Saturday, February 14, 2015

Easy Scrap Fabric Project

Glass jars can always be recycled at recycling center, but they can be repurposed for gift giving, home and craft storage, homemade beauty products and more.

Glass jars usually have metal lids, that can be spray painted.  I do suggest to spray a clear coat to seal the paint.  Those lids are much more attractive when they've been embellished with scrap fabric. The above lid is a baby food jar lid, spray painted in silver, then sealed with a matte clear coat.

To make these you need:

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Simple Way to Re-Purpose Metal Vintage Coffee Filters

I recently gave my antique coffee pot collection a new use, but had the metal filters leftover.


One will now hold sticky notes and paperclips.

How did I make this?

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Decorate Baskets with Scrap Fabric

Scrap fabric can be used to decorate flat surface baskets.  The baskets can be useful in home storage, decorating, and for gift giving. Place a potted plant inside for an added touch.



The above basket, is over ten years old, and it's still looking good.  Over the years it's been used for many different reasons, and still useful.

Items Needed:

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Recycle Old Book Pages

Old book pages have many possibilities when it comes to crafting and art.  Newspaper may work for this as well.

Here are a few more ideas to share with you:

Now that you know you can recycle a Christmas card or gift card into templates, use those templates to cut shapes from old book pages.

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Organize with Fabric Scraps and Embroidery Hoops

I was busy cleaning my bathroom, and kept finding bobby pins here and there.  I decided to figure out a way to organize them, keep them handy, out of the drawers and off the counters.

These are not only easy to make, but fun to decorate with, and keep small items organized.

Here is how we made them:

Monday, February 2, 2015

How to Make Tuck-In Card Tabs and Pockets


We discovered yet another use for unwanted Christmas cards and/or gift cards.


Using the backs of the cards, cut strips with scissors. Click on "read more" to see the rest of this post.