Remember last week when Katya the intern shared the 1st post in her series for greening your kitchen? Well, you all seemed to like the tutorials she found so much that we decided to put together another roundup post of eco-tutorials for the kitchen.
Eco Travel Food Lid from Allyson Hill
Faux porcelain with recycled bottles & puffy paint from design*sponge
Wire Basket Pendant Lamp from Ashely Ann
Recycled Placemats from Craftzine
recycled reusable sandwich bags from noodlehead
chalkboard labels from the inadvertent farmer
DIY notebook lunch bag from design*sponge
Make your own Ketchup from Craftzine
custom mug cozies from Hazelnuts
Learn to make this tote with some Ikea fabric, basic sewing skills & an appliqué tutorial from TreeFall Design.
I can’t help you with the free time you need to make it though…you are on your own there.
Before I tore my house apart for our remodeling project, I made some paper heart garlands to decorate the house for Valentine’s Day. I just love V-Day, I’ve never really lost that excitement of it from being a kid. I used to love making Valentine’s cards to pass out to classmates and the party and the sweets…and I still love all that. So, I decided to use some gift wrap from Smock Paper and Erin Ruth (which they both sent me to play around with) to make a sweet heart garland.
I used the Smock Paper gift wrap in the kitchen, since the colors matched better, and the Erin Ruth wrap in the living room for the same reason. I freehand drew a heart, traced it and cut it out about a milltion times. Then I used the sewing machine to sew the hearts together in long strands. Very simple and I really like they way it turned out.
How about you? Have you decorated for Valentine’s Day? Share your pics in Indie Fixx Holiday Decor Flickr Group, which is a group to show off your holiday decorating no matter the holiday…even National Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Vanessa from A Fanciful Twist shared her tutorial for making this lovely alternative to the holiday stocking and I just had to share it with you, because….well, it’s getting to be that time of year. I just love that it’s made from recycled grocery bags, because as much as we try to use reusable bags, it seems we always end up with some of those plastic ones.
Btw, a teaser! I will be featuring Vanessa’s home later this year for A Peek Inside: indie home tours.
How to dip-dye a vintage wool skirt from Love Charles Vinatge. Just gorgeous!
