Take a look at this fun tutorial from She’s Crafty! With metallic duct tape, an inexpensive plastic placemat and a few jewelry making supplies, you can put together a fabulous statement chevron necklace of your own.
Rain Drop Pendant
This sparkly drop of rain certainly won’t spoil anyone’s day. Learn how you can make this sparkling rain drop pendant from a fishing lure at Hazel & Agnes.
Be-Cycle Trashion Jewellery
Recycled Market recently featured an interview with Laurette of Be-Cycle Trashion Jewellery. Laurette tells about her sustainable and recycled materials such as bicycle inner tubes and objects from nature like her pine cone necklace pictured above. Read the interview at … Read More...
Fork Bracelet
With Craft Gossip’s second Fork and Talk event less than a week away, Stacie’s DIY fork bracelet had to be shared! Take a look at Stacie’s tutorial at Stars for Streetlights to see how she re-purposed this plain fork into … Read More...
Recycled Belt Makes Fab Leather Jewelry
Need a bunch of stylish new jewelry? Look no further than that old leather belt you don’t wear anymore. Aren’t these pieces from Pearl at the Beading Gem’s Journal fabulous? Check out Pearl’s tutorial.
Faux Diamond pendant
Clémence shares her tutorial for turning a scrap piece of leather into a fabulous faux diamond. Check out the tutorial at Oh the Lovely Things.
DeeLyn Jewelry and Ceramic Design
Susan Lomuto at the Daily Art Muse posted about DeeLyn and her fabulous jewelry made from discarded guitar strings. DeeLyn’s geometric designs are simple, clean, and stylish; they complement the outfit they are worn with and add a statement to … Read More...
Beads from colored pencils
What a clever and colorful way to upcycle colored pencils! Kate at Mini Eco wrote a guest blog for Design Mom about this great idea for a back-to-school themed project. See the tutorial at Design Mom.
Chunky upcycled paper bead project from Alma Stoller
Alma has been busy creating upcycled paper beads in pretty leaf shapes. Take a look at Alma’s tutorial and see how she made this adorable necklace. With a change in color scheme to sparkly, red, and gold these paper beads … Read More...
Upcycled paper bezels
Take a look at these upcycled paper bezels Mega Crafty Meg made from paper tubes! Meg shares her tute and shows another fun way to make paper pendants, too.
Recycled plastic = shrink-plastic jewelry
Check out the tutorial from C is for Craft and learn how to use recycled plastic to make shrink-plastic jewelry!
A new take on paper beads
Paper beads are colorful, light, and easy to make. Take a look at this bracelet made of cone-shaped recycled paper beads by artist Devi Chand. Brilliant!
You ought to be in pictures
A picture may be worth a thousand words but Julia Barello takes old film and makes it speak volumes. Upcycling old film into jewelry and installations, Julia’s work turns old images into vibrant, new objects.
Julia says, “It’s important to … Read More...
Etsy find: wristbandit
I love this Vanilla Latte leather cuff from wristbandit aka Sharon. Not your run of the mill leather cuffs, Sharon’s work uses layers, hand-painted designs, and is made from up-cycled leather and re-purposed costume jewelry. Head over to Sharon’s Etsy … Read More...
Etsy find – Two Butterflies
Jennifer Brasher’s Etsy shop Two Butterflies sells handmade jewelry from recycled and vintage materials she has restyled into unique jewelry you can feel good about wearing. Check out Jennifer’s giveaway at her blog. You’ll have to hurry – it … Read More...
Jean bangles
Remember the jean bracelet from Mich L. in L.A.? Just in time for National Craft Month, Agy at Green Issues has some new ideas for more jean bangles! Check out her ideas for more ways to wear your old … Read More...
Wear what you know
British artist Jeremy May transforms books into wearable works of art through a unique laminating process. Each piece is unique down to the literary secrets concealed within it. The piece is carefully cut from the book and the finished jewelry … Read More...
From bags to riches
This necklace from Derya Aksoy has humble beginnings – fused leaf shapes cut from plastic grocery bags form this delicate, feathered focal. This project is one of many you can get free when you become a member at Beading Daily… Read More...
Zipper rose tutorial
Malory of Snips and Spice shares her tutorial to make these clever roses from zippers. The teeth of the zipper look like delicate beading along the fabric’s edge. Malory’s tutorial suggests how you can use your newly crafted rose to … Read More...
Paper bracelets
Alma Stoller has been busy making nifty paper bracelets. These wordy repurposed cardstock bracelets even get a seal of approval from Alma’s 13-year old daughter. Take a look at Alma’s blog for her free tutorial and whip up a new … Read More...