Recycled Crafts

Every day tons of shopping bags are added to landfills across the country and around the world. You can upcycle your torn, used shopping bags otherwise destined for the trash into a durable,...

Quilted bags are special due to their hodge-podge designs and unique clash of color, stitch work, and size. The quickest, cheapest, and most creative way to make your own quilted handbag is by...

Plastic bags are a scourge upon the Earth. They sit in the landfill for eternity, and it seems that more and more stores are offering plastic as their only choice for bags these days. I try to...

When blue jeans begin to wear or get stained, they are perfect to make into shopping bags. Each pair of jeans will make two shopping bags. I have been using mine for a year for weekly grocery...

Has your son or daughter grown too tall for those blue jeans? Find a really cute pair at a garage sale but they don't quite fit? With a little sewing know-how, you can create an adorable, sturdy...

Why throw away a t-shirt when there are so many things you can do with them. Besides cleaning rags, pillow cases, and cutting them into strips to make recycled rugs, you can also do this easy...

Canvas bags are becoming all the rage as we leave behind our plastic bags at the grocery store. Canvas bags are sturdy, reliable, and earth friendly (reusable). If your handy with a sewing...

Re-useable grocery bags make it so easy to "go green". Why not make your bags stand out from the rest with a little unique fabric yo-yo embellishment?

I am a strong believer in reusing. Plastic and Paper bags can be used in places that some people don't realize. So I am going to share a few of my nifty ideas.

Magazine subscriptions come with an overflow of subscription cards tucked inside every issue. Go ahead and remove them like you do every time, but instead of tossing them in the garbage consider...

Bicycle Messenger Bags can be made from everyday materials in your own home. This article briefly explains how to meld plastic bags together to form the material for your homemade messenger bag. ...

Power chairs are great, but, there is no place to carry your necessities, so a bag to hang on one of the arms is a must! Here is how to create such a bag from an existing canvas, burlap, or cloth...

For several years I’ve saved the plastic net bags that fruit and poultry come in and just wadded them up to use for dish scrubbers. They’re great because you can scrub anything from fine china...

A combination word, or portmanteau, plarn stands for plastic yarn. Though it can mean any yarnlike material made from plastic, it's usually used to refer to materials that are created by recycling...

Plastic bags can easily pile up in your home. You can recycle them and reuse them in many ways. Plastic is one of the most difficult types of trash to get rid of, so lets help save our Earth.