Category Archives: Home Decor

T-Shirt Flowers

Posted on May 6, 2010 by city-made_admin

T-shirt Flowers These t-shirt flowers are easy and do not even require a sewing machine.  We cut strips from an old t-shirt and rolled them into flower shapes hand-sewing them together.  We covered a cappuccino tin with fabric and hot-glued … Continue reading →

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Bottle Cap to Magnets

Posted on April 30, 2010 by city-made_admin

Our Citymade guys, (Christian and Jeff), enjoy a good beer now and then and now. That leaves Melany and I with a whole lot of bottle caps. Rather than throw them away, we turned them into nifty refrigerator magnets. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Switch Plate Re-Do

Posted on April 28, 2010 by city-made_admin

Switch plate redeux. Rather than buying a new switch plate when redecorating a room, you can just cover an existing plate with fabric or paper. We simply cut out a piece of fabric a little bigger than the switch plate, … Continue reading →

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Phone Book Pages to Painting Canvas

Posted on April 26, 2010 by city-made_admin

For today’s repurposing post we are featuring an artist who’s work is now on display at the Foundry in downtown Benson. Mark Thomason is an artist from Sioux City who repurposes materials such as newspaper, maps, phone book pages and … Continue reading →

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Don’t Kick the Can

Posted on January 20, 2010 by city-made_admin

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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