29/4/09

Upcycling - Plastic bottle to cellphone charging station

A sturdy plastic bottle (i think it was of an detergent) becomes a cell phone charging station. Better than having the phone dangling about or even have it laying on the floor.


The original tutorial at Zakkalife has been taken down because of safety issues. I couldn't read the comments he referred to, but over at Unclutterer people pointed out that the plastic of the bottle is touching the metallic prongs of the charger. In this project that is not the case, because this is european standard and we are not touching anything live. But NOTE: If you are uncomfortable with electronics, just leave it alone. There are thousands of projects you can do instead!

22/4/09

Upcycling - Fused plastic bag zipper pouch


Another upcycling project. Fusing eight grocery plastic bags together gives a good material for sewing projects. The material is surprisingly easy to sew with a machine. A tutorial for fusing was published by the Etsy Labs.

15/4/09

Upcycling - The pop tab bracelet


Lately I got into upcycling. Here is the first project. A tutorial can be found here.

Edit: Updated link to another tutorial.Deleted Google link for other tutorial.Thanks to Maliers for giving a hint that I have to review my links.

7/4/09

The Fleece Panda Beanie

Behold! The mighty panda beanie I made. That was just another practice to make a beanie pattern...