http://community.stretcher.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&tag=Cheap+Crafts&orTags=0Search results matching tag 'Cheap Crafts'en-USCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)http://community.stretcher.com/forums/p/6551/67244.aspx#67244Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:12:46 GMTfda86a45-d6cb-4af5-9188-2e89367e0f5e:67244Lynnea Berr<p>Toni, maybe you could offer items to a local school for recycling crafts?&nbsp; (Only because plastic yogurt containers can&#39;t yet be sold as antiques or collectibles!&nbsp; But someone had foresight when they saved coffee cans with keys, tin tobacco containers, etc.)</p> <p>Somewhere along the line, I have read about someone who collects junk on their property and makes things from discards, maybe in the state of Washington or Oregon?&nbsp; Possible source would probably be one of Mary Randolph Carter&#39;s Junk books -- American Junk, Big City Junk, Garden Junk, Kitchen Junk and most likely of the four American Junk or Garden Junk.&nbsp; I don&#39;t recall seeing the others in my local library.</p> <p>The ME Home Companion magazine and books often show items that were refurbished, also different artists who utilize discards in their creations.&nbsp; </p> <p>My sister has ornaments for her Christmas tree made from patchwork-look material.&nbsp; It happens this past year I was given a pair of curtains, very faded in spots, made of this same material.&nbsp; So those could be repurposed into ornaments, and the faded parts could go toward one of Pat&#39;s literal rag-mops!</p> <p>Magazine or calendar pictures could be made into envelopes with a template, providing unique stationery.&nbsp; </p> <p>Who among us has not used an envelope to make a list?&nbsp; Backs of already-printed-on computer papers for other printing.&nbsp; </p> <p>String from pet food packages and bird feathers found outside could combine with wire hangar or other wire and beads to make Ojo de Dios -- Eye of God?&nbsp; That might not be the correct term, but there is a term for a good luck charm.&nbsp; </p> <p>Some scrapbooking supplies could become doll accessories -- cookie cutters, game pieces, tiny envelopes and file folders.</p> <p>Foil chip or other bags can be run through a special cutter and used as package ties -- read about it but haven&#39;t done it yet.</p> <p>Those opaque&nbsp; wax paper bags from cereal might become window shades in a dolls house or diorama.&nbsp; (Does paint adhere to that?)</p> <p>Newspaper into papier mache anything.&nbsp; </p> <p>To name a few ideas.</p>