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Did you see the latest episode of  Project Accessory?   For the second challenge, the contestants were sent to the Swarovski Crystallized store, where they each got to pick a piece to use for inspiration.  (Yeah, totally jealous!)  Then they had to create a pair of shoes and one other accessory to go with the inspiration piece, all …

Here’s a clever use for old clear water bottles! Transform them into cute packaging for cupcakes and cookies. This great idea is just in time for holiday baking season, and is the invention of one of our favorite innovative bloggers, Jeromina Juan of paperplateandplane. Use this cute packaging idea for teacher or neighbor gifts, or even for a holiday bake sale. [how to make recycled …

I hate cooking, but I LOVE baking. Baking is like crafting, but with food! You should see my stash of baking supplies… it’s a little embarrassing. I’m what would happen if Hoarders met Ace of Cakes. I have about twenty different kinds of cupcake liners, and I am in huge trouble now because my favorite dollar store has caught onto my obsession and started selling …

You know we love t-shirt projects.  Why wear something ordinary when there are so many ways you can jazz it up?  Over at UCreate Crafts, we found a guest post by Katy from Sweet Verbena showing how to use a simple resist technique to make a one-of-a-kind, completely personalized shirt design.  Use a favorite quote, song lyrics, doodles, or anything else you want to decorate …

Over at Condo Blues, Lisa created a fun chandelier out of 15 stemmed glasses, inspired by a high-end designer chandelier. Not only did she create this chandelier project, but she made it sound darn easy. I am tempted to try to make one of these, but since I have three young sons, I’m thinking I should wait a few years on this project. This project …

The girls over at HowDoesShe? have come up with yet another great reuse project. This time, Heather has come up with a genius way to make nail templates out of office supplies. The second I saw her tutorial, I face-palmed – why didn’t I think of that?! Using round labels, a decorative hole punch and nail polish of your choosing, you can having professional-looking nails in no time that even your kids can help with.

Would you wear a dress made out of…  throw rugs?  I would if it looked this good!  Geneva from A Pair & A Spare found some dollar store rugs made from recycled jersey cloth and, noting that they had a good deal of stretch to them, decided they would be the perfect material for a form-fitting dress.  The look is totally high-end, and especially impressive …

Two years ago, I collaborated with Cathe Holden of Just Something I Made to design a printable tea towel calendar. She provided the printable, and I designed the project and wrote the tutorial. I loved the design, and I have had some requests for a 2012 version, so I updated the calendar part so we could use it again. This is a simple project idea, …

Why relegate those old family photos to a shoebox in the back of the closet?  Put them on display with this creative idea from Jenn at Rook No. 17.  She made a set of free printables that you can use to recreate this wonderful family tree wreath!  Rather than using the original photos, she made copies of them instead, keeping the heirloom prints safe and …

When Michelle from Sweet Suite 10 spotted a shelf of lion garden statues at Dollarama, she initially passed them by.  After all, her condo doesn’t have any kind of garden space in which to display them.  She went back and snagged them, however, after she was struck with a brilliant idea: turn them into bookends!  Her inspiration was a pair of white owl bookends she’d …