Are you ready to get outside and dig in the dirt? Whether it’s your first garden or your twentieth, you’ll want to be sure to mark your rows so you remember what you planted where! These plant markers from Creative Green Living are both adorable and easy to make in just a few minutes. [how to make plant markers from clothespins]

Project estimate:

• Clothespins, $1 and up
• Washi tape, on hand
• Scissors, on hand
• Label maker and tape, on hand
• Dowels, $1 and up

Total: $2 and up!

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It’s a fact of life:  every pair of jeans you own, even your favorite, will eventually wear out.  Luckily there are a lot of recycled denim crafts out there you can use to turn the remnants into something new. But what about the rest of the jeans?  What about parts like, say, the label sewn to the waistband?  Over at Carolyn’s Homework, Johnnie of Saved by Love Creations dropped by with a post showing how to make the label into a fashionable bracelet!  [how to make a jeans label bracelet]

Project estimate:

• Jeans label, on hand
• Hole punch, on hand
• Eyelets, on hand or $1 and up
• Jump rings, on hand
• Chain, on hand or $1 and up
• Clasp, on hand
• Embellishments, on hand or $1 and up
• Glue, on hand

Total:  Free and up

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When paper artist Sandy Ang sent me an e-mail and I first saw the pictures of these paper shoes, I fell in love!  How much fun would it be to do these in your wedding colors and use them as favor boxes at your bridal shower, or even your reception?  Or they would be perfect for for girly birthday parties, or a bachelorette party, or a moms-night-out gathering.   Sandy used hers to give a gift!

Make Paper Shoe Favor Boxes

By Sandy Ang (angsandy.blogspot.com)

Beautiful shoes fascinate me. When I wanted to give a friend a brooch, I created this paper shoe as the ‘packaging’ . It is based off of Salvatore Ferragamo’s shoe patent. The sexiness of these mules is largely due to the shape of Ferragamo’s sole with that nipped-in, elongated ‘waist’. Their sense of realism is imparted through the right and left sided-ness of sole.

Project estimate:

• Paper, on hand
• Ribbon, on hand or $1
• Plastic sheet (such as the clear package from deli packages), on hand
• Label stickers, on hand or $1 and up
• Glue, on hand

Total: Free and up

1.  Print out this template in A4 size and cut out.  (Click image to enlarge).  Trace the template onto your paper. 

(Tip: to make a pair of shoes, trace one set of pattern pieces, then flip the template so that it is face-down and trace a second set.)

2.  Glue the tabs of the upper to the sole.

3.  Glue the sole piece without the heel to the bottom of the heeled sole piece.

4.  Glue the tabs on the final piece along the sides of the heel.

The shoe shape is complete but is spread out too long and the toe piece does not lie flat.

5.  Bring the heel and bottom of sole closer together, leaving only a 2 inch gap between them.  Cut a strip of clear, stiff plastic and glue it to both the bottom of the heel and bottom of the toe.

6.  Add some with some ribbon or other embellishments.  I pinned on the gift brooch, or you can tuck favors into the toes of the shoes.  If it’s a gift, add a sticker labeled with the recipient’s name.

(Tip:  To make sure small, loose items don’t fall out of the toes of the shoes, wrap them in tissue paper!)

And there you have your pair of paper shoes!

Sandy Ang is an artist and paper crafter from sunny little Singapore.  She loves making cards, art projects, and paper construction items.  If you enjoyed this project, hop on over to her blog for more of her work and tutorials!

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Rubber Banded Basket

This impromptu basket by Sewing in the Suburbs is a quick and cute way to store pretty much any small items. You can sew your own fabric square to make one, or if you dollar store-it, use a placemat. Secure corners with rubber bands. Get the tutorial here.

Playroom Bin Labels

Jess from mad in crafts made these cute labels with stuff from her dollar store. Find out the technique she used here.

Hanging Baskets

Lorie at Be Different Act Normal strung three baskets together to make a hanging basket fixture in her bathroom. Great idea! Hanging baskets here. [via]

Ruffly Storage Bin

Dress up some of those basic plastic storage bins with a pretty fabric ruffle with Grammar of Life. Check out the simple process she used to make this pretty storage bin.

Additional Organizing Resources:

• Fabric Bins Roundup at How About Orange
• The Red Chair Blog urges us not to settle for “guaranteed ugly” – wow! This post is so true!!

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Today I will show you a simple, EASY way to make your own labels.  You can customize them as much as you’d like!  [go to tutorial]

Project Estimate:

• Ribbon scraps or twill tape, on hand
• Lettering stamp kit, $1 (mine was in the “party favor” section)
• Other stamps, on hand
• Fabric paint, $3

Total: $4 and up

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