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As part of our economy challenge, we asked you to take something old and turn it into something new. And we discovered…you’re a crafty bunch! We were impressed with the unique creations that several of you fashioned from items that started out as one thing and then became something completely and unexpectedly different.
Tabitha Jo Dotson and Sandra Kay Vogt run a website that shows off their craft and cooking projects. Their latest inspiration came from the “four or five” phone books that are left at their doorsteps every year.
“I was over at [Sandra’s] and her husband came in with new phone book,” says Tabitha. “And he said, ‘You girls need come up with a way to use these phone books.’”
So they did. The pair played around with the phone book and discovered that, when folded a certain way, it looked a bit like a vase. That became their inspiration, and they turned the phone books into decorative pencil holders . The pair also designed dance bags for Tabitha’s daughter and Sandra’s niece out of the girls’ old pink leotards, and say the bags are both beautiful and functional.
Another crafty iReporter is Cherry DelRosario. An art student at Georgia State University, she transformed a $4 dart board into a jewelry vanity . She also made a really cool clock for her boyfriend out of an old book. She cut a circle out of the book, inserted a clock face, and burned his initials onto the front of the clock – a unique gift for someone who loves to read.
Are you up to the challenge? Show us how you can take something old and create something new.
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hi, i placed a very unique plastic for dishes and i made it a tool for pets, i was surprised it didn´t get that much attention, it works for pets really and for people that live in apartments and have no garden, is a great tip
can you check on it again please, thatst the way i have trained my dog jeke and believe me he goes there all the time, he has allergies so i don´t let him be next to gardens, thanks larena
@larena It's a creative solution, indeed.
Our "something old, something new" assignment was specifically looking for crafty projects that involved turning old junk into something new and useful, so I don't know that it's an exact fit. But thank you for sharing! I hope your suggestion helped out some fellow iReporters.
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