Craft Recycled: Project Ideas Straight from the Trash Bin Part 1

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Becky Striepe .

I wish I had gotten a picture of this, but the whole thing happened so fast! At a craft show and outdoor festival this past weekend, I was gabbing with my pal Liz when a man came running through the park wearing a suit and mask made of garbage. He was moving quickly [...]

Handmade Halloween: Easy Fabric Scrap Garland

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Becky Striepe .

Halloween is almost here, and I’ve been in spooky decoration-mode for a few weeks.

The plan is to have all handmade decorations for our Halloween party this year. My fingers are crampy from cutting out bats and I’ll be honest - things were going a bit more slowly than I would have liked.
That is, until [...]

Gardening and Wine Drinking: A Match Made in DIY Heaven?

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Becky Striepe .

We love to entertain and hate to toss out anything that might prove useful later on. Of course, what that means is quite a little collection of empty wine bottles and the corks to match.
Luckily, it’s time to get our Fall garden planted, and our boozy hoarding behavior might just pay off!

DIY: Make Your Swiffer Guilt Free

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Becky Striepe .

Oh, Swiffer! You are so convenient; why must you also be so wasteful? The thought of all of those pads ending up in the landfill has had me racked with Swiffer Guilt. Our Swiffer has been living in the closet for quite some time now, but we recently pulled it out again.

Craft Project: Treat Yourself with Home Made Sugar Scrub

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Becky Striepe .

Sometimes, at the end of a long week your poor feet just need some love. Rather than hitting up the big box store for something to pamper your sore feet, give this easy peasey sugar scrub recipe a whirl!

Sugar scrubs are a really simple bath product to make, and you can keep some trash [...]

Craft Project: Wino Corkboard

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Becky Striepe .

We love to entertain. Folks come over at least a couple of nights a week to hang out, and they almost always bring a bottle of wine. Combine that with my habit of saving anything that looks like it could possibly become part of a craft project, and you have a really, really [...]