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DIY: The Polka Dot Stray-Button Purse

april published on November 8, 2009 in build. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , .

It’s Sunday and rainy. My remedy? A little Colin Hay and sewing. I have a lot of stray buttons lurking around my place, so I figured why not make a stray-button purse (drawing a little DIY inspiration from SuperForester Iman’s brilliant creation)?

Here’s what I used:

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Look what I have created!!

What a thrill. I used my hands! I made something I can use! I’ve unearthed a new drug and its name is Craft. Raid your house for scrap material or an old T-shirt and make something, anything. It’s a great feeling to hold something in your hands that you yourself have produced. I wish I’d cottoned onto this earlier. I could’ve been a polka-dot-purse-selling craft mogul by now. (BTW, I’ve neglected to include the exact steps used to make this as I’m very sure there are much better ways to go about it. Sew however you see fit, I say.)

April

SuperForester Nika Presents: D.I.Y. Homemade Paper CD Case!

carla published on April 5, 2009 in build. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Hey SuperForest!

Carla here, writing to you all from my cousin Nika’s kitchen. We were in the mood for some good ol’ crafty time. Naturally, we turned to instructables for some inspiration. Here’s Nika to share what we found:

What up SuperForest,

If you guys are anything like me, you burn CDs for friends or for yourself and often don’t have a case to store them in. I used to get some pieces of paper and fold them into a square to make a pocket, but those days are long gone. I present to you, the new homemade paper CD cases!

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Here’s a video explaining how you make them.


So the CD cases are easy to make and totally usable, but the best part about them is…

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THEY ARE SHOCK ABSORBENT! Lovely, maximum CD protection. :)))

Love,

Nika

(Thanks to instructables user golics for sharing that with us)