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Where Trashy Crafter Recycled Book Paper Bead Jewelry Magic Happens

17 July, 2014 ♦

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I might only live in a one bedroom apartment, but I sure do love working at my bedroom desk, it’s my happy place. These is where I spend upwards of 5 hours each days working on making my dream come true and sharing my love with the world for recycled…

Old Wood Turned New Creations | Artist Interview With Jodi Roberts of Cricket Studio

13 November, 2013 ♦

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This week’s featured recycled artist is Jodi Roberts of Cricket Studio, she turns old wood into beautiful artwork, home decor and more! Learn about her journey and what she is excited about! When did you first get into crafting, was it in childhood or later in life, and what…

New Book Bracelets Now In Shop…

8 November, 2013 ♦

Recycled Jewelry

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The Little Red Riding Hood Bracelet Set The Trashy Crafter Shop has new items going up every single week, be sure to swing by and check out all the new recycled book jewelry we have up, some colors and styles are almost sold out, and once gone, they are gone…

Delicious Fall Colored Bracelets Are Here

6 November, 2013 ♦

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(Handmade recycled paper book bead bracelets made from “Desert Giant, The world of the Seguaro Cactus”) Autumn is in full force, and I couldn’t be happier, it’s the time of the year when warm orange, olive green, and light brown colors are in. I have been working like crazy…

Lovely Creatures Crafted With Recycled Fabric | Meet Olga of WassUpBrothers

24 October, 2013 ♦

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I absolutely LOVE interviewing fellow recycled artists in the community, the sheer amount of talent out there just amazes me, I want to stand on the top of the world and shout out just how amazing each and every recycled artist is… this week I have the honor of interviewing…

Recycled Book Bead Art | Trashy Craft #80

31 August, 2013 ♦

Recycled Art

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This is one of the lovely recycled book bead art frames I have made. It has a total of 10 different book pages in it. The frame was found in the trash missing the glass and the back, so I used the frame as is, then used recycled wire hangers…

Recycled Paper Bead Tutorial | Trashy Crafter #75 Recycled Tutorial

26 August, 2013 ♦

Kids Crafts, paper craft, Recycled Jewelry

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After many requests I have finally put together a little video on how to make paper beads…. it’s always a little easier to follow along while watching someone…. hope you have fun and make some awesome stuff! If you LOVE my recycled Book paper beads, but don’t want to…

8 Track Tape Recycled Music Lyric Art | Trashy Craft #70 Recycled Craft Tutorial

21 August, 2013 ♦

DIY, Recycled Art

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I was born in 1986, so I don’t have very many fond memories of the 8 track tape, I do however remember we had a really old suburban truck that had an 8 track tape player. My Mom and Dad were never big into music, so we didn’t listen to…

LMAO Encyclopedia Magnets | Trashy Craft #64

12 August, 2013 ♦

Home Decor

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Today I worked on making a bunch of new vintage encyclopedia LMAO magnets. I believe in placing awesome bling on your fridge, it’s typically such an under decorated area, why the heck not spice it up. I made a bunch of these bad boys this afternoon, I am going to…

Modern Neck Tie Art | Trashy Craft #58 Recycled Craft Tutorial

6 August, 2013 ♦

DIY, Home Decor, Recycled Art

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Neck ties have been turned into a number of things, from skirts to lamp shades! It’s such a colorful and versatile item to work with. I took some old ties and turned them into fun oval shaped modern art. I got this black oval frame from the thrift store for…

Wood Block Cork Boards | Trashy Craft #57 Recycled Craft Tutorial

5 August, 2013 ♦

DIY, Home Decor, Organization

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As you probably already know, I am huge fan or cork boards, the amount of tutorials I have done in the past on corkboards may very well give that fact away, haha. I have made colorful mini circle cork boards, my cowboy board game cork board and now cork blocks,…

T-shirt bracelets | Trashy Craft #56

4 August, 2013 ♦

DIY, Recycled Jewelry

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Once that t-shirt you love gets a hole its hard to part with it, I turned some of my old tank tops into a few bracelets. Materials: T-shirts Scissors Large Beads (optional) Hemp Cord Cut strips and braid them, if you would like you can add beads along the way…

