Free Stuff Friday!!
February 17, 2012 12:02 am Allie Contests, Free Stuff Friday!!
Enter to win a Random Bag of Craft! Prize package could contain but not limited to: Elmer’s glue, Offray ribbon, Blue Moon Beads, DMC Floss, Sculpey Clay, Diamond Glaze and more!
FIVE winners will be selected and each will receive a Random Bag of Craft! Each person will receive a CreateForLess Mable Crafts-a lot tote and the rest of the prize will be random!
CreateForLess Mable Crafts-a lot Tote Bag is not only cute, but can be used to carry anything! This tote bag is large enough to carry your craft supplies, and sturdy enough to use while grocery shopping.
Every Friday we’ll post a giveaway on Think Crafts and all you have to do is comment on the blog post answering the question of the week. We’ll pick the winner and contact them via email. Deadline is midnight tonight and the winner will be announced Monday. One entry per person please.
Question of week: What have you reused or repurposed for a craft project?
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Kayla Lynn :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:10 AM
I re-use broken pieces of jewelry and pieces I find in thrift stores for the centers of the flowers I make.
viji :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:12 AM
I have repurposed baby food jars to make baby shower flavors!
Mone :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:14 AM
I allways reuse many things, usually none of my crafts, no matter what I´m doing, is made completely of new materials. The latest project was a de-constructed dress, made of old, worn t-shirts and longsleeves. Before that I learned to re-purpose babyfood glases into candleholders and spice jars.
Greetings from Berlin
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Michelle :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:15 AM
I’ve repurposed old frames into bow holders and old picture frames into chalk boards.
Connie :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:18 AM
I love to re-purpose items (so green) and thrifty. Sometimes I save too many things to re-purpose and my husband thinks they are ‘junk’…. but to me they are treasures.
Connie :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:19 AM
I love to repurpose items (so green) and thrifty. Sometimes I save too many things to repurpose and my husband thinks they are ‘junk’ but to me they are treasures.
Connie :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:20 AM
I love to repurpose items (so green) and thrifty
Sometimes I save too many things to repurpose and my husband thinks they are junk but to me they are treasures.
susie c. :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:20 AM
i repurposed the door to an old rabbit hutch into a jewelry display – i use it sell i vend at events.
heather wynack :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:21 AM
This week I have used my stash of gold and silver foil off my margarine and butter containers to punch flowers for scrapbooking, collected A4 copy paper boxes from a local office to make magazine holders for my scrapbooking magazines.
Terri McNamara :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:22 AM
I turn old dresser drawers into ribbon holders by drilling holes tru the sides big enough to accommodate dowels rods and them you s\thread your ribbon spools on to the dowels
Jenice :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:23 AM
I try hard to re-use paper and paper scraps for my projects and card making.
michelle :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:23 AM
I’ve re-purposed lots of different things….but one of my favorite things to re-purpose is buttons.
when i was a child..my grandmother always cut buttons off of old used clothing that was destined for the “rag bag”..and kept them in a 5 gallon glass jar…
when she died..my mother kept that jar..and added her own buttons to it…
i loved that jar of buttons…and to this day..i find myself saving buttons from clothing that is no longer being worn…and later…using them when i craft…and create cards
Randi K :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:30 AM
We just reused aluminum cans for valentines crafts and next week will be using plastic bottles for a project
rani :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:44 AM
I have repurposed tin cans to make nail punch candle holders….seems to be an old school craft, but I love it!!!
Marsha :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:44 AM
I used some old candle holders and glued a flat plate on top to make a cake plate for the nieces and nephews birthdays. I usually paint the candle holder a pale pink for the girls. They like their own cake plate and use it from one birthday to the next.
Robert Rosendale :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:49 AM
I had found an old card that never got sent to anyne…so I did some more embellishing…Smile
Liz W :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:52 AM
My local charity store saves for me all the broken and otherwise useless bits of jewellery not fit for sale. In return I made them a picture using only the broken jewellery they saved fo me, sweet papers, and some 50 year old fabric which had belonged to my husbands grandmother. The only new things were some ribbon and metal flake. I gave the piece back to them and they are auctioning it off to raise funds for the charity.
Katheryn E. :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 1:16 AM
My goodness, what -haven’t- I repurposed? Lately it’s cocoa tins and snack tins (which are actually chipboard, not metal). Some are decoupaged, others are painted. All make lovely display containers for our local elementary school’s holiday and student stores!
DanielleMW :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 1:19 AM
This week, I used old ribbons to make wreaths. In the past, I’ve used old beads and buttons and scrap papers to make greeting cards. I also use the tiny left-over pieces of tissue paper to embellish wooden beads. They look like they have been painted with watercolors.
