Monthly Archives: January 2010

Re-Purposed Jacket Today’s re-purposing idea is to take an old jacket and turn it into a vest.  Simply remove the sleeves and sew a seam.  It is fun to refresh and old item of clothing and almost feels like you … Continue reading

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Melany and I have been really trying to refine our creative space. Right now we have moved from the impermanence of the my (Carol’s) dining room and taken over the basement. We are sharing space with a large amount of … Continue reading

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Don’t Kick the Can

Re-purposing project #20- Don’t Kick the Can Just an ordinary empty bean can? No, a pretty and functional pencil holder. Before you recycle the cans, consider using them for containers. We simply took some decorative paper, buttons and hot glue … Continue reading

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Flower Girl to Snow Princess

From Flower Girl to Snow Princess This past Halloween I, Melany, had a request from my four-year-old to make a snow princess costume.  Having never sewn clothes before this task seemed very daunting.  Instead of starting from scratch I remembered … Continue reading

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Play Castle

Princess Lauren Repurposed Play Castle Our re-purpose challenge for the day is a play castle made from re-purposed items. Our girls love to dress up, especially as princesses.  I (Melany) drew up a plan for the castle and found items … Continue reading

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Keep Cold Out with Mexican Beans and Serape

How to repurpose an oversupply of dried beans and a serape from mexico…just in case you were wondering. Living in an older home means cold drafts in the winter time.  It is amazing what a difference it makes in temperature … Continue reading

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Repurpose Challenge Day 13

Repurpose Challenge Day 13 I don’t know about any one else but packaging of any sort, especially plastic, makes me crazy.  There was a great sale on down comforters at Target last weekend that both Carol and I (Melany) could … Continue reading

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Purse Envy Leads to Sewing

Carol here. Last Thanksgiving Melany walked into my house with this cool purse and was like, “I was bored, I made a purse”. Ever since, I have eyed her purse with envy. I even bought fabric hoping that in her … Continue reading

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Containers Can Contain LOTS of Things

Reuse Our re-purposing project today is a simple one. You finish your yogurt, eat all the praline cookies, or drink all the coffee in the can. Don’t throw away the container. Reuse it. Containers can come in handy in all … Continue reading

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Rainbow iPod Case

Rainbow iPod case. .

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