Rustic Tart Photo Art | Trashy Craft #54

3 August, 2013 ♦

DIY, Home Decor, Recycled Art

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I found this wooden candle holder at the thrift store, and decided to use it for a photograph mount board. I took a photograph I had done a while back of my friends organic rustic tarts and wanted to use that, so I just printed it out and mounted it…

Ceramic Cup Succulents | Trashy Craft #53

1 August, 2013 ♦

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Ceramic class at the local community college and high school means amazing pieces will be found at the local thrift store after the semester is over. People in ceramics classes make some beautiful work, and often times make it for a grade and get rid of it, for me, I…

Old Table Top Turned Art | Trashy Craft #49

28 July, 2013 ♦

DIY, Home Decor, Recycled Art

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After parking my truck yesterday I was walking through the Alley and found this beauty. She needed some love, a sanding job and cleaning, and then she was ready to be turned into something awesome! I wanted something modern and simple looking, so I used word search pieces puzzle paper,…

Dresser Drawer Art | Trashy Craft #46

24 July, 2013 ♦

Recycled Art

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Often times you can find old dresser drawers in alleys or dumpsters, this is one of the drawers I had ripped off a while back. It turned it into a piece of artwork with found images from magazines and dictionary pages. It’s currently in my Shop if you would like…

Oval Frame Scrapbook Page Art | Trashy Craft Recycled Craft Tutorial #45

23 July, 2013 ♦

DIY, Home Decor, paper craft, Recycled Art

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I can’t tell you how many times I find really old cardboard art framed in cool oval or unique frames at the thrift store. This one I just had to get, the cardboard the image is printed on it very heavy duty, I had to unscrew the back! All you…

Coffee Mug Shelf | Trashy Craft Recycled Craft Tutorial #44

22 July, 2013 ♦

DIY, Furniture, Home Decor, Organization

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I have been keeping my eyes peeled for a cheap shelf for my kitchen mugs… finally after a few months of hunting I found a shelf for $4.oo at my local thrift store! I wanted it to look simple, with small pops of color. I decoupaged it with book pages,…

Vintage Cook Book Page Art | Trashy Craft #43

21 July, 2013 ♦

Recycled Art

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Todays post is short and sweet, I found this vintage 1950’s cookbook that was falling apart and had a lot of sections missing… but there were some gems in it. My boyfriend Dave is a baker, his specialty is artisan bread, I am so proud of him, he is the…

Colorful mini Vases | Trashy Craft Recycled Craft Tutorial #42

20 July, 2013 ♦

DIY, Home Decor, Recycled Art

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I was at the thrift store with my Mom and Dad last week, my mom spotted these beauties, I couldn’t say no. Such fun shapes, I loved these mini vases at first sight… but drab they were! I wanted to add some color so they would stand out and be…

Mini Bathroom Shelves | Trashy Craft Recycled Tutorial #41

19 July, 2013 ♦

DIY, Furniture, Home Decor, Organization

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In my bathroom, I have always had issues with the wall decor, I have had my eyes peeled when at the thrift store. For the past few months I have been trying to find small shelves for the wall in our bathroom. We live in a small apartment, and so…

Christmas Box Makeover | Trashy Craft Recycled Craft Tutorial #40

18 July, 2013 ♦

Card Board Crafts, DIY, Home Decor, Organization, paper craft

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Christmas boxes… it’s one of those things that awesome when its the holidays, and they are perfect for giving cookies or small gifts to friends, family and co-workers… but what about after the holidays? Now aways a lot of boxes have simple designs on the sides with christmas related images…

Goorin Hat Dresser | Trashy Craft #39 Recycled Craft Idea

17 July, 2013 ♦

Furniture, Home Decor, Organization

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Those of you who know me have long known my obsession with hats… I fondly remember my very first hat. I was at the mall with my Mom and Dad, I believe it was Macy’s and there was a children’s hat clearance section, I saw this awesome looking blue and…

Colorful Photo Holder | Trashy Craft #38 Recycled Craft Tutorial

16 July, 2013 ♦

DIY, Home Decor, Organization, Recycled Art

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I went to the thrift store yesterday and found this gem for a buck! It was in good condition, so I decided to give it a colorful face lift. All you need is embroidery thread of you choice and patients haha. It does take a while to wrap the threads…

