You have to click on this link

I would love to put up a photo of these great no-sew sock toys, but they are copyrighted, so you must just click on the link. They have bears, goldfish, snails, bunnies, dolls, basically more than you could have imagined was made out of a sock (or two). All you need are elastics, socks, stuffing, glue and a black marker pen.

Make baby stuff!

Just found this great site to make baby stuff which said if you can operate a sewing maching, you can make wooden toys... hurrah - that gives me hope..

Where are the quality 2nd hand stores in cape town?

The crafting a green world blog had a blog today chocked full with ideas on what to do with second hand goodies. Get it here - thrift store crafting: what to buy, what to make.
On that note - where are the 2nd hand clothing stores in cape town (not vintage or carefully selected)?

Craft yourself stylish

I am a sucker for ideas on how to re-use things we usually throw in the bin, so this CD spindle light appeals to me. It's from Kaytet on CraftStylish.

Here are some other super creative ideas from this great craft site:
wall art with vintage fabrics
wall paper decorations (definitely one for the new house)
mosaic with old plastic
baby toy with crinkly plastic (i love the re-use of nappy wipe packets)

Crafters

Oooooo a Crafters Forum, something new to get addicted too. I love the voyeuristic opportunities - checking out what other people have been doing, and also getting recycle/reuse ideas!

March is mending month

On the Craftzine site March is mending month. I found this out at quite an appropriate time - when the knees in my favourite Lee jeans gave out. But I didn't find any patching solution that wasn't, well, uncool. Like the tourniquet patch gets marks for being original but no way would I wear that. The buttons idea is also a little funny, and I'm not in the market for ripped jeans. Hmmm. To celebrate March I'll have to come up with something.

Voodoo

How cute is this 'damnit doll' idea?
I will be bookmarking this craft site - Craft Bits

Craftzine

Yet another site for inspiration... the blog of magazine Craft. Unfortunately they are no longer publishing the magazine (they have been merged with Make magazine) but their blogs and website are full of great ideas.

Crafty Crafty

If you struggle to keep up with all the different craft blogs, checkout crafty crafty - which aggregates all the best from the web. Plenty of DIY and howtos to keep you busy for a long while.

Cut out and Keep

I love this site Cut out and Keep
There are always great ideas, like these ...
a chair transformation and reconstructing second hand sweaters...

Enjoy :)

Reduce/Reuse/Recycle

Since I had a baby I have become even more of a eco nut (although I have been a local crackpot for a while). I really enjoy finding a re-use for something or re-purposing something else.

My classic example is using vegetable containers for drawer organisers.

Crafters has a whole forum dedicated to this topic -


And what about this list of recycled crafts from craft bits? I love these projects
* denim flower (pictured)
* funky glass bottles which are great vases (I don't particularly like this example, but minus the gold paint will be a lot cooler)
* baby water bottle rattle (I always have way too many of these bottles floating around)