Upcyling Tutorials

Vase Skirt
If you're an experimental upcycler like I am, you have more "upcycling fails" than you'd like to admit. But there is that rare occasion where what you think is a fail actually ends up to be pretty stinkin' awesome!
Today's tutorial is not at all what I was going for and a complete accident, but [...]

Be the coolest cat on the block with this catchall!
As I was getting my upcycle on and working with some records, I spied my metal recipe box in the corner on the counter. A mischievous glint in my eye, this is what I ended up with- a good sized catchall that is not only practical [...]

Groovy spot for keys?
It seems that everyone these days is making bowls from old vinyl records. While I could certainly have done this and provided a tutorial, there are already a bajillion available online, and we all know I am all about putting a new spin on upcycyling projects.
With this in mind, I raided my [...]

I love this look of this paper garland!
Scrap fabric. The scourge of serious sewers, the delight of upcyclers like me. Recently I received a trash bag FULL of the stuff and was like a little kid on Christmas day. The colors! The different textures! Oh, but what to do with it!
As a fan of garlands [...]

Today's post is courtesy of Megan Shonka, who responded to our open call for guest bloggers. Her passion: plastic bags!
There are a number of solutions to avoid sending plastic bags to the landfill. One of the solutions that I stumbled upon 2 years ago was plastic crochet. I was searching the internet for some ideas of how [...]

My segment on the Live Well Network show "Deals" is up for viewing on the LWN website. You can also view it below:

There are few DIY upcycling projects in the segment. I blogged about how to make the keyboard picture frames recently, and I'll post blogs about the other two projects in the coming days.
Many [...]

(Andrew recently shot a segment of the TV show “Deals,” which airs on the Live Well Network. In addition to showing off about a dozen cool Hipcycle products, he also demonstrated a few do-it-yourself upcycling projects. This blog post shows how to make one of those projects.)
Making keyboard picture frames is a lot of fun [...]

With or without the stems- the choice is yours!
 
We all have extra paper around, whether it's old sheet music, outdated maps, books that are falling apart, or even newspapers. Why throw it away when you can use it to make feathers? (Yes, feathers!) One of the niftiest aspects of this upcyling project is that the [...]

Have you checked out our awesome upcycled bags yet? If not, don't tarry too long as we only have a limited quantity of these quality pieces!
Shiny!
While these are pretty snazzy in themselves, they're not quite my style as they are. So, I decided to "upcycle square" them- take an upcyled piece and make it mine!
Since I [...]

While most of us have already upgraded all our light bulbs to the energy-savers, there are still a number of the original style light bulbs around. Instead of tossing them, there are a number of things that you can make from them after they have been cleaned out.
Admittedly, the idea of taking something sharp to [...]