An Old Map Lampshade
Brittany Bailey also known as Pretty Handy Girl has decorated this beautiful lampshade with an old map. This can be a great addition to the room of those who have got a strong wanderlust.
Cool Map Nails
Anna at Mod Cloth has shown a great nail art tutorial that you can also try with the help of a map. How cool your nails will look with a real map print transferred onto them.
Map Covered Birdhouses
Amanda at Crafts by Amanda covered wooden birdhouses with maps and they look so beautiful and totally unique as well. She first painted the birdhouses with acrylic paints. Then took the size of the sides of the birdhouses and then decoupaged the maps.
A Map Butterfly Garland
Little Merriments Etsy Shop has another great way to recycle an old atlas. Simply punch the leaves of an atlas or an old map with a butterfly shaped punch and make a garland that you can hang anywhere in your home where you want to add a little travel inspiration.
A Map Wreath
Tonia at The Gunny Sack has created this wreath by making cones from pieces of maps. Then she glued them all to a cardboard circle.
A Map Chair
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Map Covered Shoes
Something Monumental has a great idea for your old shoes. You can give them a makeover in the form of a whole new interesting look of map shoes.
A Coastal Map Coffee Table
Kristine at The Painted Hive found an old coffee table for just 10 bucks and then she gave a wonderful makeover to it by covering its glass top with a map.
A Personalized Photo Map
Cut Craft Create has an idea for those who often go to different places for spending holidays. You can paste your pictures in the shape of the place’s map where you have been.
Map Covered Pots
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A Map Wallpaper
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A Map Covered Candle
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A Map Pendant Lamp
Allison of Paisley Sprouts gave a whole new look to a paper pendant by gluing discs of vintage maps. After the makeover the pendant looks just stunning.
A Map Wooden Tray Makeover
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Wall Letters for The Kitchen That Say ‘EAT’
Rebecca at The Crafted Sparrow gave a whole new look to paper mache letters by gluing pennies to them and now they make a stunning and catchy decor for her kitchen.
A Penny Covered Vase
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A Picture Frame
The Lowe Family News Blog has a wonderful way to make a frame for your favorite and beloved pictures with pennies. A photo frame like this can truly make a picture look even more priceless and unique.
A Penny Table
Mindy @ Heart Maine Home had an old table and her sister Lacey gave a whole new life to it by covering its top with pennies. Wow! Didn’t you just get a smashing idea for an old table makeover?
A Birdhouse Covered with Pennies in a Fairy Garden
Michelle of The Burgh Baby decorated a cute fairy garden inside a metal tub for her child and the birdhouse in pink color with a turquoise penny cladded roof steals the show.
A Penny Mirror Frame
Samaa of Honey Sweet Home decorated a rectangle mirror frame with pennies and this whole project took her a total of 9 bucks. Incredible!
An Inspiring Hand Stamped Penny Necklace
Etsy Shop Kathryn Riechert has an inspiring idea to even upcycle a single old penny that you have by hand stamping it with a quote like this one saying ‘be the change’. Truly wonderful!
A Copper Penny Floor
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Penny Drink Coasters
Seriously I’m Thrifty has shown another great way to upcycle old pennies into coasters using resin, vaseline and molds.
A Penny Covered Bowling Ball Garden Art
Pam at House of Hawthornes covered an old and drab bowling ball with pennies and it made such a lovely art for her home’s outdoor area.
A Penny Backsplash
Crafter Heart has a great idea for all of those who are thinking to get a new backsplash installed in their kitchen. For an altogether striking and new look, install a penny backsplash like this one.
A Penny Wreath Christmas Ornament
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A Rustic Rock Vase
Fab You Bliss has a great idea to recycle a pringles can into a wonderful rustic rock vase. To make it you have to glue the rocks to a pringles can and once they have dried apply grout. When the grout has dried apply a coat of mod podge and a beauteous vase is ready to be filled with flowers.
A Gift Wrap Organizer
Vorstellung Von Schoen Blog has a great project to store the supply of your gift wraps. Spray paint all of them and then hot glue them together and an organizer will be ready to store all the gift wraps you have.
A Bird Seed Feeder
Emily Grace at Grace and Good Eats has made an easy bird feeder by coating a pringles can in peanut butter followed by bird seed mix. She hung it in her garden with ribbons then.
