Hi and welcome to my blog. I love re-purposing old stuff into new stuff. If you do too I hope you will subscribe to my blog and also visit and subscribe to my youtube channel. I post new DIY’s tutorials and videos each week showing creative ways to use the
Hello friends, I am knee deep in a couple of different projects this week but I have not quite pulled any one of them together yet. So for today’s post I will take you back to last Christmas for another one of my zany gifts. This may, in fact, be
I am a little obsessed with “melting” styrofoam lately. It is fun and crazy science and when you mix it with a little creativity you can make some interesting stuff. It does take awhile to harden but once it does you have a lightweight sturdy shape that floats in water.
A while back I cut up some tee shirts into tee shirt yarn and ever since I have wondered what I should / could do with it. I experimented with making some flowers and they turned out OK but I still had plenty of “yarn” left so this is my
Hello friends, I have a confession to make. I am a closet upcycler. If you are here then you are aware of my trash hoarding disorder and you might be surprised that I am shy about my blogging and the projects that I make, but I assure you I do
Today I have a simple and quick way to remove labels and label residue from glass bottles to prep them for upcycling and re-purposing.
Did you know you could make hard plastic shapes from styrofoam? Well that’s what we are doing today in the lab. It’s part fun science part silly craft project. To start we need to make a mold for our project.
Lately I have been a little obsessed with melting HDPE plastic. You know all those bottles that have a number 2 recycling logo. Some folks have made some pretty interesting projects from the stuff. Since it is so sturdy and hard it can be cut and carved like wood. But
Did you know that in the US we dispose of Millions of tons of textiles every year and only a small percentage are recycled. According to the most recent report from the EPA in 2014 we tossed out almost 25 million tons of rubber leather and textiles. And even though
I don’t know about you but I love those simple “life hacks.” You know the ones that make you wonder, “now why didn’t I think of that?” The only problem is that I never remember them when I actually need them.
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