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Love, Crafts, and the Fine Art of Dumpster Diving

September 17, 2014 by Joanna Slan

Two days ago, I noticed a big red Dumpster behind our apartment complex. It looked to be empty. That’s interesting, I thought. Yesterday evening, my husband and I were walking Jax when I noticed the Dumpster had been filled to the brim. Looks to me like the apartment management evicted someone, sending their furniture packing […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Cara Mia Delgatto, creativity, dollhouse, dollhouse diy, garbage, landfill, miniatures, recycling, thrifty, trash to treasure, upcycling

How to Make Paper Beads, Part II

September 23, 2013 by Joanna Slan

Now that you have a plethora of long, skinny triangles, it’s time to make your beads. For the next step, you’ll need: 1.  A lot of wooden toothpicks or skewers. They have to be ROUND, not squarish. These will be used as spindles. You’ll wrap your paper beads around the toothpicks to shape them. 2. A block of […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: crafts, how to, magazine pages, paper bead tutorial, papercrafting, recycling, step by step, tutorial, upcycling

How to Create Inchies — and What to Do With Them When You're Done!

September 9, 2013 by Joanna Slan

In my newest Kiki Lowenstein short story, she runs short of craft supplies and ideas. But Kiki never fails her customers, so she came up with a wonderful “make and take” project–inchies! Inchies are one inch by one inch pieces of original art. Typically they are collage art, but that’s not always the case. What’s so […]

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Upcycle Styrofoam into a Great Coaster

September 1, 2013 by Joanna Slan

The portions in most restaurants are far too large for me, so I always ask for a carry-out container. Sadly, most of these are made of Styrofoam, or polystyrene, a product that takes nearly forever to breakdown in our landfills. So I’ve been searching for ways to reuse my Styrofoam containers, and this idea is […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: coaster, crafts, garbage, plants, recyling, sanding block, scissors, Styrofoam, upcycling, waste

You're Going to Love 'Beachcomber Art'

February 25, 2013 by Joanna Slan

Being an author means, you constantly question yourself. “Is this the right idea? Or should I have chosen another topic?” There’s no way to tell if you are working on something really cool…or if you picked a lemon. And your confidence suffers accordingly. I’d had a bad, sad couple of days where my doubts got […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Beachcomber Art, crafts, decor, DIY, recycling, repurpose, Trash to Treasure series, upcycling

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