Juli :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 2:49 AM
I like to repurpose clothes from the thrift shop. I chop them up and use them as pieces in crazy quilt blocks.
I also like to repurpose candle holders to create “make-do” pincushions.
Terri-Lynn Meisner :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 3:10 AM
I reuse bday and Xmas cards, ribbon, and paper. If I think I can use it for something then I keep it. My husband doesn’t like it but why buy more and waste things
Michele Smith :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 3:13 AM
It’s funny you ask that because I am constantly fishing containers out of the trash for recycling. At the moment, I have a gum container, vitamin bottle and toilet tissue holder! I will find something creative to do with them!!! Awesome prize package ~ Have a great day everyone
cathy :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 5:16 AM
I reuse so many different things. Be it jewelry pieces, glass pieces or scraps of material they all come in handy in one variety or another when it comes to crafting. I sculpt fairies do crafts with my grand children, sew, etch glass and make glass beads. If there is some thing I see and I like it or just think it’s cool, I will make.
jennifer :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 5:46 AM
yes, I often scavenge cards for their embellishments
Jean Marmo :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 5:47 AM
Lots of things! I use cereal boxes for albums, I have made flowers out of plastic, I reuse ribbon all the time, packaging from scrap supplies, etc.
Debbie :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 5:52 AM
I reuse the cardboard dividers that come in tea boxes as glue spreaders! I repurpose old broken jewelry into bling for my art dolls! I could go on…
Carol Douglass :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 5:54 AM
This is kinda weird…but my daughter needed snow for a scrap page….she tore apart a new tampon and used it. We were away from home, and we could not find any cotton balls. LOL
sandysewin :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 6:01 AM
I love to reuse clear plastic packaging. It can be die cut, embossed, colored with alcohol inks and more. You can get beautiful effects from something that is usually thrown away.
Lucy Amato :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 6:10 AM
Yesterday I used an empty cereal box, cut in half, to make a mail holder
Juanita M :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 6:11 AM
Most recently, I used cardboard as the backing for a small wallhanging memorial. I covered it with quilt batting,fabric and embellishments.
I have recycled many things over the years. One of my favorites was reusing film canisters (obviously a while back) to make snow “globes” as a craft in my son’s kindergarten class. Once, I upcycled an old chair for my mother. It didn’t have a bottom so I cut up an old plastic crate to make the seat then covered it with recycled foam, fabric and clear vinyl. I have used cardboard and metal coat hangers for numerous projects.
Maria :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 6:19 AM
Tin cans – 1001 uses/pencil holders luminaries office picture bowling game etc….
Buttons/jewelry embellishments charms faces counting games etc…
Cereal boxes – oatmeal “cans” – plastic soda containers sturdy material when projects call for it storage yarn holder
My fav glass jars for ice water.
Nancy :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 6:24 AM
Lately it’s old buttons and trim and various things taken off clothing that’s worn out. I’m making a busy book for my granddaughter and I’m using all the old zippers, buckles, & other fasteners I’ve saved.
Andrea :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 6:33 AM
I like to use The small boullion jarsor any jar that size to make water globes
Ren :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 6:42 AM
Recently I used an old glass doorknob and a used magnet to make a very pretty refridgerator magnet.
Christine P :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 7:03 AM
This is my favorite Free Stuff Friday! I love the mystery of the prize and reading all of the answers to get more ideas for recycling into crafts!
I made a very cute mobile for my son using an old CD, a toilet paper tube, and old newspapers. We used an old baby sock to make a hat and scarf for a snowman for a school assignment. From the kids’ school projects that we don’t keep, I save all of the craft bits to reuse later. I also save little bits of ribbon from EVERYTHING in a canister!
Kelly Donovan :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 7:08 AM
I resuse old jars and cans for pencil and pen and odds and end holders. I redecorate them!!!!!
Marissa :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 7:15 AM
I’ve reused several spice jar racks that no one loves anymore to give them a spinny home on my craft table!
Jacklynn Grimm :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 7:46 AM
Lots of things can be used as embellishments on homemade cards, but my first thought is buttons.
Donna Jones :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 7:57 AM
I use scrap fabric for lap throw quilts.
Sherry Lykins :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 8:27 AM
I use everything! I have a tree year old so we lots of crafts with egg cartons, t.p. rolls, jars, just about anything!! lilsis_75@hotmail.com
Jusa :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 8:54 AM
What haven’t I. Everything I lay my eyes on is fair game. My favorite craft is cardmaking, so anything paper, or anything that can be used as an embellishment. One thing I have become obsessed with saving is security envelopes. There are an amazing number of designs, even a few different colors. Free, and they make an interesting contrast for collage designs.
