Posted by hipkitty on 2004-12-20 17:43:26
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http://www.lisavollrath.com/articles/ - is an awesome one if you are into paper type crafts
http://www.geocities.com/thechecker2000/p-p.html - for some great beading patterns
Here are a whole bunch more that I keep in my notepad:
Craft links
Craft Town
http://www.craftown.com/
Crafts
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/crafts/crafts.html
Crafty Chica
http://www.craftychica.homestead.com/
Daydreaming On Paper
http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/r/drv1913/archive.html
DIY net
http://www.diynet.com
Fashion Icon
http://www.fashion-icon.com/studio/index.html
Frugal Craft
http://www.frugalcrafts.com/
Funky Recycling Ideas
http://www.nzert.org/oldweb/Recycling__ideas.htm
Holiday Crafter
http://www.holidaycrafter.com/page1004.html
HSN
http://www.hsn.com/cnt/sf/default.aspx?sz=31&sf=CT
Matchbox shrines
http://www.aisling.net/gallery/shrines/elvismatchbook.htm
Not Martha
http://megan.scatterbrain.org/notmartha/
oddrocket
http://www.oddrocket.com
oddrocket
http://www.oddrocket.com
She Made This
http://shemadethis.com/main.htm
Tracey Porter
http://www.tracyporter.com/make_and_create/index.shtml
Wacky Uses
http://www.wackyuses.com/uses.html
Beading
Aunt Mollys Bead Street
http://www.flash.net/~mjtafoya/home.htm
Beadnik Bead Patterns
http://members.tripod.com/~beadnik/index.html
Beltana Beading Patterns
http://www.angelfire.com/co2/beltana/main.html
Checker beads (Patterns)
Bead patterns
http://checkerbeads.tripod.com/index.html
DonnasDreams Beading
http://www.members.tripod.com/DonnasDreams/index.html
Elainecraft Beading Patterns
http://www.elainecraft.com/instructions/instructions.html
Howing Rabbit Bead Patterns
http://www.howlingrabbit.com/
Jelly beads Patterns
http://www.geocities.com/jelly_beads/2.html
Joust beads
http://www.joust.com/AB/index.html
Large stars
Directions on how to make large beaded stars
http://www.homestead.com/eaglespirituk/pentaclemedium.html
Paper Beads
Make your own paper beads!!!
http://www.geocities.com/titanicsunrise/Crafts.htm
Picture of a large star
http://groups.msn.com/shinycraftypeople/mycreations.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=1287
Ruby's Beadwork
http://www.rubysbeadwork.com/
Small Stars
Directions on making small beaded stars
http://www.geocities.com/thechecker2000/stars2.html
Book binding
Book binding
http://www.sff.net/people/brook.west/bind/bindit.html
Book making
http://world.std.com/~deanb/zgg/book_5st_1.html
Posted by quaisior on 2005-06-12 23:13:25
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I can't eat much fresh fruit, so I eat a lot of baby food and the plastic containers some baby food comes in make great little storage containers. I use them for craft supplies, hair ties, and other small items.
We get a discount at the grocery store for reusing our bags, then when they are worn out, we recycle them. We also use the plastic grocery bags in our waste baskets, for storing recyclables, for the cat litter, and I even used a black one as wrapping paper. I've also used the paper bags to make wrapping paper.
I'm using old clothes to make some rag rugs. I took the zippers and buttons off the clothes to reuse too.
I make collages, marble magnets, paper beads, and decoupage with magazine clippings.
I reuse Christmas bows instead of throwing them away.
I want to use free AOL CDs to make disco balls. And I also make collages with the CDs and the tins they come in.
I have a bunch of Altoids tins saved to do all kinds of projects with. And I keep most other tins I get and use them for storage.
I saved some food containers to use as soap and candle molds.
I'd like to make my own recycled paper once I get a good blender (so I can use the junky one I have now for paper making).
I don't eat much cereal, but my mom is saving me some cereal boxes so I can make some magazine holders with them.
I use my mom's old coffee cans to make pen holders.
I reuse a lot of plastic food containers too.
Shoe boxes are a particular weakness of mine; I never throw them away. I'm currently using them to stores tapes, stationary, paint, and book club fliers.
I keep pretty glass drink bottles to use as vases or to store coins, stones, etc.
I keep any bubble wrap I get and either reuse it or pop it when I'm feeling stressed.
I go to a co-op sometimes and you can refill your own containers there, so we have a lot of bottles we reuse, plus we take Rubbermaid and Tupperware with us.
I recycle paper, plastics, glass, and cans. But I've found a lot of reuse ideas for those too.