Recycled Vintage Wallet Caddy | Trashy Craft Recycled Tutorial #36

14 July, 2013 ♦

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I bought this awesome vintage wallet caddy a few years back, I love it, but you know how ladies wallets are, they live in our purses…. I couldn’t bare to get rid of him, so I decided to turn him into a succulent planter. He will stay by my bedroom…

Instagram Recycled Coaster Wall Art | Trashy Craft Recycled Craft Tutorial #34

12 July, 2013 ♦

Card Board Crafts, DIY, Home Decor, Kids Crafts, paper craft, Recycled Art

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If you love instagram and taking photos on your phone as much as I do, you are going to flip out with this idea! I found these old cardboard coasters at the thrift store, in a bag for 50 cents… there were ten of them. I took nine to make…

Wood Junk Bowl Lined with Fabric | Trashy Craft Recycled Craft #33

11 July, 2013 ♦

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This wooden bowl is from the thrift store, the blue fabric is an old skirt I got for 50 cents at the thrift store as well…. I thought it would look nice to line the bowl with the fabric and leave the outside wood natural and not paint it. You…

Shabby Chic Recycled Flower Jewelry Dish | Trashy Craft Recycled Tutorial #29

7 July, 2013 ♦

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If you love Shabby Chic style, this is the perfect craft for you! Head over to your local thrift store and grab a small plate you like and a glass candle holder. You need to sand the top of the glass candle holder and the bottom of the plate so…

Recycled Mini Scrap Books | Trashy Craft Recycled Craft Tutorial #28

6 July, 2013 ♦

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Children go through so many coloring books and paperback books, what to do with the books once they are worn, damaged and need to be retired? Use the inside of the book for decoupage projects, paper beads and collage work, and as for the cover this is the perfect…

Recycled Square Shelves | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft #25

4 July, 2013 ♦

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I am totally obsessed with collections and knick knacks, and because of this I LOVE little unique shelves… I found this two square ones a while back and decoupaged with with vintage books my mom read as a child. They hang in my kitchen and hold a fraction of my beer cap…

Recycled Cardboard Cross Sunday School Project | Trashy Craft Recycled Tutorial # 24

2 July, 2013 ♦

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I have been a Baptist Christian since childhood, and had never had a cross hanging in my home, mainly because most that I find are either really fancy and not my style or they are really drab, I like bright vibrant and colorful. When I go dumpster diving I find…

Colorful Crayon Recycled Art Quote | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft Tutorial #22

30 June, 2013 ♦

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This is a fun and easy to make, you just do random coloring on a piece of paper, I used an old dictionary page. Be careful as you color if you choose to use a thin paper. Once you have random colors, you can do patterns if you wish, then…

Recycled Map Letter and Envelope | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft #21

29 June, 2013 ♦

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If you are like me, and find it ridiculous to pay so much for unique and awesome envelopes and note paper to send letters to friend and family you are gona love this idea. All you need is a large road atlas that is old and outdated and some copy…

Recycled I Love You Art | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft #20

28 June, 2013 ♦

Recycled Art

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If you love hiking and camping like I do, you probably love to collect fun specimens when you are on your trip. My boyfriend and I collected wood pieces on a weekend hike to spell out the phrase ” I Love You” make your next trip fun, but trying to…

Recycled Golf Tee Recycled Art | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft #19

27 June, 2013 ♦

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I am not a golfer, well thats if you don’t count miniature golf. I found this bag of colorful vintage golf tee’s at the local thrift store. They were all very beat up and dirty, but the colors… omg I die!!!! So I brought them home… and they sat in…

Recycled Modern Recycled Map Art | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft # 18

26 June, 2013 ♦

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If you have a space at home that you want to throw a splash of color on, but want something simple and minimalistic not, not too busy, this is perfect! All you do is take a canvas of any size, decoupage a map onto it, let it dry and place…

Recycled Alley Desk Chair | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft # 17

25 June, 2013 ♦

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About a week ago I found this chair in the dumpster by my house, we live in this area with like 5 apartments so their is fun stuff in the trash all the time! I found this cool vintage looking chair, it really needed some love. So I gave it a fun paint…

