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Thrifty Crafts Friday: Maps

January 15th, 2010 at 07:25pm Under Home Decor and Design

While paper maps are rather antiquated in the age of GPS and smart phones, they are nonetheless prevalent and carry a certain nostalgic attraction. Maps are intricate, colorful and can represent a beloved location. Instead of tossing an old map, use the paper for a variety of craft projects. Maps make a great background for [...]

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How to: Make a Valentine Rose Bouquet with Recycled Paper

January 13th, 2010 at 11:28am Under Valentine's Day

Still have scraps of paper leftover from the holidays? If you didn’t follow my guide for recycling wrapping paper scraps into homemade paper, I have another idea for you. Valentine’s Day is coming up and you might want to give a bouquet of roses to someone special or decorate your home with a nice red [...]

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How to: Make your Own Paper from Leftover Wrapping Paper

December 23rd, 2009 at 05:00am Under Christmas+ Green Crafting

When all the presents have been opened on Christmas (or after the eight nights of Hannukah), you are likely to find yourself with a mound of crumpled and torn wrapping paper. While your first thought might be to throw everything away, think again!  With crafting, you can recycle that wrapping paper in your own home, [...]

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Help a Reader: Sugar-Free Drink Mix Containers

November 6th, 2009 at 05:00am Under Help a Reader

Can you help this reader with a clever craft idea? Brenda writes:
I’m looking for something to do with the hundreds of empty sugar free drink mix containers I have.
I’m assuming Brenda means the plastic tubs which store dry drink mixes. What can she do? Decorate and turn into holiday gift boxes perhaps?
Post your craft idea [...]

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Bow Bag Sew-Along: Part 1

August 19th, 2009 at 01:00am Under Sewing

As someone just learning how to sew, I love sewing projects that do not require complicated measuring or cutting. Lots of pictures help too. With that in mind, I am so pleased to present a Bow Bag sewing project from Beccy Ridsdel of Wipster. Beccy shared her amazing ceramic artwork with us yesterday. Not only [...]

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Please Excuse Us

June 3rd, 2009 at 08:56am Under Green Crafting+ News

We are in the midst of an overhaul at FaveCrafts.com. In the interest of better organization and better navigation for our readers, we are re-organizing our craft projects into sub-categories. That means some of the links from previous blog posts might be broken, as we have moved the project to a new category. We are [...]

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Easy and Green Mother’s Day Gift

April 27th, 2009 at 10:19am Under Green Crafting+ Mother's Day

A clever Mother’s Day guest project I’ve just posted at FaveCrafts will make you ask, “Why did I not think of this before??” Jennifer of Ramblings of a Crazy Woman turns old jewel cases (CD cases) into a hanging picture frame.

I love this simple gift idea because:

Mothers do indeed love anything to do with pictures [...]

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Repurposed Glass Jar Lanterns

April 23rd, 2009 at 05:00am Under Green Crafting

Every so often, I get a little fancy and buy the gourmet yogurt from our local supermarket that comes in lovely glass jars. This yogurt comes in flavors like Lemon Ginger and Blueberry, so you can understand why I occasionally splurge. I keep all these glass jars for crafting, and they are starting to line [...]

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