Category: Thrift & Recycle

To thrift means buying second hand (used, discarded, vintage) items at flea markets or thrift shops. To Recycle is to take care of Earths limited resources. Let’s use our creativity and look for cheap finds and fun re-usable items together.

DIY Spray Paint Crazy

I love DIY Spray Paint projects a lot, mostly because it is so much fun to personalize things with color. It’s…

Crafts/Thrift & Recycle

Repurposing an Old Embroidery

I am working on a fun�Easter Project right now. I started it a bit late but I wanted to share it…

Fabric & Sewing/Textile Art/Thrift & Recycle

Collecting Christmas Papers

Right now my desk is filled with paper projects. It’s the end of the year feelings, where I go through boxes…

Thrift & Recycle

Painting on Vintage Postcards

This summer I bought a whole pile of vintage postcards (not ever sent though) with motifs from around Sweden. You know…

Mixed Media Experiments/Thrift & Recycle

Vintage Shooting Target Papers

Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars. Les Brown A good flea market…

Thrift & Recycle

Video tutorial: How to create a Ring Binder

A small, personal ring binder is the perfect storage for postcards and mail art. I so love mine, made from vintage…

Bookbinding/Thrift & Recycle/Tutorials

Recycled Wool Owl & Long Lists

What is not started will never get finished. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Do you have a list of things that you…

Fabric & Sewing/Thrift & Recycle

Summer Crush | The Flea Market

I love everything about the summer in general. And every summer about this time when it comes to visiting flea markets,…

Thrift & Recycle

Making it Flamenco Pink

I love dye that you just poor into water and use as it is. This is “Flamenco Pink” my favorite after…

Crafts/Thrift & Recycle

Why Cutting up Old Books is Allowed

People will question the fact that you want to “destroy” a book on purpose. They think of books as sacred things….

Paper Crafting/Thrift & Recycle

Weaving with Book Spines

Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you’ve found is more suited to your needs than what…

Paper Crafting/Thrift & Recycle

Kitschy Fabric Christmas Cards

As I was looking through old photos I found this Christmas card I did a few years ago. Now I can’t…

Fabric & Sewing/Thrift & Recycle