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October 19, 2005
I'm a Junk Medium
It's difficult to come up with creative uses for plastic frozen entree containers. As I was rinsing one out post Chicken Portabello, it screamed "black cat."
The results aren't terribly impressive, but they're moderately weatherproof, child friendly, and take like ten minutes to make. The rims are excellent for staple-gunning to the side of your house, too.
You just need sticky-backed craft foam, scissors, and heavy-duty tape (for reinforcing things that hang off the edge, like wings and tails). Oh, and a sharp razor, to carefully trim off just the foam backing that will touch plastic (again on things that hang off the edge).
Posted by jennie at 08:15 AM | Comments (0)
October 12, 2005
Bowled Over
This has to be the coolest bowl I have ever seen, and not because it is made from strips of magazines. I can only imagine the time it took to make, but the finished object is awesome!
Posted by spring at 10:08 PM | Comments (0)
Cereal Shippers
We eat a lot of cereal. Even the bub pulls his weight in Cheerios, Kix, and AlphaBits. I've found that it's fairly easy to pry them apart (carefully) at the seams, and glue the flaps back together inside-out, for use as shippers or gift boxes.
Here, I've finished off the edges with stripes of colored electrical tape (I believe they have colored craft tapes that you could use just as easily).
It's still a good idea to cover that tape with another layer of clear mailing tape in the interest of strength, if using as a shipper. And nesting two or three different sizes might be wise, too - they're not the most robust things.
While still flat, you could stamp a design over the top and bottom. Or draw a fancy custom To:/From: box with markers, if you've the skill and inclination.
And of course you can use other shapes and sizes of food boxes, too.
Posted by jennie at 08:00 AM
October 10, 2005
Arrgh-gyle
Finally, a good use for an argyle sweater.
Posted by spring at 05:25 PM | Comments (0)