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Love CD Valentine
06/02 2002 Creating this unusal Valentine’s gift was easy while playing in my graphics program to create the design and then mounting it on a CD. The text of the design is are the lyrics of the song “the Rose”. The full lyrics are on the back of the CD. For version 1 I printed … more —»
Posted in CDs-Video Tapes-Floppy Disks, Graphic Design, Recycled
Tagged graphic design, heart, valentine
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Video Tape Inukshuk
first posted on 2005/07/02/07 Living in Canada where the Inukshuk is a symbol of the North, it was only natural to create a Inukshuk out of something different than the usual rock. Having discovered that I had a whole bunch of video tapes that were ancient I needed something to do with them and the … more —»
Reading Glasses Stand/Holder
Now that my husband needs a second pair of classes to use the computer, we had to decide on a safe place for them. Also it was important to create something that could be left out in plain view. Just at that time we finished a bottle of Isopropyl Alcohol. I cut off the top … more —»
From Winter Boot to Flower Pot
When my daughter’s winter boots ripped where the fabric was attached to the rubber part after only a short time of wear I just couldn’t throw them out. So they sat around for a while until I could think of a great use for them. This happened when my daughter was in elementary school. After … more —»
Fabric Welcome Sign Adapted From Stained Glass Pattern
The pattern for the welcome sign came from a stained glass design. I had made this with gallery glass for my father-in-law. Now that he was moving to a new apartment where everybody seemed to have some craft item on their front door, I decided that this would make a suitable welcome sign. In my … more —»
From Car Seat Cover to Wall Hanging
We had bought those bead car seat covers, but they did not last very long and started to fall apart. There were constantly loose beads in the car. So I packed it way in a bag for future use. One day I had this great idea. I disasembled the whole thing and sorted the beads … more —»
Video Tape Owl
Originally posted on my old site: 25/09 1998 My husband was cleaning the video tape drawer and was going to throw out old ones. That made me think of ways to recycle the tapes. I found a leftover roll of drawer liners. I made to underside of the tape the top. The flap over the … more —»
Pin Cushion from a Sock
Next I needed a pin cushion for my beading needles and I wanted it to be smaller. I found that I had a single acrylic white sock in my laundry room. Sock Pin Cushion #1 size: 1.5 inches in diameter, 2 inches tall I cut off the cuff then I cut the cuff in half … more —»
Pin Cushion from a Knit Tie
I needed a new pin cushion as my current one is made from felt and I just can’t stick my wool needles into it. Then when I was cleaning out the closets I came across an old knitted yellow tie from my husband. He’s not going to use it any longer and I did not … more —»
Inkjet Printed Fabric Box from Audio Tape Cases
This box came about because I wanted to use my printed fabric. Here are the instructions for printing on fabric. For this box I used the regular black and clear cases and covered them with hockey tape. I also used the hockey tape to keep them together. Here are the instructions on how to assemble the box. … more —»
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Tagged audio tape, box, fabric, printed
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