Day 369: Guest Post – Leather Jeans Bag

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Meike shows us how a tattered leather jacket is still good enough to create a small pouch. Meike says: ”I recently started sewing and I’m trying out …

Day 368: Guest Post – Slide Lights

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Ann-Sophie, student from Hamburg, sent us this light chain made of old slides. On her blog you can see more of her work. Share

Day 367: Guest Post – Knife Block

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Happy birthday WE UPCYCLE! One year full of great ideas and it goes on! A big thank you to everyone who supported us with all the …

Day 366: Guest Post – Jeans-Laptopbag

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Elisabeth is working as an accountant and a hobby-tailor with her own craft room. According to this she collected quite a big pool of remnants. Elisabeth says: …

Day 365: Guest Post – Record Memoboard

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Today we have a nice idea from Nina for a memo board from her Upcycling-Tuesday. Here you see the full tutorial. Share

Day 364: Guest Post – Firehose Bags

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Sabine from the Köln design studio Opaco presents us her bags made from firehoses. Sabine says: “We were working for a long time in the textile sector and after …

Day 363: Guest Post – PET Blossom Necklace

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Nina creates pretty jewelry out of plastic bottles. Here you can see more. Nina says: “I like to create macrame jewelry and I was thinking how I could convert …

Day 362: Guest Post – Honey Lamp

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News from Nina and her Upcycling-Tuesday – lamps made of honey jars. Here is the whole tutorial. Share

Day 361: Guest Post – Floppy Box

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A lot of people still have their old floppy disks. Lilach shows what you can do with them. Here you see more of her work. …

Day 360: Guest Post – Tape Wallet

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We wish you a happy Easter and a lot more creative upcycling ideas like this tape wallet by Nina. Find the whole tutorial on her blog. Share

Day 359: Guest Post – Newspaper Frame

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Carina adopted a great idea to convert ordinary picture frames into individual uniques. Carina says: ”You can easily turn an unloved picture frame into an eye-catcher with …

Day 358: Guest Post – Leftover Bean Bag

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Lilach upcycles a lot of things – here you see her beanbag out of waste fabric. Lilach says: “Using bits of thrown away fabric from a …

Day 357: Guest Post – Graphic Board Robots

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Astrid presents us her first upcycling project: sweet little robots. Astrid says: “I reused many parts from a broken graphic board, such as resistors, cables, button …

Day 356: Guest Post – Plastic Purse

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Everyone who hast to many plastic bags, can crochet something out of them, like Kristina. Kristina says: “Actually I try to avoid buying plastic bags …

Day 355: Guest Post – Tape Pendant

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We got an amusing key chain from Rainer. Here you can admire some others of his upcycling objects. Rainer says: “A key chain made from a leftover. The tape …

Day 354: Guest Post – Cardboard Tea Box

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Today Michi shows us a simple and fast project. Michi says: “My friend Eva, that always wanted to have a practical teabox, showed me this nice …

Day 353: Guest Post – Marquise Braquet Lamps

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Martin shows us a little assortment of his upcycling-lamps. If you like them you can vote for him at this contest. Martin says: “Little Red Cap …

Day 352: Guest Post – Barbecue Trolley

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To make the barbecue fit for the terrace, Thomas built a little home for it. Thomas says: “A disused trolley-table from the swedish furniture giant and the gill-doors …

Day 351: Guest Post – Chicken Pillow

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Finally a nice Easter idea by Barbara! Barbara says: “Before Easter comes I combined old bedlinnen and curtain leftovers and sew little chickens. As filling material I …

Day 350: Guest Post – Cream Cheese Drawer

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Yesterday it was a cream cheese box – today Lena uses it as a jewelry casket. Lena says: “This casket is made of four cream cheese …

Day 349: Guest Post – Crown Cap Magnets

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Serge and Mimi produce a bunch of crown cap magnets. Serge says: ” Power magnets – strong and appealingly beautiful! We (Mimi and Serge) produce magnets from bottle caps. …

Day 348: Guest Post – Leftover Cards

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Claudia makes cards from leftover material. Claudia says: “Each one of my greeting card is unique and totally handmade. Here you can have my upcycled cards, made from …

Day 347: Guest Post – Pillow Case Box

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Simple and beautiful: a linen cover for tissues from Tabea. Tabea says: “Tissue box made from an old pillow: To get a simple design for a tissue …

Day 346: Guest Post – Super8 Basket

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Martin shows us a new kind of basket. Martin says: “Drawers are out, so we need something new to rearrange the world! For this I …

Day 345: Guest Post – Paper Bead Jewels

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Christina shows us some beads, that everyone can easily make from waste-paper. Christina says: “This is a necklace, made from old newspapers and the beads in between …

Day 344: Guest Post – Rope Team

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Angelika is interior designer and shows us her fabulous objects made from ropes. Angelika says: “I love alpine sports and one day asked myself what happens with …

Day 343: Guest Post – Goma Bag

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Today Julia presents us a really interesting cooperation-project. Julia says: “These bags are real cosmopolitans: designed in Spain, produced in Vietnam and sold in Berlin. Ainhoa Salgueiro had …

Day 342: Guest Post – Scrabble Magnet

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Babsi turns old gaming pieces into nice magnets. Babsi says: “I converted old scrabble tiles of the flee market into magnets. Like this you can write little …

Day 341: Guest Post – Beer Can Lights

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Michaela shows us beer cans, which really come into their own’s once it is dark. Michaela says: “Beer can upcycling ” Share

Day 340: Guest Post – Popart Bag

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Sandra loves to turn useless things into new eyecatchers and with this bag she surely succeeded. Sandra says: “I think it’s a pitty that those give-away bags …