Upcycled Design Lab Blog

Upcycled Magazines - Woven Baskets and Trash Can

l have to confess that l am a messy crafter. l have craft supplies stored all over the house. But it is the new year and I have just finished hours of cleaning, sorting and organizing in my sewing/crafting room so l am determined to keep things tidy for a little while. Hopefully these baskets will help. A few weeks ago I made a small version of a woven magazine basket but I wondered what else I could make. I needed some storage baskets and a new trash can. So I figured I would give the woven magazine technique a... Read more →

Upcycled Mini Cork Board and Magazine Woven Basket

What can I say, over the years we have made our way through a few bottles of wine. I have saved most of the corks thinking that at some point I would create the most incredible and inventive upcycled cork project ever. Instead I must humbly offer my take on the wine cork bulletin board. I wanted to try something other than just using the whole cork so I did a little cutting and carving. I played around with the design until I had a pattern that I liked. And then glued the design to a piece of cardboard with... Read more →

DIY Upcycled Dry Erase Board

It is a beautiful sunny morning here and I have just a few hours to get this post done before I am off to all my other daily activities. I do hope to get back on a regular schedule of posting on Fridays but the summer does seem to draw me outdoors and add several more activities to my days. So no promises but I do at least have a few more projects in the works that I am excited to share with you in the next few weeks so we will see what happens. This weeks project or projects... Read more →

Curve Balls - Costume Bags and Intentions

Hello dear friends. I can't believe that it is the middle of November already. I guess that is how it goes this time of year, it's Halloween one minute and you blink and it is the new year. Sorry I haven't really done any upcycled projects lately. Life has thrown me a bit of a curve ball as it does some times. I have been working part time at a restaurant that closed a couple of weeks ago. I still have income from my EBay store but I have been a little distracted about my finances. I did volunteer to... Read more →

All Tied Up - Upcyled T-shirts Padded Wire Hanger

If you have been following my posts for a while you know that I have been working on using up 20 t-shirts in as many upcycled projects as I can come up with. You probably also know that my progress is snail like. But I am happy to report that I have actually finished another project this week. You can follow my progress on my pintrest board here. To date I have completed 10 projects including this crazy padded hanger. It took a while to tie all the pieces on to the hanger but it felt kind of therapeutic to... Read more →