A Candy Holder
Holly Gagnon at Ribbons and Glue covered a pringles can in card stock and other embellishments and turned the can into a cute candy holder for kids. This can be a lovely idea for making party favors for a kids’ birthday party.
A Pringles Can Windsock
Jackie at Happy Hooligans has shared a craft of a windsock made from an old pringles can. This windsock is great for small kids to enjoy and learn the concept of wind flow. To make it you need to wrap a pringles can with foil. Then color it with sharpie markers. Punch holes in the lid and tie ribbons. Cover the can with the lid and voila!
A Rustic Twine Wrapped Planter
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Industrial Lighting Fixtures
Urban Hardware’s Etsy Shop has shown a great way to use bed springs to turn ordinary bulbs into lighting fixtures that can give an industrial feel to a room in which they are added.
Garden Trellises
Karin at Hometalk has created these trellises for her garden by cleverly re-purposing old bed springs.
A Fabric Organizer
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A Wine Rack
Dishfunctional Designs has shared a great way to create wine storage with a no-money rack made from old bed springs. That is ingenious!
Bed Spring Snowmen
Candace at Rusted Roots combined old rusted bed springs with buttons and snowman ornaments and made these super cute snowmen. These would be great for the upcoming Christmas holiday decor.
Candle Holders
Etsy Shop The Yankee Belle has created these awesome candle holders by recycling old and rusty bed springs. They would make a great decor for a vintage or industrial wedding theme.
A Jewelry Holder
The Yankee Belle via Etsy has another inspiring idea to recycle a bed spring. Simply use it to organize your jewelry collection.
A Bed Spring Wreath
Carlene at Organized Clutter got this wonderful wreath from her sister in law that is made with old bed springs. This is just superb!
A Christmas Tree
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An Outdoor Wall Accent
Meredith Swinehart at Gardenista has shared a wonderful idea to recycle old bed springs into an outdoor wall art. This is fantastic!
Old Bed Springs Cross
Pamela at From My Front Porch to Yours has created a wonderful cross by fixing old bed springs on a wooden plaque.
Terracotta Pot Holders
Flea Market Gardening has got a way to display your mini terracotta pot planters. Simply rethink some bed springs and perch the planters in them.
A Bird Feeder
Laurie Boyer Lan B Designs and Draperies at Pinterest has created a grape jelly feeder for birds by rethinking a bed spring and a small glass dish. You can also put some tea cup or other container filled with seeds inside a spring to make a bird feeder.
Newspaper Strip Covered Christmas Bauble
Helena at Craft and Creativity has shared a wonderful way to bring into use all those old Christmas baubles that have lost their shine, have scratches and look boring. Simply cover them with newspaper strips and create an exciting Christmas decor in no time.
Cute Painted Newspaper Birdies
Joy Williams via Flickr has shared a project where cardboard bird templates were covered with newspaper and painted with foliage and then the feet were made with wire. This is just darn cute!
A Tree Wall Art
Kristen of We ART That Family has yet another wonderful idea where you just have to decoupage a canvas with newspaper pieces. Once it is done make leaves and stem of a tree with scrapbook paper or fabric scraps.
A Deer Head
Better Homes and Gardens has a great way to make a deer head for all those animal lovers who would love to have one but can’t go for paying the hefty price tag that comes with it. So here it is. So easy to make with wonderful results.
Cool Newspaper Necklaces
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Newspaper Mason Jar Candle
I Love This and That blog has a great way to decorate mason jar luminaries with newspaper.
Wall Letters
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Newspaper Decoupaged Pears
Emily from On The V Side made these wonderful decoupaged pears that were once old Christmas ornaments.
A Flower Bouquet
Popsugar has shared a beautiful idea of making a wedding bouquet with newspaper flowers.
Paper Tubes Picture Frame
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Old Newspaper Bunting
The Sweetest Occasion has shared a wonderful and cool way to recycle old newspapers into bunting. You can view the detailed instructions at Two and Six.
Seed Starting Containers
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A Newspaper Wreath
Jill Ruth & Co. has created this wonderful wreath that is so beautiful that it is hard to believe such a lovely wreath can be made with newspaper that has flowers as well as a bow all made with newspapers. This is so amazing and really a creative idea.
Cute Garden Art Flowers
Diane at Suburbia Unwrapped has made clusters of old bottle caps and painted them like flowers and now they make a beautiful accent for her garden .
