Giving a Vintage Kitchen Canister New Life

 

Photo source:  Little Vintage Cottage

"At first glance, this vintage kitchen canister didn’t look especially promising. I spotted it at the thrift store, tucked among tools and miscellaneous items.

At some point, it had been repurposed to store nails—and in true Goodwill fashion, it had been thoroughly taped to within an inch of its remaining sad life. Functional, yes. Charming? Not so much.

And in true empath fashion, I felt sorry for it, so I brought it home."  Comment from Little Vintage Cottage

Articles like this one makes me happy.  As time goes on, I fear that vintage items are just tossed out.  It especially makes me sad since items from my childhood that I wish I had now were tossed out like trash.  I guess this ideology has made me a hoarder!

Click here to go to the Little Vintage Cottage article.

How to Sew a Scrap Felt Heart

 

Photo source: Sum of Their Stories

"How to make a felt heart with scraps of fabric and lace. Turn them into little felt heart brooches or key rings." Comment from Sum of Their Stories

Great way to recycle your fabric scraps!  Love this article with all the variation of heart photos and different uses.  These patterns can also be used for those crafters who make junk journals, slow stitching projects . . . the possibilities are endless.  Thanks to Julie for these awesome ideas!

Click here to go to the Sum of Their Stories project page.

Blue Jean Planter

 

Photo source:  Birdz of a Feather

This is the best version of this type of a jeans planter I have seen.  Most of us won't be able to duplicate their process (because of not having the equipment), but perhaps we could use our creativity to come up with another process.  This project can generate endless inspiration for many different projects.

This project is genius from Birdz of a Feather . . . check out the video to see how they created it and go to their website for more creative projects that will inspire you.

Thank you Birdz of a Feather for the inspiration!

Refashioned Flip Flops

Photo source:  Flamingo Toes

Being the classic hoarder that I am, there are a few boxes of old shoes that I have not had the heart to throw away.  

After seeing this post from Flamingo Toes, one of my favorite creative blogs, I have all kinds of ideas going through my head on what to do with these shoes . . . with some broken vintage jewelry, or how cool would they be made of denim!

It goes to show you, sometimes being a hoarder is not such a bad thing!

Click here to go to Bev's article that goes into great detail on how she refashioned a plain pair of flip flops.

Links to more refashioned flip flops:

https://labelladiva.blogspot.com/2011/07/beaded-flip-flops.html

MORE TO COME!

Cut Up Jeans for Sewing

 

The following article is for you if you love jeans projects.

Click here for the best ways to cut up jeans!

DIY Sewing Box

 

Sadie recycled a jewelry box into a sewing box . . . what a great idea!

I love trash to treasure projects.

Click here to go to Sadie's article.  

Check out the rest of her blog, it is great inspiration for recycling.

Source:  https://www.sadieseasongoods.com/valet-sewing-kit/

Repurposed Denim Flowers

 

Clever use of recycled denim jeans!   The possibilities for using these flowers are endless, like hair accessories is the first that I thought of.

Don't throw away those old jeans . . . recycle and repurpose them!

Click here for the tutorial.

DIY Tshirt Quilt

 

What a great way to preserve memories.  

Since my husband passed away, I have been going through his clothes and had already put tshirts aside that I wanted to do something with.  This is perfect and actually what I had in mind.  I have found that when you lose someone close, you want to have little things that bring special memories.

Also,  I have saved old concert tshirts from back in the day that would be awesome to have a quilt of concert memories.

Click here for the tutorial for this project.

Denim Triangle Quilt

 

Recycle those old jeans and make this cute denim quit.  

Click here for the tutorial.

Men’s shirt refashion into overall dress

Love this sewing project!  Awesome way to recycle old clothes . . .

Click here to go to the tutorial.

Woven Fabric Storage Boxes

Clear out your fabric stashes and make some cute and useful storage boxes!

Click here for the tutorial.

DIY Slippers

Love love love this sewing project!  I know you sewers out there will love to make these slippers to match those "around the house" outfits you have made.

The possibilities are endless with these slippers . . . make them to match an outfit with left over fabric, embellish them and make them fancy to wear with jeans, or even make them out of recycled jeans!

Click here to go to the tutorial and check out the website for more awesome projects!

Jeans Resurrection: A Small Clutch Bag

What a cute little clutch!  Click here for the basic pattern and then let your imagination run wild with the embellishments.

Since I sell vintage jewelry and have an overabundance at my fingertips, I love using bits and pieces of old jewelry that I can't sell to embellish these DIY sewing projects.  I'll be posting some new projects as soon as I get back into my sewing room.  

Use what YOU have an abundance of for the embellishments . . . if you are a fabric hoarder, another favorite for me are fabric appliques.  No need to go out and buy more stuff to make this little clutch a special little treasure!

The pattern and inspiration comes from Alida, whose blog is on hiatus, but has lots of great ideas, patterns and inspiration.  Her personal story is touching . . . check out her blog, Alida Makes.

How to Make a T-Shirt Necklace

Love the concept of using strips of t-shirt to make the strands of this cute necklace.  
The possibilities are endless!
Click here for step by step photo tutorial.

Here are more tutorials and ideas for T-Shirt Necklaces:
https://youtu.be/QVmdEMMEeJg
https://youtu.be/91SpUKWZST8
https://www.favecrafts.com/Necklaces/Royal-Purple-T-Shirt-Yarn-Necklace
https://www.favecrafts.com/Necklaces/Tee-Shirt-Beaded-Necklace

Tin Can Planters

I have recycled tin cans in the garden for a long time, but I have never seen this decoration method.

Wouldn't they look beautiful painting with glazed paint?

Click here to find out how to achieve this look . . .

DIY Denim Journal

Here is another DIY project featuring denim recycling!

Are you into journaling or love little notebooks for lists and ideas?  This is the perfect project for you, especially if you have an abundance of jeans in need of recycling projects like me.

Click here to go to the tutorial to make this cute journal from Life Made Creations.

DIY Monster Planters

Isn't it amazing what you can do with something you were going to throw away?

While you can use recycled items, you can also decorate plant containers.

Click here to go to the tutorial from Iddlepeeps.

DIY Patriotic T-Shirt

You would not believe how easy this DIY painting project is.  Make up your own design after learning the technique . . . recycle and refashion some old t-shirts!

Click here for the tutorial from Michaels.

DIY Woven Jeans Coaster

I love this idea, not only for this project, but as a way to make your own fabric for other projects (such as purses).

This project uses jeans seams that you probably have left over in your scrap stash from other denim jeans projects.  How cool is this concept?

Click here to go to the tutorial from Creating My Way to Success, a new discovery that has awesome projects!  Check it out . . .

DIY Earrings White And Gold Pearls And Beads

These gorgeous earrings were found on Cut Out And Keep, a website full of craft tutorials.  The tutorial was submitted by Gisele R.  Love the design of these earrings!

As with most jewelry projects, you can recycle some beads from older jewelry you are tired of or purchase new beads and components.  The choice is yours and your creativity is the limit.

Click here for the tutorial!