Tammy :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 9:01 AM
I save all kinds of containers, like coffee & pringles cans, then paint & embellish them for storage
Jean Snider :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 9:03 AM
The bigger question is – what have I NOT used? I use CDs as ice rinks for snowmen or other creatures, tuna cans for snowmen sleds, pasta pieces for different angels, brown paper/ bags for mache’ items, milk jugs for pattern templates and the list goes on. My family thinks I save EVERYTHING!
Maria :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 9:17 AM
I’ve been using aluminum soda cans to make jewelry components. Love the versatility and the fact that they don’t tarnish!
Jola :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 9:33 AM
I re-use old pill bottles, small jars and small boxes for storing items like beads. Wrapping paper cardboard rolls become templates for napkin rings. Pop cans become templates for bangle bracelets. I save paper that is only printed on one side and use the other side to draw designs or ideas. A worn out pair of jeans is going to get cut up into pieces to use to buff my clay creations.
Kimberly Mitchell :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 9:34 AM
I helped my daughter decorate a Valentine mailbox for school using a facial tissue box, scrapbook paper, and scrapbook adhesive.
KittenWithAWhiplash :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 9:36 AM
Two lamps that I got free because the glass shades had broken. For the floor lamp, I found two plastic bowls that fit, sprayed them a metallic grey to match the lamp, now it gives very directed light. For the desk lamp I found a stamped tin openwork bowl with a leaf pattern, sprayed it black to match the lamp and added a 4″ black fringe. Now it has a very 30s tropical-ish feel.
Marie Otake :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 9:44 AM
I love random things for crafts. I’ve used used gift bags, bottles, etc.
Mables Mom :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 10:08 AM
I like to save the ribbon that comes when you buy blankets,towels or sheets to reuse in my projects.
Christine S :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 10:23 AM
I’ve made purses from my old shirts….or shirts I’ve gotten at the thrift store. And I’m saving up my shirts to make into a quilt
Carrie Higgins :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 10:30 AM
Ha Ha! i’ve reused my daughter’s tights, tp rolls, tons of my tshirts, an old men’s workshirt, home interior picture frames, church hymnals, beer bottles found on the side of the road, taper candles from weddings(lol!!!) baskets from bath sets at christmas, tree stumps, my husband’s deer antlers, sheets, tablecloths, i could go on and on i guess but i better stop. have a good weekend!
Darla :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 11:32 AM
I save the pretty pastel colored Hersey’s Kisses foil and use them to punch out with different punches. They make beautiful additions to any scapebook page.
Amber S :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 11:37 AM
Jars and containers are my favorite- I decorate and reuse them for everything. We use toilet paper tubes for crafts too- I have young children. I’ve made cardboard boxes into magazine holders- covered them with fabric and they’re beautiful.
Denise :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 11:46 AM
I recycle lots of papers by painting or dyeing them lightly–old sheet music, book pages, braille. Then I use them instead of commercial papers for greeting cards and collage backgrounds. I also felt wool thrift store garments and reuse the fabric in applique projects.
susan rinaman :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 11:47 AM
I like to look through my 2 junk drawers in my kitchen… I can pick one item and keep finding things to go with it to make a project.. the kids love our junk drawer craft days!
Carmen :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 11:52 AM
I’ve recycled old boxes making them new with contact paper, scrapbook paper and other embellishments.
Joy :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:00 PM
I have recycled Capri sun pouches to make a cool ipod case for my child. I have also recycled the Capri Sun boxes to make cool notepads (covers) for friends.
Stefanie Gott-Dinsmore :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 12:11 PM
That looks like a fun package. I’ve use milk cartons for wallets, bottle caps for magnets, tea cups for pin cushions and I’ve reused fabric for various projects.
Staci Jones :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 1:05 PM
Plastic containers, mirrors, boxes, whatever I find
buddz :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 1:31 PM
I glued the spikey balls from a sycamore tree onto a styrofoam cone and sprayed it with gold paint for a Christmas decoration. (I consider it a personal victory that it turned out so well and I still put it out every year.)
Lr. Smith :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 2:11 PM
I re~use everything… I re~use Kleenex boxes for my Cricut Machine. (They make great Letter/Numbers, etc. for scrapbooking and card making.. so many pretty paper patterns out there) Also I can make lot’s of stuff out of cereal boxes too… (it’s like chip board)… I use can tops for hanging pictures or take old Cards (Christmas/b~day, etc.) and cut just certain things out, punch a hole in the metal top *I do that with the Crop~a~dile* Oh, there’s not enough room for the stuff I repurpose..
L. Ann R :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 2:46 PM
Odds and ends scrap heavy fabric (think upholstery, canvas, denim) make great hand or body warmers when stitched and stuffed with feed corn. Popped in the micro, they provide many soothing minutes when you’re chilled or sore. Great gifts, too!
