Upcycled Dog Toy

*With a little help from Jenelle Montilone and her book The Upcycled T-shirt.




Ok cute overload. Stewie, my furry nephew, is my cohost for this episode. We take a look at Jenelle Montilone's book The Upcycled T-shirt. Jenelle does a great job on exploring multiple projects using t-shirts. Which are readily available everywhere and make a source of upcycling fodder. For more projects focused on sustainability and to sign up for her newsletter go here!

Materials:
One cute dog
Old t-shirt or other raggedy clothes
Fabric cutting tools- I used a rollie-cutter and scissors
Cutting mat - for the rollie-cutter
Clear grid ruler
The book: The Upcycled T-shirt

I used my old pajama pants that had holes. In fact when I held them up I could see perfectly through them. Whoops. Jenelle's book and a viewer request had me making a fun toy for Stewie. He's a total show dog, he was so mellow during the shoot and played to the camera. Such a sweet boy.

And for those of you who know about Zelda, my cat, don't worry I'll make her the cat toy from The Upcycled T-shirt. She's just not as cooperative and would never hold still for the camera like Stewie.


Do you have any sustinable or eco-crafts you want me to try? Let me know in the Break + Remake Facebook group or on Break + Remake's IG. In fact, head over to IG right now (if you are reading this between Sunday April 3rd and Monday April 11th of 2016).

Music composed for Break + Remake by Janet Overfield

Brown Sugar and Honey Scrub

How do you get your face buffed up and fresh for spring? Use this delightful honey and brown sugar scrub. Honey is great because it has antibacterial and healing qualities, and brown sugar has a nice grit. Both together smell like sunshine and cookies. If you have sensitive skin only put a little brown sugar, so there is less grit rubbing on you. Mix this up then jump straight into the shower to use.

When I used this I massaged it gently onto my face and my arms. Then I realized my terrible mistake. The water for the shower wasn't on yet. A-whoops. The scrub moves better with a little water mixed in. I bet it would work great on feet as well, but most of the time my feet get forgotten. Poor little work horses. 

Let me know any other home beauty tips that you use on the Facebook group page or in the comments below. Follow me on instagram and like the show on Facebook.

Thanks for watching!

Embroidered Power Cuff

Hi everyone! We are in for a real treat today because the wonderfully talented Lisa from The Makery Craft Co is here as a guest host. If you haven't heard of The Makery and live in the Greater Los Angeles area swing by and take a class.

Making this Embroidered Power cuff is a cute way to make your intentions tangible and cute. Especially now that the adrenaline of our resolutions is now 3 months behind us. What I like about this project is you can make it as simple or as detailed as you like. If you don't want to embroider you can always write the intention with marker or paint.


Materials
Scrap fabric
Buttons
Pins
Chalk pencil
Embroidery floss
Scissors
Cord elastic
Permanent Markers

Optional Fun things:
Paint, paint brushes

Let me see what you make! Show me on the Facebook group, or tag me on instagram!

Welcome back to Break + Remake

Getin' crafty down here

Welcome back! I missed you so much. In this episode I talk about why I like eco/green/sustainable crafting. Why is it important to you to use upcycled and recycled items in your craft? 

Like the show or join the Facebook group and show me what recycled and upcycled crafts you are making!

Season 1 of Break + Remake Wrap Up!

And that's a wrap!



Thank you so much for watching season 1, I had a blast. When we come back in March there will be more co-hosts, fun projects and cool thrifty crafty book reviews. Yay!



Do you have an upcycled or recycled craft idea you want me to try? Let me know in the comments, or on the Break + Remake Facebook page or @BreaknRemake on Instagram.



Use what's around!

Sustainable Present Wrapping

Here are 3 tips for easy present wrapping for the holiday season!



Materials:

Fabric: bandana or scarf

If you check out the thrift store you can get bandanas and scarves on the cheap! The two I use in the episodes were thrifted finds. Oh and hey, is the gift getter sew crafty? Then get the fabric out of your stash to wrap the present.



Bags: fabric or paper

This one is easy, fabric bags are great. If you have time on your hands and need a destash, you can whip them up yourself. However if you are pressed for time and monies, grab some paper bags from the store. Use them until you need to recycle them.



Boxes and tubes: from cereal or frozen foods, tubes from toilet paper

Nothing says you're on the naughty list like getting a TP tube. But really, if you are looking for a sustainable, easily recycled wrapping they win. Doll it up with some fabric, newspaper or a craft paper that has a high recycled content.

Cereal and other food boxes are great because they come free with every purchase.

Let me know if you use any of these ideas on the Break + Remake Facebook group. If you liked this video please share with your friends. Do you have an upcycled or recycled craft idea you want me to try? Let me know in the comments, or on the Break + Remake Facebook page or @BreaknRemake on Instagram.


Use what's around!

Fitting Thrifted Shirts for Men

If you are an avid thrifter, don't be sad when you find a shirt fits but is not tailored! Take it in using this simple tutorial.

Materials
Thrifted shirt
Safety pins
Thread to match project
Sewing machine
A buddy!

You need to use the buddy system for this project unless you magically have a dress form of yourself. So make a day of it and partner up! Take the time and line up your side seams if you are taking darts out of the side. This may take a few tries, but once you get the hang of this it's easy.

Big THANK YOU to Cesar for being such a good sport and letting me use him as a dress form. I'm super mean too, and I made him sew his shirt too!