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.

Thrifted Books to Cut Up

Sorry to say that my site was down a couple of hours before I could ask support to fix it, due…

Paper Crafting/Thrift & Recycle

Thrift Store Haul: Mexican Lotteria Cards & kids activity books

Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste.G.K. Chesterton It’s been a long time since…

Inspiration/Thrift & Recycle

Thrifting in Sweden

Today let’s visit a Swedish Thrift Shop together, and take a look at what can be found on the shelves. I…

Thrift & Recycle

Painting a pair of shoes

On my list of things to try in my Crafty Lifetime, painting shoes is one item that I can now check…

Crafts/Thrift & Recycle

Vintage Dymo label maker

Anyone can look for fashion in a boutique or history in a museum. The creative explorer looks for history in a…

Journaling & Notebooks/Thrift & Recycle

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…

Paper Crafting/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…

Paper Crafting/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…

Crafts/Fabric & Sewing/Thrift & Recycle