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Junk Creation

Archive for February 2008

February 23rd, 2008

“Green” Wedding Show–Junk Creators Welcome?

There’s a giveaway I’ll tell you about.  It’s related, since they’re giving away tickets to the first Eco Wedding and Lifestyle show in Canada.
The link to their site is: http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/get-free-tickets-for-the-first-eco-wedding-lifestyle-show-in-canada/.
I think they do their topic plenty of justice, so I’ll just quote their post:
Canada is having their first Eco Wedding & Lifestyle Show (EWLS) Very cool. [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 2 comments

February 22nd, 2008

Don’t Throw It Out–Modify It

Today’s quick how-to is actually a really fun project.
I got a planner for this year and it was spiral bound.  That makes it great, unless you keep the planner in your back pocket like I do.
I thought about replacing it with one that would still open after I sat down (the carnage my back side [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 0 comments

February 21st, 2008

Buying Something Old or is it New?

I always find it interesting that people are willing to pay someone else money to make them an item that either is or looks old.
For instance, the watchband at http://www.mwrforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11100 was ordered from Germany.
According to Paul:
Just received this custom strap from Jürgen last week. I wanted something that would look like it was original to the [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 2 comments

February 20th, 2008

What is it about making something out of Junk?

I have been wondering how it is that we can stay motivated to make stuff from what is normally considered junk?
I have come up with a list of possible reasons why those of us who create from junk continue to create with junk.
Here’s my list:

You’re naturally cheap or just can’t afford the new materials.
You get [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 6 comments

February 19th, 2008

Bedside Pocket–What an Idea!

I’ve never seen a bedside pocket before, but now I want one like I saw at the Craftzine.com Blog and their post: Easy Bedside Pocket.  The picture is probably copyrighted, so I’ll let you see it when you visit their site.
According to that post is
Lisa writes in about her bedside book pocket. It’s an easy [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 0 comments

February 18th, 2008

Notebook Paper “Lucky Origami Stars”

 I tried to find some junk mail to make the stars from Saturday, but I suppose everyone will have to settle for the used notebook paper I used instead.
I found some relatively good instructions for the Origami star here.
Keep in mind that it may take several tries to make the star–I had to start over [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 9 comments