Ideas for crafts and organizing using repurposed items. These are budget friendly ideas that save items from the landfill and encourage your creativity.
If you’ve hung around Organized 31 much, you know that almost every craft and organizing project I do starts with a recycled item. I’ll psychoanalyze myself another time and tell you why that is, but let’s just accept that fact that I like to repurpose items. Often I start with an item that I already have, but…
If you’ve hung around Organized 31 much, you know that almost every craft and organizing project I do starts with a recycled item. Often I start with an item that I already have, but I also hit the thrift stores for inspiration. I’ve had several conversations with friends who hesitate to shop at thrift stores because…
Valentine’s decor made from recycled game blocks. Find these wood blocks at the thrift store or in your own game closet.
Make free office organizers in minutes with this simple recycled bottle organizers that you can personalize with washi tape.
Each time I share my obsession with repurposing my trash into crafts, I become just a bit less embarrassed about it (and it now embarrasses me that I’m not embarrassed any more). I’ve been hoarding laundry scoops for years. I’d build up a big stack while trying to figure out what in the world to do…
It’s almost gift wrapping season. My mom and mother-in-law both wrap beautiful gifts, but unfortunately I didn’t get the gift wrapping gene. I’ve learned some tricks to compensate for my lack of gift wrapping skills. One of my favorite new gift wrapping tricks is to use magazine flower bows. This is a great project to…
Use an upcycled book to create this Halloween book craft. It’s easy to do and makes a great Halloween decoration or prop.
Make this adorable diy cup sleeve from a recycled sweater. Gift it together with a gift card to a local coffee shop. It makes a great gift and is perfect for breast cancer awareness month.
If you’ve been around Organized 31 for very long, you know that I lo-ove to use recycled or repurposed items for organizing. Since we’re always moving (and when we’re not moving the threat of a move is always there), I don’t want to invest a lot of money in organizing items that won’t work at…
If you’re like me and my friend, J., at some point you’ve stood holding an empty candle jar in your hand wondering what you could do with it instead of throwing it away. My friend J. and I had been talking about ways to recycle those candle jars when coincidentally my son asked if we could make a…