Showing posts with label crafts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crafts. Show all posts

November 2, 2013

Love 2 DIY on the Weekend~ Quick & Easy Peasy!

If you're as busy as most of us are these days, especially with the upcoming holidays, you'll love these quick and easy projects you can finish in a day or two! Thanks to all who shared with us during this past week's Linky Party...


Upcycled Bright and Beautiful Shelves from Altered Artworks~



Upcycled Table Confetti from Pink Flamingo Handcrafting~



Upcycled Shorts into Drawstring Bags 
from Creating My to Success!



DIY Cinnamon Scented Pinecones from Upcycled Stuff~



Enjoy your weekend projects and feel free to share your ideas or links in a comment now or during next week's Linky Party hosted by Tricia from Upcycled Stuff!

;) Cat

September 27, 2013

#Follow Friday~ More Blogs 2 Love!

Here are a few Blogs 2 Love directly from our Upcycled Linky Parties!

From Jill Shepherd's blog~ 
Creating My Way To Success!

I have several nighties in my clothes upcycling stash and had an idea as to how they could best be upcycled.

The soft, silky fabric makes for beautiful little bags made using my Fabric Origami Bag tutorial:


Well, I have had an interesting week or two of sewing.  Besides this bag, I was also trying to make a dress for my daughter out of one of my husband's shirts.... BOMBED!  I've also been working on some little booties that were supposed to be so easy.  Thanks Martha Stewart!  They were pretty easy, but they looked so cheap.  I'm trying to improve on those and will hopefully write about them soon.

As far as this project....it almost bombed.  I guess that should be expected when you're experimenting with new things.  For a while now I have been trying to figure out how I can combine my two loves, sewing and pressed flowers/leaves, into a bag.  Improvements need to be made with the concept, but I'm really happy with the end result.  I hope you like it too!


Blue Jean Fall Bag w/ Real Pressed Leaves


Adding Some Detail To Frames and Another Cute Planter Idea by Christine~ little BRAGS

 Hello Lovely's, today I want to show you how I dressed up 2 frames in our little boy's bathroom.

  


How to Make a Clothes Protector - Hanger Cover 

from a vintage Pillowcase from Cottage Creations~


How to Build an Indoor Swing~ from Sarah @ Iamhardware.com

The swing is my personal favorite of the tree house project and I’ve got great news, it’s easy. Like my-mom-is-so-amazing-in-an-hour easy. Buying a swing is around 50 buckaroos. This baby cost be less than $10!  Follow the tutorial at this link.
indoor tree house swing


From Broken to Useful from All Things Alysha~


This wooden chair was left outside and started to fall apart. So I placed a flower pot in the broken bottom part and placed it in our front yard. We used to have a large bush there but the landscaping people needed to access the sprinklers so they cut it down leaving an eye sore of a stump. This broken chair/flower stand is a great way to hide something ugly and use something that would have gone to the dump. I'm planning on turning the broken top part into a trelis for climbing plants but that's for another day. . .




Check out some of our past Upcycled Linky Parties for more great Blogs 2 Love~ and please remember to follow and comment!

August 17, 2013

Love 2 DIY on the Weekend~ with Upcycled Stuff!

Sometimes you just have to hit a 'typo' to find a treasure on the internet!!

I was on YouTube looking for some upcycling videos to post on our Facebook page and I tried typing in upcycled and didn't come up with much. So I tried upcycled stuff. Only I forgot the space!

Well, there was Tricia and her 'Upcycled Stuff'!

But when I had tried that in the past, I never saw her. But I had typed the space between upcycled and stuff. And no Tricia.

What's my point?

I am always boggled by search engines. They skip the most relevant results and give you random stuff sometimes that is so irrelevant!

Lesson learned? Try some quirky search tags, try eliminating the space, sometimes you even have to tell Google to shut up and listen, that what you typed is what you wanted and no, you didn't mean something else! Upcycled has been considered misspelled every time I enter it anywhere, but one day, they might just recognize the term. In the meantime, keep searching for jewels like Tricia's Upcycled Stuff (without the space for now) DIY Videos.

Which by the way was the real point of this post!

Here's some of her most popular ones, the number of views range but I came up with about 100,000 views on her various tutes before I stopped counting!











Who knew we had a 'DIY Diva' in our midst? I have been so grateful to Tricia for all her hard work on our Linky Parties, and now I am also grateful to have someone so motivated and creative on our team! I admire her drive and dedication, without her (and Bee) we would have had a pretty boring blog these past months due to my absence for family reasons.

So here's a shout out to you, Tricia, our resident blog extraordinaire and 'YouTube' star!!! Keep reaching for the moon!




May 26, 2013

Love 2 DIY on the Weekend: Summer Projects!

Summer is great for sun and fun, but it's also the best time of the year to get your DIY on! Here are tons of different projects you can tackle every weekend this Summer!


