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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.