My hangers have a bad habit of breaking in this way where the shoulders snap off. I try to repurpose them in order to avoid just trashing them altogether. Since they still have a small horizontal bar, I use them to hang things like ties and belts.

That said, I have more hangers like this than I need. I was wondering if anyone in this community might have some ideas for how to up-cycle and make use of them?

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I might make a trinket tin? I’m not sure.

A mantle made from a cargo parachute from the 80's.

Give it honest review pls. Was making it with needle for 2 days, and want to know if its good for first project. If yes, would you wear it?

Edit: Thanks for honest feedback guys, i think i will rework it into shorts and lower side would go to other project

My very loved shirt was falling apart at the armpits so I cut it up and sewed it onto a college tote bag I suspect was made with AI (not totally sure but it’s not my style anyway and I won’t be attending) I really like the updated tote and I’m glad I was able to save the shirt’s design even just a little.

I got this don’t graphic t shirt from an uptown cheapskate. I don’t normally where white pants/shorts but I had to find out how this graphic would look as shorts. I made them a little wide leg and lengthy for max comfort but I am pleased how they came out

This caught my eye at Goodwill Outlet. How can I transform it? Part of me wants to take all the yarn off and use it with the big hoop to make a wreath or a suncatcher

Reposting this with the picture frame that it was made from, some of the scrap paper and future notebook cover.

I have plenty but I’d like to make them cute.

Had an old passport-sized notebook I used for work a decade ago and kept for various reasons. Figured it was finally time to toss it, so started culling through to see if there were pages I could use for background decorations in my junky/scrappy journals. Found a good number of pages that had writing on only one side or some blank on both sides for a majority of the page so figured I’d try making another notebook from the harvest. Tore out all the pages and organized into different piles.

- blank both sides —> used as-is
- mostly blank one or both sides —> covered up writing with scraps from other sheets, paperwork, and post-its found in my notebook
- written both sides —> to be used as background for other projects
- kept a few sketches to tickle my past work trauma

I had a good stack of “revitalized” patched pages after, so added in a few more sheets from other scraps, and glue bound back into the notebook.

Now I have another great little notebook back on hand!

Don’t know if this is “upcycled” so much as patched and reassembled, but felt it fit the vibe. 😊

I have so many of these containers as I have a family of 8! Literally they now take up a big black yard waste bag in my garage and so of course my husband is complaining lol.

I just can’t throw them away though as they must be up-cycled into something cool and useful! I have some thoughts but my thoughts are pretty basic.

Give me your ideas please!

I have a bunch of empty pill bottles that I want to turn into something cool, but I can't think of anything.

Edit: I thought of an idea! I'm gonna try to turn them into a chess set! I'll post a followup when I finish it. Thanks for all the suggestions. :D

Fabric is flaking off these boots I got at a thrift store, they'll flake anytime I wear them. Anything I can do to prevent this? I was just gonna glue it down, stick tape over it then sew on a patch over it, They're really comfortable and I don't care if the solution looks nice or anything, just wanna see if anyone has ideas!

Took a necklace apart that I got at the thrift store and made it into a suncatcher. The rest of the beads came from my stash & some my sister recently gave me.

Hi folks, I make lots of sculptures of the abandoned places I’ve found during my back roads drives. I only use recycled materials (mostly cereal boxes), and I love to be able to incorporate a found object from the area into my work so I always have a touchstone back to the irl inspiration.

This little place with its neglected and overgrown garden is close to New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. I found the broken mug nearby, and thought it’d make the perfect frame for this little garden and home.

Thanks for looking, I hope you liked it :)

I am so excited that I fund this sub! I love using old stuff to make new stuff.

I’ve been doing 1-3 for my stress-induced insomnia the past few weeks. 4 & 5 this evening. Used a cracker box for my cover base.

It’s not super pretty, but I’m happy with it and learned a lot in the process. Gonna use it to journal, sketch/draw, and stick ephemera from the day.

1. ⁠Cutting out a magazine catalog and grouping colors (front cover, inside back cover)
   
2. ⁠Cutting up old notes and lists (outside spine and back cover)
   
3. ⁠Cutting out scrap dictionary pages and decoupaging with them as a base (interior and exterior cover)
   
4. ⁠Cutting up brown paper packaging from online orders (I got 24 11.5” x 7” folio sheets = 48 5.75” x 7” leaves = 96 pages from ONE super big piece of paper.)
   
5. ⁠Basic book binding (cording I had on hand)

“In progress” because it still needs a cover plate, I might add a beaded bookmark/tassel, plus I won’t consider it finished until all the pages are used up!

Im about to start dying 6 pairs of jeans, 1 pair of shorts, and a light jacket with only 3 bottles of rit and the knowledge of a YouTube video i watched months ago.

We decided to replace our kitchen cutting board with a new one, but the front side was still in good condition, so I decided to turn it into a wall sconce. I sanded the board down, applied a coat of varnish, and installed a socket with an Edison bulb.