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From soda to vase in a few quick steps!
It's not often that I buy any drinks in a glass bottle, so when I impulsively bought a soda the other day, I knew it was fate. It would be destined to be... something. In this case, I had come across some less-than-lovely jute that would lend [...]

Have you seen our Round Paper Frame? Looks super easy to make, right? That's what I thought. Why buy this cute little picture frame when it can be made so easily? The pictures tell the story....
Looks so easy!
 
Looks so awful!
While I am indeed compensated for my time by Hipcycle, I do indeed make every effort [...]

Books and light bulbs go together like, well, books and light bulbs!
Remember the old light bulb upcycling tutorial? It's been a while, eh? Well I didn't forget about it... but I'm one of those people that start a bunch of projects and take a loooong time to finish them. I still have a ton of [...]

This hanger is ridiculously easy and relatively foolproof!
One of my rescued items when a neighbor placed the contents of their storage shed on the curb was a TON of fabric that was made into a ribbon. (My apologies if this actually has an official term!)
If you don't happen to have something like that, consider cutting [...]

Pretty nifty pen holder, huh?
Where did all these stinkin' light switch and electrical outlet covers come from? A box in my storage room.... that I hadn't looked at in at least 4 years! Why do I have them in the first place? Not a clue! Since they were just sitting and taking up space, I [...]

Die-hard upcyclers will surely have plenty of little pieces of scrap fabric around- with the intent to use them productively. These little piles can soon stack up and get annoying, though.
This is where this upcycling tutorial comes in! It's incredibly easy, quick, and is sure to delight your little ones for those invisible boo-boos. If [...]

By Chief Hipcycler, Andrew Sell
When I was asked to be on the Live Well Network’s TV show Deals in March, I was terrified. No, not because I was going to be in front of a camera, but rather because they wanted me to demonstrate a few upcycling projects. I have massive respect for our Product [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]