Upcycled Design Lab Blog

Upcycled Bleach T-shirt - DIY Tutorial 2 - Favorite Music Quotes

I had so much fun with my last upcycled bleach t-shirt makeover that I decided to do it again. I was inspired by this project. I love the idea of using song lyrics for the bleach design. My problem was which song to choose. So I settled on some of my favorite lines from some of my favorite songs which all center around the theme of Carpe Diem (seize the day in latin.) Shall we get started? I must apologize for this first picture which is horribly out of focus but unfortunately it is the only photo I had of... Read more →

Easy-Peasy Planter Pot Upcycled from Creamer Bottles

I have several pots of flowers in my yard and one of them had gotten particularly over crowded. And you know what happens whenever there is overcrowding, tempers flare, personalities clash and there can even be some pushing and shoving. This is how I found myself in need of a smallish pot to transplant the poor little celosia that was being smothered by some big bully type yellow mums. So I went about searching through my fine collection of un-discardable trash and found these. I wasn't entirely certain what I was going to do. But I find that is often... Read more →

Before and After Upcycled Bleach Tee - DIY Tutorial

I used my last full t-shirt from my 20 t-shirt challenge on this project. I still have a lot of small pieces left so quite a long way to go but still slowly making some progress. First of all let me say I did a lot of things wrong on this project but in the end I am pretty happy with the final product. To be completely honest a lot of the stuff I did wrong was out of laziness but some of it I just didn't know any better. To start with I was working with a shirt that... Read more →

Upcycled Shoe Makeover - Cuz Who Doesn't Love "New" Shoes?

I love it when a craft project jumps out and calls me and then comes together in a couple of hours. I was planning to share another t-shirt project this week. Yes, I really am still plodding away at the t-shirt pile. But this week I found myself in need a pair a black sandals. I know you are probably thinking who doesn't own a pair of black sandles but I have survived the better part of the summer with only a junkie pair of black flip flops. And I suppose that the flip flops would have worked for my... Read more →