All posts tagged thrift
Logan Real is getting all the love these days from Hollywood A-listers and fahsionistas. He’s also made a splash at Art Basel Miami. What is all the raving about? He is mixing up 1980s inspired shapes and colors with leather bags, personal organizers, wallets and sneakers.
He’s on everyone’s list (meaning his goods already cost more then a couple months rent), so why not just rip his style off, err use him for inspiration and make some 80’s style painted leather goods yourself?
Learn how to make a Logan Real inspired leather case from my piece over at the Phoenix New Times Jackalope Ranch blog: Style Inspired: Painted Leather Goods à la Logan Real
Does a man friend in your life have a drawer full of scrap, leftover hardware parts and pieces? We’ll dig in because those abandoned washers and such can turn into a super stylish piece of neckwear. This piece using hardware supplies was inspired by the re-styling projects created over at P.S. I Made This.
To learn how to make this “left over†hardware necklace jump on over to my piece at the Phoenix New Times Jackalpoe Ranch blog post: Hardware, Seriously Restyled
These gift tags aren’t just about recycling, they’re about showing your friends how hip and anthropologie-like you can be. Plus you’ll be handcrafting your gifts this year anyway, right? If you’re planning on making your own wrapping paper why not make some gift tags for your pals’ presents too?
Read my piece at Phoenix New Times Jackalope Ranch blog: Thrifty Tags for Holiday Gifts to learn a few tips on making crafty tags.
xoxo Lovley Lula and Happy Crafting!
Want to hang a cool wreath up this holiday season but not finding exactly what you’re looking for? Try making your own by recycling an ugly one from a thrift store. The shelves at thrift stores are run over with ratty Christmas decorations at this time of the year. Take a look and make a pick using your imagination.
Learn how to make my thrift store wreath by jumping on over to Phoenix New Times Jackalope Ranch: Wreath Makeover: Holiday Edition
I found a great Halloween tee-shirt at a thrift store and I turned it into a bag for trick-or-treating.
Here is how to make one:
1. Find a size large t-shirt at a thrift shop. Cut off the arms and neck but leave a small amount that will act as the handles.
2. Flip it inside out and sew along the bottom, closing it off the create the bag shape.
3. Turn it right side out and now it is time to decorate.
4. I cut a spider out of black broad cloth on the Cricut and ironed it on using Wonder Under Fusible Web. I attached yellow felt, green foam and googly eyes for the eye area.
5. I then attached black and white safety pins, a black shoelace for the spiders string, black and white ribbon and then used a rubber stamp “boo” along the bottom edge.
Make yourself a DIY trick-or-treat bag.
