This week we are looking at what you do not need to keep in your craft stash. You know what? It is quite a few of the things that I mentioned that you should keep in last week's post.
Items that are specialized to a certain kind of craft are definitely go's. This includes melt and pour soap making supplies, wood burning supplies, clay, rubber stamps, and scrapbooking supplies.
Crafts can be made with the most simple, everyday items. There are some obvious ones, like paper towel tubes, scrap paper, fridge magnets, and paper plates. There are also other things in your home that could be used for other purposes, once they have run their natural course.
How about using old curtains to make cushions, or even clothes?
You could take a torn pillowcase and turn it into all sorts of things, like a cute apron, an artistic banner, or a stylish skirt. If you wanted to make the skirt more full, you could always use two pillowcases, and add pieces in.
Make a throw pillow out of that too-small t-shirt from your trip to Paris. Another option is to make a newborn gown out of old favorite tees.
Old jeans are just a treasure horde of possibilities! A completely customized camera case, a coffee cozy, or maybe a rice hot/cold pack. Those all sound really useful to me!
So, do you still think you need to go out and buy some craft items to have on hand? I guess most of these projects require sewing, but I thought they were all really neat! My point is, you don't need to have fancy stuff to be able to craft. Crafting can be done with almost anything, if you can just think of how. Here, ingenuity is the key.
Taneil Linschied loves crafts of all kinds. You can find her blogging at Defective Compositions.
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