LED Tealight Cover

Pretty cover for your LED tealight, and all it's made from is thread and fabric stiffener!

Go here for the tutorial.

Hooded Towel

Great idea for an essential beach holiday item - a hooded towel! Perfect for use after a swim in the sea.

Find instructions here.

Ketchup Pancake Dispenser

Useful way to repurpose your tomato ketchup bottle . . . use it as a pancake mix dispenser!

Find my favourite pancake recipe here :-)

Phone Book Projects

One idea for recycling a phone book would be to make a handy pen holder to organise your office desk - see the tutorial here.

Or if you sell at craft fairs, a Yellow Pages book would be a great way of displaying your business cards at your stall in a clever and ingenious way! This idea was found here.

Make Your Own Buttons

Look here for a useful tutorial on how to make your own buttons. This is great for adding a bit of individuality and quirkyness to your projects!

Designer Bookmarks

A fantastic little collection of bookmarks from designers around the world

. . . they're so slick and useful, it shows that even bookmarks can be exciting!

Fabric Mobile

Such cute mobiles made from shapes cut out of novelty/large-scale fabrics - see the super detailed tutorial here.

Tree Branch Art

This wood be (pun intended) a great piece of natural art for your home - and it's so simple!

Just slice some tree branches up, attach them to a board, and Voila! Find the tutorial here.

Ceramic Notepad

What a fab idea!

This ceramic notepad can be written on and then wiped clean again when you don't need the note anymore. . which would be perfect for me because I have messy bits of paper and lists EVERYWHERE (I'm a majorly obsessive list-maker)!

How to Hand Stamp Fabric

Great tutorial on how to hand stamp fabric with craft foam, fabric paints, a brayer and a couple of other bits and bobs. I really love hand stamped fabric because it's often a bit rough around the edges, which I think adds charm to the pattern, and it looks lovely and handmade :-)

And for instructions on how to make your own stamps using FIMO, go here.

Steampunk Goggles

This brilliant 'Steampunk' goggles project uses plexiglass, leather, buckles and other little oddments

- and the result is just so cool!

Make Fireballs!

How To Make Fire Balls - video powered by Metacafe

Very impressive trick with fireballs - BUT BE CAREFUL! These can still burn you, and if it's too hot for you, the maker of the video recommends adding water to cool the flame down. Also don't put much lighter fluid on the ball, hold the ball at the bottom only, make sure you have water at the ready and don't do it alone!

I don't think i'm brave enough though!

Great Rail Journeys

Inspirational rail journeys available worldwide including Canada, Australia and Italy. Stunning photos, it's sure to give you itchy feet!

Click here.

Newspaper Beads

Gorgeous beads made from newspaper...go here for the tutorial.
Step #1 - Gather a small pile of newspapers from the recycling basket.
Step #2 - Rip the paper into small pieces
Step #3 - Put the pieces of newspaper in a large stock pot
Step #4 - Pour enough boiling water over the paper to cover
Step #5 - Allow to sit for an hour or so
Step #6 - Stir the paper to help break it down a bit
Step #7 - Drain as much water out of the paper as you can
Step #8 - Add enough glue to the paper to help it hold together in a ball shape (any glue that is clear when dry - such as Elmer’s, or PVA)
Step #9 - Roll the paper into round balls being sure to squeeze out as much moisture as you can while rolling (you can make any size you would like)
Step #10 - Let them dry for a few days - rolling them every several hours - until they are completely dry

T-shirt Bags

As supermarkets start charging for plastic bags, now is the time to transform some of your old T-shirts into funky casual bags - so you can be nice to the environment as well as looking super cool when you pack your bags at the checkout!

Go here for instructions.

PostSecret

This is a fun, and often touching, website that showcases postcard messages from people who want to make a confession or tell their best-kept secret. Go here for the blog, and here for the archives.

Hide Your Keys

This make is simply a rock glued onto a prescription bottle so that you can hide your keys in the soil
- so simple yet so useful!

Painting With Moss

This looks like an amazing project for a garden - you mix up a concoction of moss, beer and sugar, then create fun designs with it and watch it grow!

See how, here.

Photo Jar Display

I love this idea for a photo display because it's quick, cheap, easy, it involves recycling, and the different heights and shapes of the jars make it look so fun and interesting!

Go here for details.

Hi-Tech Halloween Costume

This is a hi-tech and impressive costume which uses a digital camera and a DVD player to create the impression of a hole through your body. If you disguised the equipment a bit better than in the photo above, it would look even cooler! 

Find the tutorial here.