This would look Fabulous in a bedroom- Very romantic!
I'm making this one for my home office - hence my kitchen table!
oxox,
Tracie
"Queen of Upcycing"
Save your Can's Repurposing Inspiration!!
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Upcycled Sit Upon's
Sunday, March 10, 2013
I was commissioned to make Upcycled Sit Upon's for a Children's center.
They had to be made with something that could be wiped off -
No fabric, so what better than fused plastic!
These would be Fabulous for Day Care's or even schools. They can be customized in so many ways!
oxox,
Tracie
"Queen of Upcycling"
Crafty Hiatus & Upcycled Inspiration!
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
I have decided to take a "crafty" hiatus for a bit.
I will still be doing a few craft shows this year & accepting custom orders.
I have decided to dedicate my blog to Ucycled Craftiness that I find on the web for you to enjoy & inspire you.
I will provide links to their websites and if you have a tutorial or crafty idea you would like me to post just email me.
Thank you!
Coffee Filter Flowers
Enjoy!
xoxo
Tracie
"Queen of Upcycling"
Fabulous Ways to Upcycle
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Some Fabulous Ways to Upcycle!!!
Click the picture for link to get the how to's!
DIY Watering Can Tutorial
*this one is in a foreign language but they pictures tell the story.
Enjoy!
xoxo
Tracie
"Queen of Upcycling"
Recycled Plastic Bottle Ideas
Monday, January 14, 2013
Plastic Bottle Craft Ideas!!
Get those plastic bottles out of the Recycling Bin & Get to Crafting!
oxox,
Tracie
"Queen of Upcycling"
Our Plastic Nightmare
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Upcycled Business Cards
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
What a good idea!!
I think I might go this route next time I need Business cards.
Original Post can be found here.
Shift in Business
Monday, June 11, 2012
Well the last Month seems to have been an whirlwind of emotion regarding my business!
Things haven't gone as I dreamed they would when
I dived in to this full time so I feel like I'm missing something.
I talked to lots of other crafters that I admire and that are doing well in this area to
pick their brains and see what it is that I'm missing and by golly I think I have it figured out lol!
I want to make so many things and have something to offer everyone but seems that's my downfall.
I need to scale back my product line and stick to one thing.
As you can image this is heart breaking for me to have to figure out what items to drop from my line.
Fused plastic is what got me started so it would only be logical to stick with that but my heart is telling me that my T-shirt line is the path to go. So I am going to follow my heart but I'm not totally eliminated the fused plastic right away. I will see how it goes. This show coming this weekend will be when I eliminated all other products as just stick with my T-Shirt line and some Fused Plastic.
Stay tuned to how it goes :)
oxox,
Tracie
"Queen of Trash"
Weekly Whip Up's
Friday, April 27, 2012
Finally my Monday's are no longer Clogged up with going to Court with my Son.....Long Story
but all is good now.
Seems I was on a Purse-Tote Kick this week.
First up is my New Addition to thePurse-Tote Line.
Ex-BoyFriend Purse to go with the Ex-Boyfriend Scarf!
Made from a Men's button up shirt.
I'm Totally in Love with this new Purse!
Well I challenged myself to RePurpose a Mouse Pad this week.
You can see the Bracelets & a brief how to on my post yesterday.
I got a reposnse from that post from Shirley Maki giving me the idea to make a cell phone holder.
Here's what I came up with . Pretty simple but does the job to keep my phone
safe in the bottomless pit I call a purse!
I have been saving Can's (just the middle part) for some time now.
I make Butterfly magnets with them but I had wanted to make some flowers.
I finally sat down to actually do it when I realized I must have thrown out the handle to my Sizzix!!!
So I went to the hardware store & the gentleman there helped me find just want
I needed to make a handle!
Not sure what more I will do with them other than make magnets.
Any suggestions???
More Totes!
These one's aren't lined & Smaller.
Great for Lunches, crayons & coloring books, Shower caddy &
recently brought to my attention Bingo supplies!
These Totes (This is the size of my purse!) are lined with Eco-Felt (felt made from water bottles).
I am loving the Protein one!!
oxox,
Tracie
"Queen of Trash"
Mouse Pad Transformation
Thursday, April 26, 2012
My Best Friend sent me a package the other day full of Goodies
& these two less than desirable Mouse Pads.
I couldn't figure out why she sent me them as they were, well ugly,
& I did not have a use for a Mouse Pad!
They sat on my Kitchen table for a few days when it dawned on me that I needed to make something with them. I should have known she wouldn't send me Ugly Mouse pads for no reason.
Well this is just the thing I needed to get my wheels spinning~
I was getting worried my wheels were stuck in the mud!
I only took less than a day to dream up a new use but a day to actually
get my butt in gear to make my vision come to life!
Tadda!!!!
This one I cut a "base" piece of the Mouse Pad then added snaps to the ends.
I cut 3 smaller strips of the Mouse Pad & with a needle and Embroidery floss I secured the floss to one end & wrapped it around the pad then secured it to the other end. I did this with each small strip. Then I sewed each end to the base pad & also put a stitch in the middle. Then I took some more floss and wrapped it around the end to give it a more finished look.
Mouse Pad Bangles.
The length of the mouse pad wasn't long enough to fit over my hand so
I added another strip of pad with an eyelet.
I wrapped a fabric strip around one & secured it with thread & add a few beads.
The other 2 I added beads all around.
This one I cut about a 2 inch base piece of the Mouse Pad adding snaps to the ends. I then added eyelet to the middle part leaving the ends free of eyelets until after I add the smaller strip. I cut a smaller strip of pad added eyelets then secured each end to the base with eyelets. I then added a few more eyelets to the base at the ends.
Here's the Mouse Pad in all it's Ugliness but it really transformed into some cute Bracelets!
Ideas are really endless. Just make your "base" bracelet then trick it out as you see fit!
This leads to my other idea.
I seem to get stuck in the mud every now & again.
I thought it would be cool if you had something that you don't want or can't imagine could be used for anything that you could send me so I can try to transform it.
This would help me get my wheels out of the Mud & your prize would we one of the things I create with what you sent me!
If your interested in this challenge email me RadicalRecycks@gmail.com
oxox,
Tracie
"Queen of Trash"
