Monthly Archives: October 2010

Shelf Week

This week citymade is tackling repurposed shelving.  Today we have a handy jug cubby system for you.  We used water and other drink jugs, removed the labels, cut off the tops and hot glued them together.  Simple and functional…that is … Continue reading

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Another take on Bike Baskets

We LOVE when we receive things that our friends/family has re-purposed! This one comes from friend of citymade, Heidi, and features her adorable daughter, Natalie. Heidi took an old pair of Nat’s jeans and sewed them into this cute, and … Continue reading

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Car Organizer

With all of our children in school now, we spend a significant amount of time in the car taking children to where they need to be. We often end up having snacks in the car to save time.  We made … Continue reading

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What to do with tile samples

After you have re-tiled your kitchen or bathroom we know you have asked yourself “what can I do with these tile samples?” Well, even if you haven’t, we think you will enjoy this. We were given some random tiles form … Continue reading

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Mirror Gets a Facelift

Today we decided to try glass etching on a mirror.  We used a small framed mirror that Carol had but wasn’t using.  Carol had to etch this design in two steps.  First, she etched a bottle stencil that we had, … Continue reading

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From jelly jar to toothbrush holder

With 5 sets of teeth in our house, there has to be a place to put all those toothbrushes. (Most commercially made holders only hold 4.) So, we took an old jelly jar and etched the word TOOTHBRUSH on it. … Continue reading

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Milk Bottle

We had this great little glass bottle that was the perfect size for a little milk pitcher. We made our own stencil using an Exacto knife and a blank stencil.  Using the same process we used on the tree glass … Continue reading

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Etching Glass

This week citymade is branching out and trying some glass etching projects. We started out by doing our research and taking a trip to Hobby Lobby to find some etching cream.  Our next step was to find and create stencils … Continue reading

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Ceral bag to mini book

For this little gem of a book, we used a bag that held cereal. We just cut around the bag to fit to small pieces of post consumer cardboard (double re-purpose!) Then we applied glue to make the outside, slipped … Continue reading

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From Children's Book to Baby Journal

Melany here. I have always loved the way that the Little Golden books looked and felt.  Even the smell of the books brings back many memories from my childhood. This particular Little Golden book was old and used but didn’t … Continue reading

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