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Wow! I found this photo initially through Pinterest (my new addiction) and I think these flowers made by Anj are sensational. I am going to have a little play with some fabric I bought for the patchwork I haven't got time to make! Next time I'm near a charity shop I will be straight in there looking for some pretty cottons to use for a gorgeous recycled bouquet. There's a full tutorial on the tipjunkie website - click on the link under the photo.
I found this amazing work today when I was researching a hardening product called Paverpol. Apart from the good idea of recycling newspapers and upcycling magazines to make into wall art, this clever artist auctions off his sculptures for a variety of good causes. Definitely worth a look!
What a neat little ornament....I am impressed and I am going to have to make some of these the next time I'm in a crafty mood...wow!
Here it is! I made this from a wine box and painted and varnished it. Oh and almost wrecked my sewing machine to make top stitching on the handles!
My latest recycling project- shapes cut from cardboard wine boxes, 2 scored lines down the centre to form a hollow for the sticks. Any type of glue will do - I used PVA, place the stick and then twistround to give an even covering of glue. Then stick the lifted layer of card back down on top of the stick. Coat with gesso and then paint in the colours you like......the anchoring block was a piece of wood brought in by the tide, dried out, sanded and coated with some outdoor furniture oil.....then holes drilled at an angle. Then insert the sticks.......voila....a standing mobile!
The cardboard circles have been painted as flowers for another project.
Things to make with a cardboard box - Making a designer handbag from a wine box is a clever way to upcycle a cardboard box. I chopped off the top 10 cm (which I will keep for another idea). Then measure approx 5 cm horizontally from the top corners of the box, draw a line from the marks to the corner at bottom of box and cut the 4 pieces away.
Decorate and varnish the cardboard bag with acrylic paint and satin varnish,add handles and bind sides together. Handles were made from strips of waste corrugated cardboard, painted one side with lamp black gloss craft paint - dries with a semigloss finish - then run the strips over the edge of a desk to curve them and squash slightly. I used the sewing maching to hold the edges together and also to top-sew the square handle holders. Further photos will be published in a full tutorial.
This is a quick project using cardboard and recycling. I made up the shapes as I went along and added a beak with v-shaped pieces of florist wire. Cut a slit in the body and insert a pre-cut curved wing. Paint with acrylics adding detail and hang from thread. Another great way to make a gift from recycled materials...
Now you've added the fins apply a coat of white emulsion or watered down gesso before letting your imagination run riot with colour then apply coat of varnish and hang on a wall. Thanks to DanMonsterMan for sharing his method. You can find photos of all the stages under 'recycling tutorials'.
All made as per tutorial 5 super quick and very easy with no knives!
When fully dry, take stuffing out and cut back a bit to make larger hole for mouth. Put mouth (the two bowl shapes) in hole and tape with masking tape then use more strips of paper to cover and secure. Make fins from card and cover as well. Attach to fish body when dry with more tape and paper. Next: almost finished phew!
Make the fish body from pieces of cardboard box,tape with masking tape,stuff with scrunched newspaper and start covering with strips of paper dipped in flour mix-see tutorial 1 for recipe. Build up a few layers and dry out. Then cut in half lengthways to insert head-next tutorial.
The 2 bowl shapes should be squashed before dry and kept in place with tape or string. This is going to be the mouth.
Papier mache fish tutorial part 1
Recipe:flour mixed with h2o
tear strips of newspaper by folding horizontally across as if you are reading paper - quick! Then start covering the mould or balloon with 2 layers of paper and allow to dry....cont'd later
For a really quick idea of what it's going to look like eventually - check out this video:
Haven't posted for a while - organising our 4 year work/travel adventure to Australia has kept me away from my artistic/creative life. Taking a break from sorting heaps of stuff into different heaps of stuff - ready to be disposed of very soon, I am sitting here looking for signs of my kind of creativity near the area where we will be living in just under 4 weeks' time...this is beautiful
Here's a pretty piece of craft your cat could help with...or maybe it couldn't! What a lovely way of keeping the kids quiet, using up wool oddments, recycling cardboard, decorating plain walls, making a noticeboard. Very useful resource for schools and playgroups this blog - click link above to visit!
This colourful photo caught my eye this morning - the article is well worth a read if you follow the link!
This is a great idea - taking it a step further, you could use strips with punched holes and tie them together with ribbon/cord to make a 'one-size fits all' product. Maybe use them for ID at functions/parties etc. Nice one Alma!
These two girls are very clever and also very generous in giving a tutorial on how to make this bracelet. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm going to try a quick version in the microwave and see what happens! You can find the link HERE
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I was looking for a birthday present and found these super bracelets recyled/upcycled from vintage knitting needles - aren't they brilliant?
