again at Going Green Crafters and Artists.
This time for my “Dr. Suess tree” made from book pages.
Thank you so much Monica!
Tag : recycling
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…and stay a while.
Well, only if you’re less than 3 inches tall.
I made this little chair from the wire cage on top of an ale cork. A champagne cage would also work.
I saw a photo of a mini chair such as this a long time ago…put it in my memory…and it finally re-surfaced.
I love creating miniatures.
I’m showing my age with that quote.
Remember the show
Friends: The One with Frank Jr.
Anyway…I do like to melt stuff.
We have piles of crayons. I think they are reproducing in the cupboard.
I’ve recycled crayons many times with varying degrees of success.
Cheap dollar store variety and the free crayons from restaurants contain too much wax and not enough pigment. The best ones are the Crayola.
My technique:
Spray mini muffin pan with olive oil to act as a release agent.
Melt in a 230° oven for about 10 minutes.
Cool completely.
Color.
(I set the pan in the garage overnight to harden.)Now we have a fun, chunky set of crayons to spark some renewed interest in coloring…hopefully.
A few weeks ago at a craft show, I saw a woman selling wine cork Christmas trees.
I thought…”hey, I have corks…I could make that!”
I changed things up a bit to make it more “mine” and love the result.
I’m thinking I have the start of a tree collection when paired with my Dr. Suess tree.
Once again I’ve been browsing Pinterest
…likely too much…
in an effort to find fun ways to use the book pages that have piled up from previous projects.
I saw the cutest little Christmas tree
(below)
I wasn’t exactly sure how she put it together so I “winged it” and ended up with this silly little tree.
The funniest thing is that the wire I ran up the middle is very flexible. So the tree wiggles and wobbles at the slightest touch.
I’m calling it my Dr. Suess tree since it makes me think of something you’d find in Whoville.
While cleaning out my closet this week, I discovered this chartreuse t-shirt. It was destined to be donated since I just couldn’t get used to the color on me.
I had seen a tutorial on Pinterest for a fringed t-shirt scarf so I figure…why not try it.
So back to my project. I cut the shirt below the arms then cut fringe about half way up the shirt.
I then tugged on each fringe until it stretched nicely giving it nice texture and movement.
And the completed scarf…
I think I can handle a splash of chartreuse much better than a whole shirt of it.
Sorry that each of my photos are a different hue. The actual color is somewhere in between this photo and the previous one. Bad photo day for me and Photoshop can only do so much.
As I mentioned in my previous post, Little J and I did a bunch of crafting on Sunday afternoon. Not just the two salt dough recipes.
I made some cards while she painted.
Once again…thanks to Elizabeth for the awesome handmade paper used in the “Home is where the Heart is” card.
While she waited for her paint and glue to dry, she went off to play. I started work on another scrappy sewing project. Basically grabbed scraps from the box and started sewing.
Here’s a little sneak peek…