Thursday, May 22, 2014

Pom Pom Flowers

These are such a fun and easy way to add some color to your decor without having to worry about keeping plants alive or buying flowers.  I love how simple they are to make and how cute they are!



How to make them:
I found some yarn around the house and some sticks from my parent's yard.  

I started to create pom poms with the yarn. 
 I wrap the yarn around my pointer and middle finger on my left hand many, many times.  Then take a different (short-6 inch) piece of yarn and push it through the base of your fingers and top of your fingers (going around both sides of the yarn). Tie that yarn so that it kind of makes the yarn look like a bow tie.  Then cut both sides and fluff your pom pom.  If my directions don't make a ton of sense... here's some directions- http://knitting.about.com/od/learntoknit/ss/pom_poms_2.htm

Take your stick and put a bit of hot glue on the end and push it into the middle of your pom pom.

Create a bouquet or a few flowers.


Monday, May 19, 2014

Denver Store's Upcycle Exterior

I was out for a walk in the Cherry Creek Area after dinner in Denver and came across this store.   I LOVE the exterior of the prAna store and what the did with these materials!

How cool is this Drawer Planter Ladder?!  I just might need to make this!

Store Hours from License Plates! 


Monday, September 30, 2013

Upcycling Design Challenge- Win $500!!



Sorry this is a little late... my computer and I have been fighting wifi...

Uncommon Goods is having a competition for upcycling and you could win $500 and a chance to be one of their vendors!  The Runners Up also wins some great prizes!

Check out the official rules and how to enter here: http://www.uncommongoods.com/designs/upcycling-contest

Don't wait- submissions are due at midnight TONIGHT!

Monday, August 5, 2013

Beautiful Vintage Car Hoods to Tables

Check out these BEAUTIFUL tables made from old car hoods.  I love the character that Dallas artist, Joel Hester has kept from the car hoods to create the different tables.




To see more of his work, go to his company's website Weld House.

Friday, August 2, 2013

100 Amazing Upcycling Ideas

As upcycling becomes more and more popular, I have seen lots of DIY project ideas online.  I was on StumbleUpon (a fun random search site where you put in your interest and press "stumble" and website you like pop up) the other day and came across a huge list of upcycling projects.  Including the following:


Book Purse


Plastic Toy Bowl


Plastic Yarn for creating bags and other items


Ladder Bookshelf


Inner Tube Wallet


Tin Cans Wine Rack


These projects, and others, show you how to use anything and everything into unique projects by the site, 
Top Online Engineering Degrees.  
Check out the full list here.