Comments on: Giveaway: 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse

By: sara

sara — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:32:15 +0000

(im probably too late but i didnt see an end time ><)

i love to make journals and notebooks and collect paper at work that is only used on one side or is too wrinkled to print on.

By: sara

sara — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:32:15 +0000

(im probably too late but i didnt see an end time ><)

i love to make journals and notebooks and collect paper at work that is only used on one side or is too wrinkled to print on.

By: Nury

Nury — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:52:49 +0000

This is a great giveaway! i love repurposing, i have done a few repurposing projects, one of the most recent ones was a man's shirt that i turned into a woman's tunic, and a man's coat that i turned into a woman's jacket :)

Thanks for the giveaway!

By: kkormondy

kkormondy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:04:50 +0000

i rescued a box of notebooks with embossed metal covers with logos from a defunct company that no longer needed them (there was about 24 of them!). I cut out the corners of the pages with the company's old name and I decoupaged the metal covers with magazine clippings so that the logo was completely obscured. Now i can give these as gifts :)

it's really a shame how perfectly good promotional materials are wasted just because a company changes its name or its logo!

By: knittingrid

knittingrid — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:53:40 +0000

This book looks wonderful. I recently used leather from pair of thrifted leather pants to bind the fraying cuffs on my favourite tweed coat. Now if I could just figure out how to bind the buttonholes to match…

By: Jen G

Jen G — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:13:00 +0000

Oooo I love stuff made out of recycled/reused stuff. I moved out of my parents house a couple years ago and this year I'm going to get my first Christmas tree that is all my own. Since the budget is tight, I'm saving leftover craft supplies, bottle caps, jar lids, and anything else I can think of that could be turned into a Christmas ornament. Then I'm going to have an ornament party where all my friends have to bring and/or make an ornament for my tree. Should be very crafty!

By: Kimberly N

Kimberly N — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:47:49 +0000

That book looks like so much fun. My most recent reuse project was turning an old T-shirt into pants for my toddler. I followed this tutorial, and it was super easy: http://handyprojects.blogspot.com/2005/04/how-t...

By: yarntomato

yarntomato — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:06:21 +0000

This looks like an interesting book. I flipped through Amazon's “Look Inside” and saw one of your contributions, a pendant necklace. It's beautiful!

Thanks for doing a giveaway! Last month I salvaged the zipper and a piece of fabric from badly ink-stained pants to make a lining and zipper for a crocheted coin purse.

By: Lana Moore

Lana Moore — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:59:14 +0000

I make earrings from empty aluminum cans. The metal is lightweight and easy to cut with scissors.

By: AlpineLife

AlpineLife — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:42:34 +0000

I turn milk cartons into gift boxes. Love you blog! Keep up the good work!

By: mollylee

mollylee — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:11:27 +0000

I've bought several old battered boxes from goodwill lately to turn into craft fair displays.

Thanks! Looks like a really cool book!

Molly
http://mollylee.etsy.com/
http://mollyleecards.blogspot.com/

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:02:07 +0000

I am creating a Christmas card using beads from a broken necklace, used Christmas wrapping paper from a couple years ago, and cardboard. Found here: http://runningwithcrafts.blogspot.com/2009/11/r...
I'm very interested in making crafts with recycled materials and repurposing the so I am interested in this book.
Thanks.

By: meg

meg — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:45:55 +0000

I don't know if this counts as reuse, but I've been sewing with leaves lately. first a crown and now a banner!

By: maryadams

maryadams — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:57:06 +0000

I recently reused my glass coffee jar to hold homemade peanut butter.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:43:46 +0000

Friday the 13th! How lucky! I've never, ever, won anything on Friday the 13th!! Until... now!! YAY!

I reused a cereal box. Specifically, it was an empty box of Barbara's Shredded Spoonfuls, and I used it to make journal covers with. So, there. I also reused some vegetable netting from a shipment of pears, to make a miniature curtain. And I reused about a dozen Trader Joe's gift cards which had emptied out, and cut them up to make a mosaic.

Don't mess with me. I'll reuse anything. have you SEEN my toilet roll collection?! Viola! Segmented Puppet People!! Holiday Crackers! Napkin holders! Dangly earrings!!

(be careful with that last one--I keep hitting myself in the eye)