Recycling Shower Curtain Liners

This is an item I usually throw away in the trash, however, I have become more aware of what I throw away and try to recycle as much as I can.  


By the way, they can be washed in the washer with detergent and bleach.




Here are some recycling uses for those old shower curtain liners . . .


In the garden . . . use in place of landscape fabric or in conjunction with newspapers in preparing new raised beds or an area being prepared for paving to prevent weeds from coming up (my favorite use!).


Use in place of drop cloths when painting for easy clean up.


Use as a table cover when working on your crafts.


Make an outdoor table cloth.


Put in the back of the truck, van or trunk of car when hauling stuff around for easy clean up.

Flip Flop Fun

Flip flops are one of my favorite things!

Since I live in Florida, if I'm not running around barefooted, 

I'm wearing flip flops or some type of sandals.  It is part of

my lifestyle that is simple and easy.

I've bought the fancy embellished flip flops and have thought it would

be fun to experiment and refashion some of my old flip flops.  

I was so happy to find the following tutorial that gave me

 some basic construction ideas . . . can't wait to pull out 

some of the  old flip flops and give them a new life!

Click here for the tutorial

Another idea for those cool fabric flowers

 I'm seeing all over the place!

What an awesome idea!  I'm imagining some denim flip flops

embellished with those zipper flowers that are made from

 recycled jeans . . . using a combination of both tutorials.

Click here to go to the tutorial for these flowered flip flops.

I really need to get my crafts room

organized and  ready to use again!

My hands are itching to be creative :)

Faux Patio Tile (painting technique)

Learn how to transform your concrete floor into something fabulous!

We have been working on our carport, turning it into an outdoor living space and was already planning to paint the concrete floor, but now I am super excited about starting this project after seeing this patio.

Click here for the painting technique.

Click here for the blog post featuring this patio.  I've gotten so much inspiration, including an idea for outdoor curtains . . . I want this patio!!

Make awesome slippers out of jeans!

In all my years of crafting with jeans, I have never seen a project

like these awesome slippers!  They would make a very nice gift.

Actually, you could use any type of material to make these slippers

 . . . like these . . . I'm thinking of the endless possibilities!

Click here to go to Nancy Minsky's tutorial for denim slippers.

Click here to go to Nancy's website, 21st Century Dressmakers.  

This website is one of the best I've run across in a very long time!

It is visually artistic, creative and oh so inventive.

She's the jeans queen!

  What a treat for  sewing crafters :) I love it!

Here is one of the most awesome denim slippers I have seen yet!  I found the photo on Pinterest, which leads to a dead link, but it is great inspiration!

Jewel tone glass painting technique

Gorgeous painting technique for glass!

Regular readers of my blog know that I have a thing about

recycling glass jars.  My favorite project is making candles in

glass jars.  This painting technique would be the perfect

glass finish for those jars!

Click here for the tutorial from Deco Art.

If you love crafting with glass like I do, click here 

for other crafty glass projects I've posted on my blog.

Cool stuff to make!

Jeans Bags are timeless, inexpensive and so easy

to make . . . they also make awesome gifts.

Click here to go to the tutorial from Fave Crafts.

What a cool way to repurpose an old window frame.

This jewelry organizer holds lots of jewelry!

I love it :)

Click here for the tutorial from Jane at The Borrowed Abode.

Clever crafty ideas

Would you believe these are faux milk glass?

They look like the real thing.  All you need is some paint!

Faux milk glass tutorial

At first glance . . . do you know what these are?

These cuties are cleverly disguised cleaning wipes containers.

Now you can color coordinate them to match your decor!

This project comes from Heather at Decor-ganize.

Click here for the tutorial.

Have you ever used photos transferred
to fabric in your projects?

Back in the day, I used a medium specifically for this purpose, but the results
 were awful, even though it did transfer the photo image to fabric.

  Fast forward a decade or so . . . you can now use your printer to transfer
 photos to fabric.  Sound good?  It is easier than you probably think it is!

Click here to go to an awesome tutorial from
Linda Matthews at A Creative Journey.