Archive for 'Tutorials'
Glitter Globes
As you have probably figured out, I’m somewhat of a pack rat. Around here, we save anything that looks like it could be useful later on. I found some cool projects for the corks and bottlecaps, that were taking over the kitchen. I’ve recently noticed our collection of glass jars getting a [...]
Posted: July 20th, 2009 under Craftivism, Tutorials.
Tags: glitter, recycly, reuse, The Long Thread
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DIY: Make Your Own Beauty Supplies
Conventional beauty products often contain harmful additives to increase lather or give the product a creamy texture. Ingredients like Sodium Lauryl/Laureth Sulfate (SLS), for example, are in pretty much every skin- and hair-care product. SLS is a known mutagen and skin irritant and is even a suspected carcinogen! Even many natural products even contain some [...]
Posted: March 12th, 2009 under Craftivism, Mission: Possible!, Tutorials.
Tags: beauty supplies, DIY, hair removal, shampoo, sugar scrub, sugaring
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Keith’s Bottlecap Trivet
At this point, our beercap collection is pretty out of control, so you can imagine my joy when Jenny Ryan over at Craftzine posted about this awesome trivet made of bottlecaps and yarn scraps.
[photo by Morgan]
Check out the knitting pattern over at My Amphetamines & My Purls!
Posted: December 29th, 2008 under Craftivism, Tutorials.
Tags: bottlecaps, projects, Recycling, trivet, upcycling
Comments: 1
Ten Holiday Uses for Wine Corks
[Image via Re-Nest]
Posted: December 10th, 2008 under Craftivism, Sustainability, Tutorials.
Tags: cork, reuse, upcycling, wine cork
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Newspaper Snowflake Garland Tutorial by Maya*Made
Here at SuperCute! headquarters, we love a good upcycled craft project. Check out this awesome tutorial for turning discarded newspaper into a lovely newspaper garland! I bet it would work well with other paper that would otherwise head straight to the recycle bin. Junk mail, maybe?
Via
<3,
Becky
Posted: December 8th, 2008 under Craftivism, Tutorials.
Tags: garland, project, upcycling
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Upcycled Shrinky Dinks
[photo by SEWphisticate used with permission]
When my friend Genevieve from SEWphisticate wrote about turning #6 plastic into shrinky dinks, I couldn’t resist covering it for Crafting a Green World! I really want to give this a try with the food containers from the Dekalb Farmers Market. I love their prepared food area but [...]
Posted: October 29th, 2008 under Sustainability, Tutorials.
Tags: Crafting a Green World, plastic, Recycling, Tutorials, upcycling
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Decoupage Tutorial from How About Orange
How About Orange posted a great tutorial on how she upcycled pages from a Hymnal she found in the trash! She decoupaged them onto a glass vase, and the results were just lovely!
Posted: August 14th, 2008 under Craftivism, Tutorials.
Tags: DIY
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Mission:Possible!
The rest of Supercute! and some of our fabulously crafty friends had a mission:possible craft night last night. The theme was homeade cleaning supplies. Shannon from Indie Craft Experience started things off right by showing up with a batch of mojitos, made with organic mint from her very own garden. You know crafting is always [...]
Posted: July 30th, 2008 under Mission: Possible!, Sustainability, Tutorials.
Tags: DIY, Recycling
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How to Make a Felt Stamp
I made a little set of mustache stamps for me and the SuperCute! gals to use, and folks went batty for them! Since I got so many questions, I decided that next time I was making a stamp, I’d document and post a tutorial. Here it is! If you need to see [...]
Posted: July 26th, 2008 under Tutorials.
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Suitcase Project!
So SuperCute! is scheming a little literature area for our booth at Inman Park this weekend. We asked some folks around town who we love if they’d like us to put out fliers, brochures or business cards for them, and we have a bunch coming in! Obviously, we needed a supercute way to [...]
Posted: April 24th, 2008 under Craftivism, Tutorials, Upcoming Shows.
Tags: Atlanta
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