How to Make a Cranberry and Popcorn Garland for a Vintage Christmas Tree
A single strand of popcorn and cranberries covers about four feet of tree and costs roughly what a bag of microwave popcorn does. It is … Read more
Air Dry Clay Ornaments With Pressed Fern and Leaf Imprints
The fastest way to make one of these ornaments look like a school craft project is to press a real leaf into the clay and … Read more
10 DIY Denim Christmas Garland Ideas to Make From Old Jeans
Most denim Christmas projects start with the darkest jeans in the pile, on the theory that deep indigo is what reads as denim. On a … Read more
Upcycled Christmas Gifts You Can Make From What You Already Own
The standard advice on upcycled gifts is that anything can become something, and that the thought is what counts. It isn’t. An upcycled gift fails … Read more
12 Denim Christmas Tree Skirt Ideas to Make From Upcycled Jeans
Cut the legs off one pair of adult jeans and you get four flat panels of heavyweight cotton, each wide enough for a wedge of … Read more
12 Upcycled Crafts to Sell That Hold Their Margin at Markets and on Etsy
The crafts that sell are rarely the ones that look hardest to make. They are the ones with a wide gap between what the materials … Read more
12 Thrift Store Upcycle and Flip Makeovers That Actually Hold Up
Most thrift-flip roundups stop at the paint reveal and never mention that the joint cracks six months later. This set is built around flips that … Read more
Vintage Suitcase Upcycle Projects: 12 Furniture Conversions for Thrifted Luggage
A decent vintage suitcase costs less than a throw pillow at most flea markets, and the majority of them end their second life stacked in … Read more
10 DIY Beaded Lampshade and Lamp Ideas for a Warm, Jeweled Glow
A beaded lampshade lives or dies on two decisions almost no tutorial puts first: what the beads are made of, and what bulb sits behind … Read more
How to Make a Decorative Hot Air Balloon Planter from Old Jeans
This planter turns one worn-out pair of jeans and a leftover foam ball into a tabletop hot air balloon with real flowers riding in the … Read more