I have made paper beads with a recycled newspaper and some glue mixed in. This is a easy fun project that you can do without any preparation. Just put some stripes of newspaper in a pot of water and wait until the newspaper starts to dissolve. Then mix in the glue and start rolling beads! […]
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I sew with thrifted fabrics, felt old wool sweaters for toys and use a lot of old items for new purposes!
Tutorial: How to make an inspiration board from a ...
If you are a visual person (like me) you absolutely need a inspiration board in your home, maybe several?! If you don’t have one already, follow along in my tutorial on how to make one! It’s very easy and you need very few supplies! Related PostsSewing Stool with new fabric Painting a pair of Shoes […]
Giveaway: one of these jeans handbags
Remember the fun of ONE World-ONE Heart last year? Well, it’s back again this year – and I’m participating on a whim. I’m giving away one of three jeans bags to someone with a big heart – maybe it’s you?! The other two bags will be up for sale in iHanna’s Etsy Shop after the […]
Handbag made out of Old Jeans
Recycle time. Not only old jeans, but old idea…. Because I started to make this handbag out of a very old pair of jeans (that I probably wore 10 years ago or something)… They’ve been laying around in the recycle bin for a while now. I cut them up and sewed in a lining (from […]
Snowstars on bright blue mittens
Dad’s old wool sweater is bright blue. That kind of blue that almost shines in your eyes. Indigo blue, sky blue, wintery cold day blue. And it’s too tiny for dad. But the blue wanted to be recycled, so I did obey. I made a pair of fingergloves for my mother. Her favourite colour is […]
Candle holders with buttons
– Hands up, I’ve got a glue gun now! Ho-ho-ho! Ingredients for this craft; Candle holders in glass from IKEA that I found in a thrift shop and buttons, also bought at a thrift store. Tool; The amazing glue gun! I haven’t used one of these before but to glue all the buttons on the […]
Save your Candy Wrapper Papers for Collages
A bowl of candy on the table. Mom got this candy from a visitor from Thailand recently, and the whole family dug in to enjoy it (except me, I didn’t much like the taste). Though I didn’t eat much I saved a couple of the transparent and colorful candy wrapping papers and flattened them. And […]
Tutorial: How to make a Mosaic Covered Flower Pot
I’ve been wanting to make something with mosaic for ages, and this summer I finally found both the time and the place. And the material, some coffee cups featuring lovely vintage roses! I decided that my first project should be to cover a flower pot with pieces of broken porcelain, using the rosiest of pieces. […]
Newspaper box
My friend Anita showed me how to make a box (or something flat) out of stripes of newspaper. I thought it was a fun idea, and I will most defently make more of these. Mine is very small, but she has made larger ones too. Simple recycable and fun craft. Related PostsLill-Klas & Stor-Klas Postcard […]
Recycle your love
Recycle your love, over and over again. That’s my advice. Unbranding by Keri Smith – my favorite is the toothpaste tube! lonely-dog-project – tag a dog in the snow recycled slide books – tiny and cute How to Plan an Earthy Valentine’s Day Evening found art – Rosa is doing art and letting it go […]
Restoring a Book from 1945
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books. Thomas Carlyle When I started to learn about book binding last semester I was told to bring an old vintage book to the class. A book that needed […]
Brown rose bag
This is a simple little bag in recycled curtain fabric that I sewed together without a pattern, but with inspiration from Maria. I loooove this fabric, because I looove roses and brown is one of my favorite colours! Did you know? The lining is the same pattern as the outside; which makes it sturdy and […]