-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Kristina on Handmade Christmas-Part four: Bean Bag Chairs
- Kendra on A Basket Divided
- admin on When in doubt, sew a zippered purse
- Pam on When in doubt, sew a zippered purse
- PitterPatter4 on Citymade spring clean
Archives
- February 2014
- August 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
Categories
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Re-book
Carol here. We have a lot of books in our house. Some of them are in boxes in our basement. Unfortunately, our basement flooded last spring. As a result, some of our books were damaged. Never fear! We can turn … Continue reading
Sticky Note Journal
Carol and I both work for a non-profit organization called the Artery. Â We teach ballroom dance to fifth and eighth grade students in the public schools. Â There have been numerous articles in the Omaha World Herald highlighting the students in … Continue reading
Note card journal
We have a great idea for what to do with all those greeting cards, birthday cards, and Christmas cards. Turn them into a note card journal. Perfect for on the go journaling. This is an easy project. You need note … Continue reading
Old Magazine to Sketchbook
Carol here. I am super excited this week because this week we are making handmade books. I have had a passion (maybe obsession) with paper and book making for years. There is nothing I love better than holding a book … Continue reading
Final Fabric Printing
In our final fabric printing post we used some big bubble wrap and the sleeves of an old shirt. We painted the bubble wrap (not popped), with white fabric paint. Then we pressed it onto the sleeves and we got … Continue reading
Fabric Printing, part 6
This print is our favorite! It was such a simple process and the result looks so cool. We took rubber bands and an old stamp. We wrapped the rubber bands around the stamp in a random pattern. Then we put … Continue reading
Fabric Printing, part 5
Carol here. Continuing on with our painted fabric week we present toys to fabric to snack bag. My kids have hundreds of little plastic animals. Since they are getting older, they don’t play with them so much anymore. We thought … Continue reading
Fabric Printing, part 4
When we planned this week, we emptied out our “repurpose bin”, (yes, we have a bin full of odds and ends that we want to reuse), and looked through it. We found this lid from a peanut butter jar, put … Continue reading
Posted in Home Decor, Organization, Quick Repurposing
Tagged fabric painting, jar lid, repurpose
Leave a comment
Fabric Printing, part 3
Anytime we take a piece of clothing apart, to repurpose it, we salvage all the buttons, zippers, and trim. As a result, we are left with quite a collection of buttons. We wanted to see what would happen if we … Continue reading
Fun Fabric Printing, part 2
Because Melany and I sew a lot, we have many empty thread spools lying around. (We have used them in a past post). This time we wanted to see what would happen if we put a little paint on one … Continue reading