repurpose.remake.reuse.reclaim

There is no such thing as "away". When we throw anything "away," it must go somewhere. ~Annie Leonard I've been mocked for saving stuff having our place looking like a mini- SCRAP but I really do have creative ideas to make the things I save but time is always an issue. I can't really "Save the World" by up cycling but if I could do a little, it won't hurt. I just need to be more organized so I'll have more time to be more creative. I'd love to create/make projects with others while bonding and sharing stories. But like I said, I need to be more organized! That's the key--for me, anyway. I have been donating several items to SCRAP and I just found a place to donate fabrics for St. Anthony where the ladies come together and sew things for the less fortunate. That's another alternative to my bins of fabrics and yarns. In the meantime, here's a project by Mark Montano I made out of the following. Click on the link to ...

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity. ~Plato Finally posting this project made with Kiwi's ballet head-dress she only used ONCE and a used tee.  Simply cut several strips of the tshirt, and sew to make long tubes. You have to get a chopstick, or something of the like, to turn in inside out. Then add "pearls" to the petals I picked from the headdress and attach it to a small piece of ribbon then sew it around the tubes of tee. Just add a button and a makeshift buttonhole (just fold one of the tubes to create a hole). And VIOLA!  You can wear it with a plain tee or a dress-up outfit. 

The purpose - where I start - is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it's reuse. ~Issey Miyake Wow, it's been a long while since I've been in here. I have done several projects but haven't had the chance to post anything. I hope to catch up as soon as summer is here. Hopefully earlier. However, my good friend & fellow-blogger, writer  Running Girl , posted about the scarf I made for her from her old running tees from last year! I thought it deserves to be highlighted here. And you can go to her blog to read all  about it . In the meantime, here's some of images. I wish I took more. Here's the final product on the runner herself.

To READ is to FLY; it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries. ~A.C.Grayling My friend's daughter (also, my daughter's friend) just got a new Kindle and would like to have a cover for it. So I made one using an old book.   As soon as I "gutted" the inside, my son said, Wait, I haven't read that book. Aiya! This book was not for reading. I picked it up for projects. Anyway, I gave him the text to read. I scanned covers of her favorite books (Percy Jackson Series), made a collage out of it, added a quote, and printed it out. I'm using another old book here because the other one wasn't thick enough. I'll use those book pages for other projects later. Before doing anything, I secured the inside spine with duct tape. Did I mention Duct Tape is your friend here? After doing so, I scored the printed collage lightly with an exact-o knife so it...