Recycled Doodle Framed Art | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft #16

24 June, 2013 ♦

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If it wasn’t for doodling I don’t think I could have made it though college! There was many a class were doodling was the only thing keeping me awake…. All those wonderful doodles were trapped in my notebooks… when I was cleaning out my closet the other day, I couldn’t…

Recycled Music Lyric Art | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft #15

23 June, 2013 ♦

Recycled Art

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I Would Walk 500 Miles I am a huge music fan and wanted to start making music lyric art. I was at the record store a few days ago and got inspired by some records I came across. See if you can guess what song and singer the lyrics are…

Recycled Washi Paper Recycled Art | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft #14

22 June, 2013 ♦

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Everyone really loved the Washi Paper Coffee table I made a week or so ago, But not everyone needs a coffee table to be refinished…. but if you love the design and want it in your home here is the solution! I did this on a canvas, I just ripped…

Recycled Cowboy Frame Cork board | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft #13

21 June, 2013 ♦

Organization

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There are so many fun things to make out of old board games, I have seen people turn them into wall clocks, shelving and even furniture. This old Rodeo board game was something my uncle, aunt and mom played when they were kids. It was in the get rid of…

Recycled Dresser Drawer Beer Art | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft #12

20 June, 2013 ♦

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I LOVE beer, I live in San Diego so we have awesome micro breweries, and I also like to try stuff from around the country. I found some random dressers drawers in an alley a while back, I just used the backs of the dresser drawers I had ripped apart…

Recycled Bed Spring Board Organize and Inspire | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft #11

19 June, 2013 ♦

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I found this old baby bed spring in the trash a few years ago…. I thought it would be cool to turn into a memo/inspiration board. I just hung to large nails on the wall and hooked the bed spring onto them. I then used wooden clothes pins and put…

Recycled Music Lyric Art Home Decor | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft # 10

18 June, 2013 ♦

Recycled Art

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Music is such a wonderful thing, everyone has that song that brings back memories and so I decided to do some lyric artwork. Sometimes at thrift stores you can find high end compressed wood art with a built in hanger on the backside. I found this large square one and…

Recycled Sheet Music Love Blocks Art | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft # 9

17 June, 2013 ♦

DIY, Recycled Art

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I found a huge box of old wooden children’s building blocks. I had painted them a while back and could never figure out to do with them, but finally decided to turn them into some love blocks. You could put any word onto the front, just get your blocks and…

Recycled Sea Shell Box Lid Art | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft # 8

16 June, 2013 ♦

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I found this really sturdy wooden oval box lid at the thrift store. The box was still with it, but it had been damaged pretty bad, it was wrapped and cracked. I bought the lid alone because it was so sturdy and a perfect canvas. I left the side light…

Recycled Dictionary Flower Wreath Home Decor | Trashy Craft Recycled Craft #7

15 June, 2013 ♦

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I found this twig wreath in my local thrift store, it had some silk easter flowers attached to it, just a few…. and they were horrible looking, so I ripped them off and did my own recycled status wreath. All of the flowers you see are made out of old…

Recycled T-shirt Canvas Modern Art DIY Tutorial | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft #6

14 June, 2013 ♦

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I am a HUGE fan of Chad Eaton’s artwork and T-shirts Called Timber, which are based on lumberjacks, business men and big foot. He is such an amazing artist, I bought these shirts like 2 or three years ago, and have worn the heck out of them, they were my favorite shirts…

Fabric Mini Pennant Banner | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft #5

13 June, 2013 ♦

DIY, Furniture, Organization

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I have a few friends that are interior designers, when working on projects with different clients, they quickly collect a treasure trove of super awesome fabric. The colors, patterns and textures are awesome, the problem, the sample pieces are so freaking small, the the heck can you do with them?…

Laugh Your Ass off Magnets DIY | Trashy Crafter Recycled Craft #4

12 June, 2013 ♦

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Vintage encyclopedias offer a wealth of cheesy illustrations, and how could you let that go to waste! I bought a set of 12 vintage 1960’s encyclopedias and cut the fun images out. Then I grabbed a bottle of beer and dreamt up the most ridiculous quotes to place on each…