If you’ve ever accidentally felted a wool sweater, you know that “uh-oh” feeling in the pit of your stomach when you pull the poor, shriveled thing out of the dryer.  Oops!  When Rena from The Cheese Thief shrunk a sweater, she found a great way to rescue it, recycling the misshapen garment into a matching hooded infinity scarf and leg warmers.  If you don’t have …

The decorations are hung, the dinner menu is finalized, and gifts have all been bought.  Now all that’s left to do is wrap them up and tuck them under the tree.  You reach into the depths of your wrapping paper supply, and you pull out wedding paper, baby shower paper, over-the-hill paper….  Oh no, you’re out of Christmas wrapping paper!  There are four options at …

Wondering what to do with that stack of magazines you’ve got tucked away in your closet?  (Okay, besides write a ransom note.)  How about making a pretty, loopy wreath?  Christie from Childhood 101 raided her recyclables, grabbed her stapler, and made a little magic.  This is a great project to do with kids.  You can even have them help you find pages that are predominantly …

Make a Christmas wreath for your front door for next to nothing. Instructables member jackierusted shows you how to use stuff you probably have around your house already to make a colourful and festive wreath.  Wadded newspaper is taped to the circular-bent coat hangar and taped in place, then painted and layered with embellished of leaf shapes and colourful cut outs. Not bad for almost …

They say a fool and his money are easily parted.  Count me as a fool then, because I have a complete inability to resist cute toys in quarter machines.  I figure, if I’m going to make such impulse buys, better to spend 50 cents than 50 dollars, right?  (I have a friend who is addicted to handbags, so it could definitely be worse!)  I have …

It’s like Elsie from A Beautiful Mess took a peek into my closet; I have a habit of buying semi-ugly, vintage, polyester cardigans that now sit tucked away in the someday-I-might-be-bold-enough section behind all of my other clothes.  Perhaps it’s time to pull one out and try reconstructing it into a cute jumper like this one!  This would definitely not be hidden away at the …

Would you have guessed that this is TP tube jewelry?  Isn’t it unexpectedly elegant?  Meg from Mega Crafty cleverly came up with a handful of different pendant designs using the cardboard tubes from toilet paper (or paper towels, if using TP tubes freaks you out).  The secret to the glass-like finish is Dimensional Magic, which she also uses to make another interesting pendant with a …

If you enjoy recycled crafts, you should definitely check out Reduce, Reuse, Redecorate.  Blogger Allison has all kinds of great ideas, like this book page pencil cup, perfect for the desk of your favorite bibliophile!  The idea came after she used the book pages to punch a bunch of circles for a lamp project.  Don’t have any books appropriate for mutilation?  Thrift stores are a …

No, these beautiful stars aren’t made out of glass.  Or crystal.  They’re not even acrylic.  They are actually made out of recycled cellophane!  (Are you having the same OMG moment that I had when I saw them?)  Rena from The Cheese Thief folded the glass-like stars using strips cut out of the packaging from some note cards.  Imagine the strung across your windows, used as …

Sometimes, all it takes to find inspiration is a little push.  When Kim from RePOSHture was challenged to use something in a new way, she had a realization that the metal lids from the ends of her frozen OJ concentrate would make nice wine bottle tags.  She decorated them up in several fabulous ways!  Living in one of the best wine regions in the country, …