Repair the World~ DIY Summer - Eco-Friendly Projects for Everyone

30 Days of Easy Summer DIY with Bob Vila

Great Ideas~ 22 Summer Decoration, DIY and Inspiration Projects!


33 DIY Ways to Have the Best Summer Ever from BuzzFeed


15 Outdoor DIY Projects for Summer from Arpartment Therapy


DIY Fun Summer Projects On Pinterest from Christina Tran


April 12, 2013

#Follow Friday~ Blogs 2 Love!

This post is late today because it took me all day to go through the over 150 team member blogs on our 'Blogs 2 Love' list! That meant clicking to each one and looking at the blog content for relevancy and then checking the shop links to see if the shop was still open. It was actually fun to see all the great stuff you've written, note the progress and then check out the shops that were active~ even reading some of the reasons some were in vacation mode was interesting!

But it did take all day!

Anyway, it was all Tricia's fault! You know her~ the new host of our Linky Parties on Monday! Just kidding about it being her fault, lol, but she did mention in her last party post that it would be great for members to leave invitations to join our Linky Parties on upcycling blog posts they like. It was then I started thinking about all the great content I've seen on the ones on our bloglist and also about the fact that I haven't updated it or our 'Blogs 2 Love' page in forever (and a day). So off I clicked!

I've pared down the list a bit~ sometimes it was a tough decision because I really hoped they might start writing and selling again, but I figured I'd also announce that all former 'bloglisters' are welcome back and we'd love to link up some new ones! So you have a few choices on how to do that.

1. Join the Linky Party on Mondays!

2. Get in touch with Tricia from Upcycled Stuff~ she might feature your upcycling DIY's and tutorials in a 'Love 2 DIY on the Weekend' edition or maybe in her Linky Party post.

3. Send me (Cat, your fearless leader from Collagical) your blog link and I will add it to the bloglist.

4. ALL OF THE ABOVE!

In the meantime, here are a few Blogs 2 Love for now, until I redo our Blogs 2 Love page, which I hope to start updating weekly and announcing as part of our new Follow Friday supplements to our Linky Parties. Just another way to get you psyched up for 'Love 2 DIY' weekend projects and the Monday Linky Parties!

Woohoo!


Please remember to be kind and take the time to follow these fantastic bloggers!

Brizel Handcraft's Personal Project: Planet Earth Stool Cover Using Mike's T-Shirt Yarn




Once There Was a Shirt... from Prairie Peasant





Found Beauty Studio's Before and After: Vintage Chest Restoration


BEFORE


Mostaza Seed's Cafe Curtains, Peanut Butter Pancakes & a Secret Garden





Giant Upcycled Bubble Blowers from the Upcycled Design Lab






So there you go~ Blogs 2 Love and to Follow! But hurry up, there's only a little time left this

#FollowFriday!

TGIF~

;) Cat

February 14, 2013

Thrifty Thursday~ Upcycled Home Decor

NY City Love Photo by Pixamatic

 Happy Valentine's Day!
We hope all of you have a wonderful Valentine's Day! 
Love is in the air and Spring is on the way!


I'll bet many of you are idly daydreaming of Springtime! Aside from being the season of love, it's also when we freshen up the home and get rid of the winter doldrums!

And it's a great time to go thrift store shopping for some "new" accessories for the home. The next time you walk by something you think is useless, think about these Etsy items from our team we are featuring today. It's always amazing what some of our Upcyclers can do with typical thrift shop finds~ Cast off's and junk are turned into unique and clever works of art, home decor and housewares!

Check out these eco-friendly, fun and functional finds for this Spring...


Paper Flower Collage Vase Trio by LaraLeib


1937 Mexico Map Coasters by All Mapped Out


The Corkdelier by kimbradley1


Upcycled Pedestal Stand from Garden Whimsies by Mary


Mason Jar Wall Sconces by Amy's Reclaimed


2 Quarts of Light by Flat Earth Rebirth



Upcycled Barbecue Grill by Tinkan Designs


Vintage Silverware Hooks by Love Letters Upcycled


Upcycled Jewelry Organizer by NorScott


Upcycled Vintage Children's Shelf by Once Upon a Firefly


Upcycled Magnet Board by LeMaisonBelle


Alphabet Block Terrarium by Roots in Rust


I know I may have made you even more impatient for Spring but I just couldn't help sharing these finds!

ENJOY YOUR LOVED ONES TODAY!
;) Cat

Editor's note: The "NY City Love Photo" is sold by Pixamatic on Etsy and owned by Lisa Futterman Photography, a member of the Etsy team~ POE, Photographers on Etsy. Please check out more of her work:  Pixamatic, Fine Art Photography

February 13, 2013

Upcycled Valentines!

Upcycled Valentines!


Necklace
etsy.com


Necklace
etsy.com


Necklace
etsy.com


Brooch
etsy.com
















Wool Heart and Scrabble letters ornament Valentine
etsy.com




P.S.  Did you know that once your item is "clipped" to Polyvore from Etsy~ it can be used by anyone in a collection, giving your item exposure in many more venues!