If you follow this blog, you know I love making beads from beer and soda drink cans. Today, I have four new bead styles to share. But first, you need to break down the aluminum cans and flatten the metal into aluminum sheets. Advertising Disclosure: Upcycle Design Lab may be compensated in exchange for featured…
I like to believe that I create innovative items from unlikely materials. Perhaps you will agree? Like many of my projects, today’s starts with an empty soda can that becomes a cute little ant creature. You can check out the detailed tutorial in this video or read on for a quick step-by-step overview. Step 1…
For years now, I have wanted to grow tulips in our yard, but due to a general lack of motivation and a more specific talent for plant assassinations, I have spared many little onion-esque-shaped bulbs from a certain short and miserable existence. You’re welcome little Tulipa Gesneriana. On occasion I do feel guilty for not…
I spend a lot of time happily working on things that most people would never dream of wasting time on, but even I sometimes question the sanity of spending so much time with trash. This latest project has taken upwards of 40 hours to complete. It required 61 aluminum drink cans and occupied space in…
Do you have a dark corner in your yard? Maybe you would like to give this simple solar chandelier project a try. I don’t know about you, but I can’t get enough solar lights this spring. They are cheerful and whimsical, and I keep dreaming up new ways to add them to our yard. Here…
