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Saving things in the hope that some day I’ll make them into something…
Since my obsession with crafting a wide variety of things, I’ve started to hoard “things” in the hope that some day I will make them into something cool. “Things” currently include beer caps, wine...
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OMG, I have a bottle tree!
So, I’ve seen strange items in front yards around town that are used to display empty glass bottles. I mean this is Austin after all. Then, I went to the yard art show at the Lady Bird Wildflower...
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Making cork coasters
So after seeing this blog post from the Mother Nature Network I decided it would be a good way to use up my champagne corks that won’t work in the wine cork bath mat I have planned for an unplanned...
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Recycling bike inner tubes into a phone case
Okay, so I only used a small part of a bicycle inner tube to make a phone case. Next week I start training for a half marathon that takes place in November. I also decided to start using a fitness...
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Beer cap ornaments
I have a HUGE collection of beer caps because not only do we drink a lot of beer in our house, our friends also save their caps and give them to me. Because we have a beer theme going on in our house,...
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Wine bottle lights – a gift for you, a gift for them
Wine bottle lights are a gift that can be given any time of year really. Especially if you want to give yourself the gift of drinking a few bottles of wine so that you have some nice looking bottles to...
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Making a wine bottle chandelier
Ok, so I just made a small wine bottle hanging light fixture… not really a chandelier. It’s been a project in the making for quite some time and a great way to break, I mean upcycle, some wine bottles....
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Making furniture to hide those litter boxes
During the recent move to our new house, we struggled with where to put our cats’ litter boxes. At the old house we had three litter boxes for the three cats. We decided to try going down to two litter...
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Making ourselves feel at home
When we moved, we quickly missed the beer and wine glass storage we had added to our kitchen at the old house. Throughout our time there, we slowly installed shelves on the wall, corner shelves, and...
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Make your own wooden Christmas ornaments!
*This post was originally published in 2011 on Pretty Handy Girl and I’ve been saving it to share with you this year!* Every year, I make some percentage of my gifts rather than buy them. At first I...
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