Colorful and Cute Bugs
Melanie at Made From Pinterest has created these colorful bugs from bottle caps. She has made the wings of the bugs by cutting a transparency paper and then made the patterns with sharpie markers. That’s so ingenious, isn’t it?
A Wind Chime
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A Bottle Cap Mosaic Table
American Gypsy via Instructables has shared an awesome way to recycle a heap of useless bottle caps into a bottle cap mosaic table. This idea is truly a winner!
Vintage Bottle Cap Tray
Ashlee from My So Called Crafty Life had a collection of vintage bottle caps and she brought them to good use by making a tray with them. This is just superb.
Bottle Cap State Art
Traci at Beneath My Heart made a wonderful state wall art with bottle caps and wood.
A Bottle Cap and Wire Tree
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A Sequins Necklace
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A Vintage Bottle Cap Letter
Bottle Cap Co. has shared a stunning project to recycle vintage bottle caps to decorate a big craft letter.
Bottle Cap Candles
Epic Beeswax via Etsy has a wonderful way to recycle metal bottle caps. You can pour wax in them and use them as floating candles.
A Mirror Frame
Lauri Eaton of I Love to Create decorated a round mirror wonderfully with old bottle caps. This project is a great example of how a simple idea changed a simple mirror into something so special and extraordinary.
Cute Snowmen Ornaments
Crafty Lumberjacks Blog has shared a great way to recycle old bottle caps into snowmen with acrylic paint, glitter, felt, paper and pom poms. They will make perfect Christmas tree ornaments.
Adorable Flower Magnets
Amy at Positively Splendid created these cute bottle cap flower magnets. The special thing about these magnets is that they have photographs inside them. What a lovely idea Amy! Keep it up!
A Pumpkin Chair
Ann at A Sentimental Life found a second hand chair and an idea came to her mind. She painted that chair like a pumpkin and put it in her porch as a fabulous fall decor so that whoever enters her home can enjoy the view of this cute and cool pumpkin chair.
A Cool Bench
Jen at Four Marrs One Venus had three old and ugly chairs that she recycled into one amazingly chic bench. She painted the chairs blue and accented it with cushions of floral fabric.
A Chippy Chair Table
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A Scarf Holder
Eve via Eve of Reduction cut the back of an old chair that had a design with bars. So she added knobs to it and hung that back part of the chair on a wall and turned it into a unique scarf organizer.
Dog Bowl Chairs
Jacque at The DIY Village got 4 old school chairs and she gave a makeover to two of them and transformed them into dog bowl holders. She also stenciled the chairs with the words ‘drink’ and ‘eat’.
An Organization Caddy
Adreanna Cosper at Life in Our Nomad re-thinked a chair into an organization caddy that has a chalkboard for writing memos and lists, a basket for holding stuff, hooks and clips for cards and photos. This is completely ingenious, isn’t it?
A Pet Bed
Christie Selken at Sparkles of Sunshine painted an old chair, added a cushion to it and tada! It was ready to be used by her pets as a cozy bed.
Old Chair Planters
Organized Clutter has got a wonderful way to upcycle all the old chairs that you have. Instead of tossing them away turn them into planters for your garden and patio. Imagine what a lovely focal point a planter chair would create.
Old Chair Swings
Ellen Whitehead at Pinterest shared a fun way to recycle old chairs. Simply cut the legs of the chairs, attach chains and turn them to swings.
A Chair Back Towel Rack
I’m Gonna DIY has got a wonderful idea. You can make a wonderful towel rack and storage shelf for your bathroom from an old chair’s back.
Bobby Pin Holder
Do you always get difficulty to find the countless bobby pins you have that seem to vanish at the time of need? If yes then see how amazingly Jen at iheart Organizing has created a wonderful bobby pin container from an old pill bottle by spraying it with gold paint and then wrapped a vinyl cutout around it.
Fun Rainbow Crayons
Liz Stanley at Momtastic has a fabulous idea for your kids. If you have a couple of old pill bottles, fill them with layers of melted crayons. Take them out when set and see how wonderful rainbow crayons will be formed.
Ear Phones Holder
If you are fond of listening to music whenever and wherever you want then this idea of old pill bottle ear phone holder by One Good Thing by Jillee is going to be a life saver for you.
Pill Bottle Lighting Fixtures
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A Pin Cushion
Tuscan Rose blog has a wonderful creation from a pill bottle where a totally adorable and practical pin cushion is made with an old pill bottle.
