New in thee shop: Upcycled Denim Crochet Mesh Mixed Tote Bag Handmade Unique

 In its past life: remnants of jeans and cotton blend yarn.

Found new life as: A unique tote bag! I also made and gave it a tassel to match.

Check it out in thee shop for more details here:

 Upcycled Denim Crochet Mesh Mixed Tote Bag

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DIY Upcycled Plastic Bottle Cap Pincushion Ring

For this little project, I re-used a small gatorade bottle cap. In my opinion it's the perfect size for a pincushion ring. The regular size gatorade bottle cap is probably perfect for a pincushion bracelet.

I referenced the tutorials below, they were super helpful. One thing I did different though, was use a leather hole punch to make the holes in the cap for the elastic. As long as the plastic isn't too thick it should do it, it did the gatorade cap.

Basically all you do is take a thin elastic and run it through the holes. Make it loop and your size then knot the ends in place. I made my fabric circle 4 inches in diameter (using some leftover cotton from this previous refashion of mine). Gathered it, stuffed it and hot glued it into place. Lastly, I took a 3/4 inch cotton lace trim and wrapped it around the lid edge for embellishment.

Pincushion Ring (with elastic) Tutorial by Trish Preston

Stickable Bottle Cap Pincushion tutorial by Tea Rose Home

Make a Pincushion Ring from a Plastic Bottle Cap from Wikihow

Handmade pincushion ring (available for purchase) by BunteReGelWerke

Or maybe you don't want a ring and would rather take a candlestick holder and upcycle it into a multiple pincushions holder like this one:

Or create whole new apparatus with old silver and have space for just not pins but other sewing notions as well, like this one by Todolwen: 

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DIY Sensory Cube for Baby

 thee Inspiration:

DIY couture : Le cube d’éveil - Tutoriel

Tuto – Cube d’activités pour bébé

Cadeau de naissance : le cube d’éveil DIY

I originally found the cubes on Pinterest but each blogger has made excellent tutorials that are easy to follow.

The cube is pretty simple by itself. Just use different textured materials (perfect upcycling project) and add on things like buttons and rings for added interest.

Here is what I came up with:

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Like I captioned my reel, I made the sensory cube made with odds and ends of materials I had lying around. I think it came together nicely but definitely should’ve added interface to the squares to have them keep their shape and no topstitching because it ended up getting in the way of the final put together. It was a fun little project. You can get really creative with it. Reuse and upcycle materials you already have. Add things that will make noise and personalize it for your little one with their name.

 
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