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Recycled Snowflakes

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

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.

Recycled Sewing

Spring beanie from a sweater

updated on February 15, 2020March 17, 20202 Comments

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.

Recycled Sewing

Upcycled handbag from a sweater

updated on February 16, 2020March 10, 2020Leave a Comment

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.

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Cryptex

updated on February 10, 2020March 19, 2018Leave a Comment

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.