Piping Tip Containers
Lisa from The Bearfoot Baker creates and shares sweet treats and all things yummy on her blog. Since piping tips are the baking tools she uses frequently, she came up with a wonderful idea to store them in painted and decorated old pill bottles. Two thumbs up Lisa!
Makeup Brush Holders
Laura at Laura Thoughts 81 created a magnetic board for all of her makeup supplies and for storing her makeup brushes she used empty pill bottles. This is truly a dream creation for any girl who loves collecting makeup.
Faux Bamboo Vases
Michelle at Michl in LA has created such an ingenious project that truly steals the show in our today’s roundup. She has joined empty pill bottles to make a vase in such a manner that they mimic a bamboo.
A Pill Bottle Light Garland
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A Waterproof Cash Holder for Beach
If you hit the beach frequently then you must have soaked your cash many times. So, this wonderful idea by Inspiration Realisation is worth giving a shot to.
Tea Cup Cards
Anna at In The Playroom crafted these super cute tea cup cards by recycling an egg carton. These are great to make on Mother’s day or on other special occasions.
A Flower Lamp
Jo Anna at A Pretty Life in the Suburbs combined egg cartons with chicken wire and string lights along with some other materials and created this wonderful lamp that can surely give you a design envy and an itch to craft it off the bat. Last but nevertheless the least, it will cost you only $5.
Super Cute Penguins
Melissa at Green Owl Art with the help of her kids crafted these cute as button penguins by painting pieces of an egg carton.
Egg Carton Turtles
Munchkin Time blog has another sweet idea to recycle an old egg carton and make these turtles that your kids are going to admire playing with.
A Flower Succulent
Melanie at Bliss Bloom Blog has truly made a splash in our today’s roundup as you can see she has created a flower succulent from an egg carton that looks as good as the original version.
Egg Carton Hatching Chicks
Michelle at Crafty Morning recycled an egg carton to mimic eggs and perched chicks inside the egg shells made with big yellow pom poms. This would make a lovely Easter craft.
Pretty Flower Fairies
Cucicucicoo has shared an adorable idea to make flower fairies from egg carton and wooden beads.
A Sewing Kit
Truly Myrtle via Flickr has an amazing idea for those who love to sew. You can utilize an egg carton to serve as a sewing kit. Its compartments are ideal for storing and organizing your sewing supplies at one place.
A Drawer Divider
If your drawer is upside down with clutter then this egg carton drawer divider idea by Better Homes and Gardens is worth giving a shot to. Using an egg carton as a drawer divider means a no-money storage solution.
Cute and Colorful Butterflies
Michelle at Crafty Morning has another wonderful egg carton craft. She made some cheerful and colorific butterflies from egg cartons. Kids would love butterflies like these.
A Cute Apron
Beth Huntington an eHow contributor has shared a wonderful way to upcycle an old shirt. She took an old powder blue checkered shirt and combined it with an orange and powder blue fabric belt and vibrant orange pockets and thus created a beautiful apron. Isn’t this wonderful?
Shirt Pillow Covers
Ann Drake at On Sutton Place came up with a great idea and she recycled some old and unused shirts into stylish pillow covers. The cool thing about these covers is that she kept the originality of the shirts and left the buttons in their place that look adorable in the middle of the covers.
A Cool Tank Top
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A Tote Bag
Ashley at Make It Love It created a tote bag from her husband’s old shirt. The cutest thing she did to the bag was the addition of the yellow tie that compliments the blue color of the shirt tote so amazingly well.
A Coin Purse
Camilla of Family Chic by Camilla Fabbri Blog came up with such a clever idea. She recycled the cuff of an old men’s wear shirt into a coin purse. That is so superb, isn’t it?
A Shirt Quilt
Debbie at Serendipity Patch has intricately crafted this amazing patchwork quilt. So, if you also happen to have an assortment of old button-up shirts at your home, simply collect them and make a quilt like this. Even if you don’t have lots of shirts you can start collecting them from thrift stores.
A Purse and Clutch Set
One Month To Win It Blog created a wonderful set of a purse and a clutch made from a large sized men’s shirt. Absolutely wonderful!
Swingy Kids Skirts
Molly at Little Goodall recycled some old shirts into these cute spring swingy skirts. They are great to pair with tops of your little girl during the heat of summer season.
Baby Bibs
Michelle Barneck at A Little Tipsy rethinked old baby button up shirts and created these super cute bibs for her baby boy.
Shirt Strip Ornaments
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