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Printing Cabinet to Thread Shelf
If you don’t know, Christian and I (Carol) are the proud owners of a printing press. Christian bought it right before we were married, so I guess, in a way, it counts as a wedding gift. . .? Anyway, when … Continue reading
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Shelf Week
This week citymade is tackling repurposed shelving. Â Today we have a handy jug cubby system for you. Â We used water and other drink jugs, removed the labels, cut off the tops and hot glued them together. Â Simple and functional…that is … Continue reading
Another take on Bike Baskets
We LOVE when we receive things that our friends/family has re-purposed! This one comes from friend of citymade, Heidi, and features her adorable daughter, Natalie. Heidi took an old pair of Nat’s jeans and sewed them into this cute, and … Continue reading
Car Organizer
With all of our children in school now, we spend a significant amount of time in the car taking children to where they need to be. We often end up having snacks in the car to save time. Â We made … Continue reading
What to do with tile samples
After you have re-tiled your kitchen or bathroom we know you have asked yourself “what can I do with these tile samples?” Well, even if you haven’t, we think you will enjoy this. We were given some random tiles form … Continue reading
Mirror Gets a Facelift
Today we decided to try glass etching on a mirror. Â We used a small framed mirror that Carol had but wasn’t using. Â Carol had to etch this design in two steps. Â First, she etched a bottle stencil that we had, … Continue reading
From jelly jar to toothbrush holder
With 5 sets of teeth in our house, there has to be a place to put all those toothbrushes. (Most commercially made holders only hold 4.) So, we took an old jelly jar and etched the word TOOTHBRUSH on it. … Continue reading
Milk Bottle
We had this great little glass bottle that was the perfect size for a little milk pitcher. We made our own stencil using an Exacto knife and a blank stencil. Using the same process we used on the tree glass … Continue reading
Etching Glass
This week citymade is branching out and trying some glass etching projects. We started out by doing our research and taking a trip to Hobby Lobby to find some etching cream. Our next step was to find and create stencils … Continue reading
Ceral bag to mini book
For this little gem of a book, we used a bag that held cereal. We just cut around the bag to fit to small pieces of post consumer cardboard (double re-purpose!) Then we applied glue to make the outside, slipped … Continue reading
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