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      I dried and prepared tea in some glass jars a while back. I reused instant coffee jars, but didn't want to use the original plastic caps. For a while I used paper with string as a makeshift cap - looked good, but wasn't practical. So I tried to recycle unused cork pin board and glued together something that resembled a cork cap.

 This is a collection of the few notebooks I have recently made. Maybe you can draw some inspiration from these ideas. It is possible that I'll post tutorials for some of the books too. 

            Empty toilet paper rolls is probably one of the most common and most abundant type of trash. We mostly discard them simply as that.     There are many diy projects out there using these empty cardboard tubes, such as seed planter, pencil holder, trinket holder etc., etc.     In this article I am showcasing one such project - a simple scroll holder (and trinket holder also)  

            Books are a treasure to have, but sometimes not all books survive the test of time. And sometimes not all books you want to keep around and sometimes you don't have enough storage place to keep them around. In this article I will try to compile a list of some of the ways you and I can recycle or upcycle old books.

 Old doors like these are way easier to just throw out. But I needed a door for my greenhouse, so why throw out a perfectly good material? And it's greener to recycle anyway.

Boxes like this one often come with special beer glasses included and few special edition beer bottles. What's left is a giant box which has no other practical use. But in this case the box has a phoenix on the cover and so I thought of a lamp. 

This is a cool little project you can do quite quickly and without much effort.

  Workbenches aren't as simple as they would appear to be. But if you have a simple need for one, and you don't want to spend a lot of effort building one, then this how to is just for you. (and me in this case)

  Old window frames, especially glassed paned ones, are sometimes hard to get rid of. Alternatively those that are in a better condition, can be upcycled into various projects, like a storage crate of some kind. Like the one I made here.

  Stamps are always fun to use, but making them can be just as much fun. Plus, these stamps made using cork from wine bottles are also easy to make.

   Quite often there are plenty of gifts, but bags to put them in are never enough, or maybe not in the right size or colour. Well, this gift bag is easy to make an you can make it in any size and design.

  Light has always been the ultimate holiday decor, whether it is a candle or Christmas lights, but quite often those can be very messy and also dim. But if you take a bottle and put all the tiny lights inside, it becomes brighter and will illuminate your room more then before.

  Everyone most likely has a pile of old clothes which are too worn to be given away, but too dear to just throw away. So why not give them a second life? For this you will need: 1. Old rags; 2. Imagination; 3. Patience; 4. A needle and string or better yet a sowing machine; 5. Scrissors;   

     It is nice to have and to present someone with a bunch of paper flowers. Not only because they look beautiful and can be made in any colour, but because they last forever. Well, with some exceptions.