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Home Crafters Turn Trash Into Little Treasures
However, in recent years with the pressure for everyone to think about green alternatives and the poor economy many people who make crafts for a hobby or even a business are finding some great ways of turning trash into beautiful treasures. Here are some things that people are making from what was considered common household trash.
Jewelry
Scraps of wood, old guitar strings, bits of piping and wire are all being used to create some really beautiful and stunning jewelry. It is amazing what some jewelry crafters can do with bits of scrap paper, tinfoil and other items that most of us throw in the trash as a matter of course. There are some really stunning and expensive jewelry that has been made from plastic bottles, bits of wood or wire and just about anything else imaginable.
Astonishing Keep Sake Ornaments
From burnt out light bulbs to scraps of cloth and yarn to bits of wood and even old metal can lids, people with talent have been making keepsake ornaments that are chic and refined and as beautiful as can be. From miniature drums to beautiful Santas, reindeer and sleighs these keepsake ornaments make great gifts and display talent and innovation most of us wish we had.
Birdhouses And Bird Feeders
There have always been those people who could take scraps of wood and create beautiful decorative birdhouses. But today's craftmen are using plastic bottles and dried gourds among other materials to create beautiful homes and feeders for the garden wildlife. By just using a little bit of paint, snips of wire and a few other odds and ends these birdhouse and bird feeder craftsmen are turning out wonderful works of garden art that are as useful as they are ornamental.
Other Keepsakes
From beautiful colorful rugs and mats made from plastic bags, to stunning quilts made from old and worn clothing, people with a talent for crafts are turning everyday trash into something that makes wonderful gifts and even make them money. Best of all, they are doing this by helping the environment and getting most of their material for free.
Some of these people are even generous enough to share their secrets over the Internet by giving directions on how to make some of these wonderful creations from your own family's trash. Think of the money you could save making some of these astounding gifts for friends and family members. You would be giving them something of real value by helping to save the environment by recycling on a small scale. It's a win/win situation.
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does anyone out there know where i could sell my birdhouse gourds?they've been painted already?
You could check your area for a craft show. They typically have them once or twice a year. And booth space is generally very cheap.
(They sound really cute! You should have no problem selling them!)
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10 Ways To Dress It Up For Halloween
Don't use the same ole traditional halloween candy bowl you have used year after year. Let your creative juices flow and seek out something fun and unique this year. Here are 10 ideas sure to get the party off to a higher spirit.
1. Basket case. Hollow out a pumpkin to use as a fun filled candy basket and to finish it off, make a basket handle out of cut vines. Any backyard vine with stiff stems will work great. Clean out the pumpkin and let it sit for approximately 24 hours to make sure it is dry before filling it with treats. Bend the vines into a handle and secure them to the pumpkin with wire poked into each side.
2. Truckin. Let your creativity flow, find a vintage dump truck at your favorite antique store, second-hand store, maybe a flea market or a garage sell. Fill it full of bright, colorfully wrapped halloween candies, use halloween stickers to decorate the vintage dump truck doors, such as a cute little pumpkin. This makes for a great accent piece.
3. Conversation piece tray. Find a vintage tray with dividers or maybe a drawer with built in dividers, at your local hardware store, or an old wooden crate with dividers in it to display a variety of colorfully wrapped halloween candies, in some of the larger divided sections, full-sized wrapped candy bars work well, maybe find vintage wrapped candy bars. For health reasons, just remember to use only wrapped candies.
5. Strange and interesting vases. Seek out unique containers at a garage sell, maybe at a second-hand store, import stores, furnishings store or an antique store. Look around, you may have something special at home that would be ideal. These will make for great halloween foil-wrapped candy holders. A good example of one would be a wire umbrella type so the candies will stand out in a crowd.
6. Stand alone candies. If you would like to decorate with special halloween stand alone treats, as they are referred to, use a coated black cast iron decorative trivet to place on an end table or on a small serving table. You can also use a 2 or 3-tiered serving tray. Place pumpkin shaped or skeleton shaped suckers on it. Maybe choose some candied bones mixed with gummy body parts and scatter them all around on the trays. Use your imagination, this is the time of year to get a bit crazy.
7. Well, well well. Choose a gourd or a pumpkin in your desired size but with a nice deep well in the top of it and trim off the stem to make a ready made candy dish for loose chocolate-coated sesame seeds, roasted pumpkin seeds, or decorative halloween wrapped candies or a combination of these. Use your imagination and just have fun.
8. Haunted house candies. Ever thought about maybe turning a dollhouse, or perhaps a new birdhouse, or any kind of shelter-style accessory into a spooky wicth's lair. Paint the house with black and dark green paints, them prop a witch figurine at the door. Tuck candies into the windows and doors. Pile up a bunch of candy in the middle of a room and combine some of those stand alone type treats.
9. Spooky garden planters. Find a unique looking, maybe an aged or weathered looking garden planter at a garage sell or a second-hand store and re-use it Maybe you have something that would work well in your own garden shed. Of course, make sure you wash it thoroughly and then use a food-safe liner, such as a plastic bowl or a bag to fit snuggly into the container to pour the halloween candies in to. Sweet.
10. Wired. Seek out an old second-hand inexpensive bicycle or a tricycle, the more run down it is, the better. Attach a large wired basket to it, or even an old fashioned inexpensive weave type basket will work. Fill the basket full of a large variety of halloween candies and set it by the front door for your guests to enjoy as they enter. What a great conversation piece.
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