Day 95 April 12 water bottle flowers

These are so easy and you can really have fun with them. They are made from water and juice bottles that I painted just the outside then cut in half and cut to make pedals.  If you layer the paint you will get a different color on the inside and the outside.

Day 94 April 11 zipper necklace

This is made from a double pull, open bottom - from a jacket - zipper.  I cut the fabric away from the teeth and sewed them to make a loop.  I then added a lobster claw clasp to the bottom pull and added a nest pendant that I had made.  Both pulls are functional so the necklace can be worn many ways and with different pendants or charms.  A lobster claw clasp could be added to the top pull for more danglers.

Day 93 April 10 braided headband

I covered a headband with black t-shirt material and then made a thick braid with that same t-shirt.  I attached it to the covered headband and put it on. It looks marvelous.

Day 92 April 9 fork plant markers

I have lots of old silverware.  I decorated these forks with some reclaimed copper wire and some paper beads I've made then bent the tines so they can hold a card or nameplate.  They look great in a gift plant.

Day 91 April 8 fork handle

These cupboards didn't have any handles so I bent the tines of an old fork and bent the handle and screwed it on.  I can hang keys from them and know where they are.

Day 90 April 7 napkin owl

Today is my sister Jill's birthday so this is for her because she used to love owls.  I made this little guy out of an old cloth napkin and some scrap trim.  I love stuffys!

Day 89 April 6 plastic cup jewelry

A lot of plastic cups are no.6 plastic - the same as Shrinky Dinks.  I cut up an orange and pink cup and a green and yellow cup, added some detail with a sharpie pen, and then shrunk them in the oven.  What I got are these cool discs for pendants or bangles.

Day 88 April 5 game board box

Game boards are so colorful and I seem to have a few that I don't use so I have been turning them into boxes.  I love this CandyLand one.

Day 87 April 4 t-shirt belt

I made this belt the same way I made the headband.  The red belt loops were bangle bracelets.

Day 86 April 3 sock monkey bottle cozy

Everyone has seen sock monkeys, but have you seen the sock monkey bottle cozy?  I used the same socks and made the monkey face on the heel and here it is.  Bring your favorite sparkling juice to the next party in style.

Day 85 April 2 t-shirt seat cushion

I was going to make a rug using a hula hoop using this weaving method but I thought I should start small.  I used a wire hoop for the frame and wove strips of t-shirt to make this cute seat cushion.  I am glad I started small because I have a really big hula hoop.

Day 84 April 1 fish headband

Today is Poisson d'avril.  In french it is April fish so I made a headband out of t-shirt material featuring a fish.  Doesn't Dana look cute?

Day 83 March 31 winged heart

This is an origami piece.  I used the dust jacket from the book I am reading and it is all one piece.  I like that it has a little pocket that you can put something in.

Day 82 March 30 denim roll necklace

I used the same technique on this necklace as the magazine roll necklace but I used strips of denim from old jeans.  It is very soft and pretty.

Day 81 March 29 denim belt bag

To make this bag I cut off the bottom of some jeans and sewed the top. Then I transfered two belt loops to the back and a button hole from the waistband for a closure.  Add some lining and a button and I got this little belt bag for my stuff.  Everything but the lining and button came from an old pair of jeans.