Umbrellas Creative Reuse
You can make so many useful items from a broken umbrella, using just the fabric, just the frame, or both! Read more ›
You can make so many useful items from a broken umbrella, using just the fabric, just the frame, or both! Read more ›
There is a creative reuse trend to mend your clothes with decorative stitches, making the item stronger and also more beautiful. Read more ›
Learn about the incredible ways artists work with buttons and get ideas for creatively reusing your own buttons. Read more ›
Artists cut, paint, stack, carve and weld coins, as well as fold and embroider paper bills to make art. Read more ›
People are generously making masks and hand sanitizer, teaching art with recycled materials and using up what they have in the kitchen. Read more ›
If you are staying close to home due to social distancing, you can do these creative reuse activities with items that you likely already have at home so you don’t need to go to the store. Read more ›
You can fundraise for a cause AND build community if you make scrap quilts that include messages from your supporters. Read more ›
Get inspired to keep your new year’s resolutions about exercise by making exercise equipment from recycled materials. Read more ›
Even if you love the vintage handkerchiefs, pillowcases or quilts that you inherited, what can you do with them? Read more ›
Whether your bras are gently-used or well-worn, get tips on places you can donate or art you can make. Read more ›
Find out how you can build stronger community while also creatively reusing trash. It’s like a 2-for-1 good deed! Read more ›
Bojagi are Korean wrapping cloths and they are a great way to creatively reuse fabric remnants in more delicate fabrics like silk, ramie and organza. Read more ›
Some artisans call inner tubes vegan leather because they can be cut and sewn together like leather, so come get ideas for what you can do with recycled inner tubes. Read more ›
From shrunken felted sweaters to tiny balls of leftover yarn, get ideas for ways to creatively reuse your sweaters, wool and yarn. Read more ›
Memory keepsakes are items made from clothing when someone passes away. Read more ›
Many people wrap gifts in brown paper bags or fabric, but that is only the start of ways you can wrap gifts without creating trash. Read more ›
Make a beautiful and reusable gift tag and bow from recycled plastic materials to reduce holiday packaging waste. Read more ›
What can you make with jeans that are out-of-style, ripped beyond repair or painted, or with the leftovers when you make a quilt from jeans? Read more ›
Each month, I make a handmade gift for my grandmother Rea from recycled materials – which brings her joy and increases my discipline around getting creative projects done. Read more ›
I would like to develop online courses about trash fashion – and I would love to interview you about what you’d want in such a course. Read more ›