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Recycle & Upcycle

Turn an Old Book into a Handbag

on February 13, 2023February 13, 2023Leave a Comment on Turn an Old Book into a Handbag

What to do with an old book that is ruined but you’d like to give (a part of) it a new life? Turn this old book into a handbag with my tutorial!

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Arts and Crafts Recycle & Upcycle

Recycled Snowflakes

updated on April 24, 2021February 24, 2021Leave a Comment on Recycled Snowflakes

Recycled snowflakes are one of my very favorite Christmas decorations. They’re easy to make and we have lots of fund making them with the kids.

Gifts Recycle & Upcycle Sewing

Spring beanie from a sweater

updated on July 2, 2021March 17, 20202 Comments on Spring beanie from a sweater

This spring beanie is the last part of my project “Complete upcycling of a sweater”. You can also read about how I upcycled the body of the sweater into a handbag and how I made a winter cap from the collar. I was left with the sleaves which I turned into a lighter headwear.

Gifts Recycle & Upcycle Sewing

Upcycled handbag from a sweater

updated on July 2, 2021March 10, 20201 Comment on Upcycled handbag from a sweater

This is the second part of my mini-series “Complete sweater upcycle”. In this tutorial I will show you how I made an easy zipper handbag from the bodice of a sweater.

Recycle & Upcycle Sewing

Upcycle Your Old Sweater Into a Handbag

updated on November 24, 2022January 1, 2019Leave a Comment on Upcycle Your Old Sweater Into a Handbag

What’s great about upcycling is that feeling that you don’t just throw away an older thing, you give it new life and make something new from it. I had a sweater I loved which shrank very mysteriously (no way I grew bigger, no way!). I felt so sorry to throw it away…so I decided to …

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Build your own Cardboard Cryptex

updated on November 24, 2022March 19, 2018Leave a Comment on Build your own Cardboard Cryptex

This year I deicded to make Lily a cryptex for her birthday. If you read Dan Brown’s book The DaVinci Code or saw the movie, you know what a cryptex is. The cryptex hides something inside and gives it away only when you turn the code correctly.

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