Projects for the New Year

It's January and I have a new digital camera! Hallelujah. I'm offering the same DIY/Craft class at school as I did last semester so I'm looking forward to meeting my new students and seeing what creative projects they come up with.

The first projects I'll be working on are this storage container created by ReadyMade Magazine. It's Pringles cans covered in Contact Paper and glued together. So cool.

I'll also be refinishing some beautiful teak lawn chairs and of course, working on my jewelry display boxes.

What are you working on?

More Creations from Craft Class

Featuring from left to right: Rachael's paper star earrings (modeled by Tobi), Marlene and Lulu's plushie, Nicole's Bob Marley painting, and Ahsaki's pirate plushie.

Above we have Brendon working on one of her cosplay wigs and Coco and Taylor working on the base coat for a chair design they created.

To all the ladies and one gentleman in my class (just wait until you see what Jeremy is working on), thank you for really diving right into this class. It is so inspiring to see what you come up with and it is so motivating to work with you every day.

Morgan's Box

This is Ruthie and this is the box she made for her friend Morgan:

Aside from the wonderful hand-painted stripes and hand-drawn name, I am so impressed with how classy a simple cardboard box can look. What a great way to repurpose material and what a wonderful gift for a friend. Well done Ruthie!

Creation ~ In Progress

A few shots of the class at work:


More to come as our creations continue!

School is Back in Session

I'm teaching an elective (called X-block at our school) for any students who want to craft or D.I.Y. We meet three days a week and the students are working independently on what ever they're passionate about. This little notebook lunchbag was so back-to-school-y that I couldn't resist posting it as possible inspiration for some of the kids who still may not know what to do as their first project.

A lot of the students have already posted their projects in the comments section of my post below entitled "What are you Working on?"

I am going to emphasize using available resources this semester for our crafting and DIY projects, especially on repurposing items for something new. Do you have any examples of repurposed items that have been given new life? I'll post great examples here from time to time to show you my inspiration. Here's one that I thought was wonderful:


This is via Design*Sponge. It is a filing cabinet that has been repurposed as a planter. Brilliant! and beautiful!!

What are You Working On?

I've been wanting to make a cloth pennant/banner for quite a while. This is one from Sweet Jessie's Shop on Etsy.com. I'm going to start with a paper pennant first in a fall theme for a craft swap I'm participating in.



I also want to whip up some of the boxes I mentioned in this post for some of the new teachers at my school.

What are you working on?