Helen Stevens :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 2:58 PM
My daughter started a painting of a leafless tree. I am revamping it to make a full summer tree with flowers.
Also with my work at a church, in an effort to save money, we are repurposing old large felt banners to make new cut outs for decorating kids Eucharist banners!
Pippa :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 3:02 PM
I reuse scraps of paper, bits of ribbon and paint chips for cards, and upcycle CD’s for jewellery.
Carolyn :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 5:36 PM
I use a cheese grater to provide texture for various projects. Unusual packing materials are used “as” or as stamps for projects. I save bits of colored foil to use in papermaking. All kinds of things go into my handmade paper.
Eva :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 7:30 PM
My first repurposing was using the empty plastic containers from my face-cleaning pads as receptacles for my homemade deoderant (two scents).
Marlene Brazzell :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 7:48 PM
I have always recycled jars & cans to hold my craft supplies so they can be seen; but lately I have cut up old T-shirts to make bracelets and scarves. So much fun. Love the the Tote bag & mystery goodies to come inside. Thanks again for the Freebie Fridays.
Deborah Pichler :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 9:00 PM
I have a bunch of fishhook earrings that people have given me without realizing that I don’t have pierced ears. I take them apart and use the hangy bits for charm bracelets or necklaces, and the hooks for hanging origami ornaments on the Christmas tree.
Carol Y :
Date: February 17, 2012 @ 9:44 PM
Altoid tins for containing small things. Thrift store sweaters for their yarn…
Carole M :
Date: February 18, 2012 @ 12:56 PM
Knitted gloves which I turn into an octopus for the kids (well, a quadrapus b/c he only has 4 legs.
Patti D :
Date: February 18, 2012 @ 4:55 PM
I have repurposed mason jars for so many things-gifts-in-a-jar, Christmas decorations (lights in a jar), and home decor (shells or marbles in a jar)
Ronda L :
Date: February 18, 2012 @ 5:44 PM
I had my husband make a frame of old rotted fence slats and a roll of old chicken wire. The frame is approx 4.5ft wide and 24″ tall and the wire is cut and nailed to the back. I use this to display many of the things I collect and make. They look really cute hanging on there. You can even put cup hooks along the bottom to hang cups or other goodies. I love it.
♡♥♬ Louis ♬♥♡ :
Date: February 19, 2012 @ 6:50 AM
I have made great storage containers out of milk jugs
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anne :
Date: February 19, 2012 @ 8:14 AM
i have re-purposed used shipping materials into wreaths!
cathy v :
Date: February 19, 2012 @ 1:54 PM
sweaters, cards and sticks.
Steve :
Date: February 19, 2012 @ 2:55 PM
over 1000 sheets of draft litho prints
Monica :
Date: February 20, 2012 @ 8:38 AM
I work with kids and last Spring I did a full week of recycled crafts, without even realizing it at first! I think my favorite was the Capri Sun tote bags. They used old Capri Sun packages that were rinsed and dried, then it was just tape and staples to put them together. They turned out really cute and the kids had a blast!
QH :
Date: February 20, 2012 @ 12:53 PM
Made a display case for jewelry out of a small suitcase and totally recovered outside and inside. SO pretty and handy!! (for shows)
Kendra :
Date: February 22, 2012 @ 6:21 PM
I save the extra buttons that come with blouses for projects. Also, sometimes some of my young daughters princess accessories come with some “bling” on them. Once the item is no longer wanted, I used the embellishments in some of my projects.
Lynn :
Date: February 23, 2012 @ 4:11 AM
I make jewelry from bleach bottles. I also make Christmas ornaments from plastic bottles. In making my jewelry I use toilet paper rolls for my own technique. I try to re-purpose everything. My family calls me the Queen of recycle. You can hear around my house —don’t throw it away mom might be able to make something from it— LOL
Ann Winberg :
Date: February 23, 2012 @ 5:28 AM
It is rediculous the things I save just knowing I will find a purpose for them. Bread bag tags made the cutest little clips when my website partner painted characters on them. Cute to put on packages or shoestrings for kids.
Kathy D :
Date: February 24, 2012 @ 5:43 AM
I’ve used the flat chips of pink brick, from my home when I was a girl, to make Santa face Christmas ornaments. I just painted the red and white hat and white beard and used the brick color for the face. I gave one to everyone in my family.
Laura T. Giddens :
Date: February 24, 2012 @ 10:23 AM
I took a round plastic butter bowl, covered it with a scrap of material and ribbon; cut a hole in the top and used a fake ponytail for her hair. My grand daughter looked like “Gennie” on the “I dream of Gennie” show.