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.

IKEA hack | Ivar repainted in pink

I painted this old IKEA shelf… It was already varnished in rust brown when I got it although it was originally…

Home Comforts/Thrift & Recycle

Goodie bag of thrifted yarn

After buying Pep-yarn from Lana Grossa my yarn budget for April will have to be low. But while still in March…

Crafts/Thrift & Recycle

March stuff marching in

After a visit to second hand thrift shop, Ikea and Panduro my bag is full of joy. Shopping in the Big…

Inspiration/Thrift & Recycle

Happy Easter chickens

I bought this plastic bag out of a flea market for 5 SEK. It was full of yellow and pink feathers,…

Creativity & Life/Thrift & Recycle

I feel like felting away

I found some great links about felting sweaters for decorating your home. I would like to make the felted wool sweater…

Inspiration/Thrift & Recycle

Serendipity gloves – to redo a slipover

The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by acciden – or the story of when a slipover became a pair of gloves…

Fabric & Sewing/Thrift & Recycle/Tutorials

Collecting beauty

No crafts done, just collecting fabric, lace, notes, buttons and stuff. More stuff!

Thrift & Recycle

Vintage knitting for small people

Picture of vintage knitting patterns for children. Cute! Did you notice the swedish pattern book from Marks that I bought yesterday?…

Inspiration/Thrift & Recycle

Don’t let me out!

I’m shopping second hand: books, fabric and kitchen china! Don’t let me out! Don’t let me go to town or even…

Inspiration/Thrift & Recycle

Sewing a Denim Basket

Sew a basket out of your old jeans!

Crafts/Fabric & Sewing/Thrift & Recycle

Fabric in my taste

Started to collect fabrics and lace in 2004, and here is the list of what i crave.

Fabric & Sewing/Thrift & Recycle

Do Redo – a Swedish book book about recycling

Do Redo – the art of butchering a sweater. A book in Swedish: I’ve found a new Swedish book about knitting…

Read a book/Thrift & Recycle