refashioned bags: book giveaway

For the month of December, HauteNature will offer quite a few giveaways for the holidays. Gear up your HAIKU talents, because this is the first one. This fabulous book, 'Refashioned Bags' by Faith & Justina Blakeney is perfect for the DIYer! With patterns and instructions for making bags from almost anything, this could be your holiday present, or you could regift you a Do It Yourselfer in your life. As always, leave your (emailaddressatwhatever) after your HAIKU poem entry in the comments. HAIKU topic, 'handbag'.

The book published by Potter Craft, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group at Random House is one of many books they publish with eco-friendly ideas and DIY projects.

Refashioned Bags, shows you how to create carryalls, clutches, laptop bags, totes, all with helpful diagrams and step-by-step instructions. For the longtime DIYer or for the first time crafter, bags are one of the easiest accessories to make and require little more than a needle, thread, and everyday items you can find in the closet, garage, attic, or flea market. That's why the sister authors of 99 Ways to Cut, Sew, Trim & Tie Your T-Shirt into Something Special show you how to make boutique-ready bags on the cheap. In their new book, the Blakeney sisters twist and weave, turn inside-out, and reappropriate just about anything and everything to fashion radical accessories with eco style and and an ecological message.

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this into that: jim rosenau: berkeley california

This Into That
Jim Rosenau was raised in a house with 5,000 books. He has been making and selling thematic bookshelves from vintage books since 2002. The idea occurred to him years earlier after reading an essay, "Books As Furniture," by Nicholson Baker. Given his background as the son and grandson of publishers, he assumed the reaction, should he make such a thing, would be furious. The work, once underway, proved him wrong. So wrong in fact books as shelves is now a popular DIY project.

d.i.y.: recycled bottle torch

For directions to make this al fresco outdoor bottle torch, Gerardot and Co.

junk to funk fashion show

The annual, wildly popular Junk to Funk fashion show is seeking submissions.

scarf pillows: ouno design canada

Scarf pillows at Ouno Design--check out these scarf tutorials on how to make your own.

reply chair project

The rePly Chair project provides free downloadable plans to make your own recycled plywood lounge chair. The project developed as a response to the overwhelming amount of plywood waste generated in the construction industry. All the parts for the chair can be made from small pieces of scrap plywood that can be collected from anywhere. The website for the project provides plans for the chair and has a gallery where completed chairs are posted.

This rePly chair was made by Propellor Design from scraps of plywood leftover from various woodworking projects as well as pieces of an old sign found in a back alley. Since the rePly chair is an open source design you are free to customize or improve the chair any way you see fit. Propellor Increased the size of the chair to 150% of the original design and then finished it with a coat of linseed oil and beeswax, applied with a liberal dose of elbow grease.
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