DIY Special Edition: Readers Inspiration

I am happy to see that this blog started as a hobby can actually inspire someone! Here's what one of our readers, D'angelo, created and sent to share with us: a yogurt cup plastic necklace:

Thanks!

Shotgun Shells Chair

OK, we already have all kinds of weird and fun chairs: a cardboard chair, a glass bottle chair, a tennis ball chair and even a drinking straw chair! And today we have yet another cool-looking, funky diy chair: a shotgun shells chair (warning: you'll need too many shotgun shells for that)!

Vinyl Records Bowl

We've already shared a stylish vinyl record "disappearing" wall clock - like that one, today's gadget also involves deforming of the vinyl record ... but gosh it looks cool!

If you have enough talent, you can also color it and create some killer pattern like this one:

Fun Computer Keyboard Necklace

Would you like to look like a real computer geek ... and still stylish? This computer keyboard necklace looks easy to craft: a bit of knitting and a few keys and your are done!

And you can make it ore fun by the way: try CTRL + ALD + DEL for example! :)

DIY Gifts with Kids This Christmas

Green and Clean Mom has had a great idea to celebrate this holiday season by creating eco-friendly gifts with the kids.

With children making eco-friendly gifts this holiday season and anytime of the year is easy to accomplish and very inexpensive.

Here are a few ideas from our collection:

• A floppy disk notepad (easy, useful and fun!); or a similar one: vinyl record book;
  
• A plastic bottle box (zipped!);
• DIY sun jars (your kids will love different colors!); or DIY glass jar lanterns.

Plastic Cups Chandelier

I am not sure how thin plastic is protected from heat the lamp is radiating but the look is really amazing. It does seem to require some serious effort though:

Recycle Aluminum Cans into a Curtain

Do you prefer buying beer in cans? Or canned energy drinks? Here's a cool idea to reuse those aluminum cans into a stylish looking curtain. I imagine it creates some nice, clinging sound when there's wind.