts would be very wavy.
This can be done, however. I've made all sorts of things with belts. One summer I volunteered at our State Fair to help out in a booth that did some amazing leathercrafting. Now this is something I can use! Check out the leather floor tile » READ MORE
Christmas Tree Made of 1,000 Beer Bottles.
By Chrisjob
There are all sorts of thoughts on the environmental impact of choosing real Christmas trees or artificial ones...most of what I've seen chooses real ones, though if you've already a synthetic one, you should continue to use it.
But here's another take all together: "Chinese designers decided to take an entirely different approach to celebrate the holiday, crafting a huge tree from 1,000 Heineken bottles. The massive sculpture is currently provi » READ MORE
Save your gift bows to make gift flowers!
By DIY Maven
When the excitement is over and you're cleaning up gift wrapping this holiday, don't forget to save the bows! Yes, even the most crushed and skimpy of bows can be turned into gift flowers. Just check out this how to from the Curbly archives to see how to do it » READ MORE
Star Lights from Manila Envelopes
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Let's just imagine you've got some free time on Saturday morning and you're having friends over Saturday night. Jeesh, that takes some imagination for cryin' out loud! Well, lucky for you, Ben has given us a pattern to make FAB star lights out of manila envelopes to cover your basic white lights. This would definitely be a great Christmas Eve look, so relevant, so pretty » READ MORE
How to Turn Toilet Paper Rolls into Flower Wall Art
By DIY MavenThis project from Growing Up Creative was written as a craft for kids, but calling it a 'kid craft' sort of suggests that it's on par with gluing pasta onto paper, which it is not. I mean, I guess it could be, but in the right hands, the outcome is a lovely and sophisticated-looking art installation. To make your own toilet-paper-roll-flower wall art, you'll need this stuff:
How To: Make Eco-hip Paper Ornaments
By ModHomeEcTeacher
STOP!! Don't even go down the cheapy Christmas ornament aisle. Look what you can make from paper. One is done by quilling, rolling and gluing pieces of paper.
Turn Tin Cans into Wall Art/Organizer
By DIY Maven
Tin cans are pretty. Especially when they're grouped together, as evidenced in the picture above. The maker saved a bunch of them up, peeled off their labels, arranged them into a pleasing shape, » READ MORE
Make a Beefy Bolster Pillow from Old Towels
By ModHomeEcTeacher 
Let me just share this nifty RE-Use project with you. I'll be showing you how you can put those old ratty towels you're tempted to away to good use. » READ MORE
Students of Architecture See Marvelous in the Mundane
By DIY Maven
These are perfect examples of utilizing the mundane for extraordinary effect. First up, architecture student Michelle Nicholls saved up foam vegetable trays and turned them into 3D art. » READ MORE
fridge magnet
By sergun 
a day in the garden!
creative, handmade fridge magnets by using paper and acrilic paint.
made by sergun
Turn a Sign into a Lounge Chair
By DIY Maven
Wholman used an old sign and wood--rescued from campaign signage--to create this lounge chair. Except for the fasteners, it's 100% recycled. Because this project must be customized to the individual sign used, » READ MORE
Glowing Light Boxes From Used Wine Crates.
By ChrisjobRecycled? Check. Glowing? Check. DIYable? CHECK.
Australian artist Tracy Johnson has created these glowing sculptures from stacks of reused wine crates. And you can too.. so head to salvage shop, grab a jigsaw and a flood light, and recreate!
