Women’s Club Learned How To Braid Simple Basket Out Of Old Newspaper
by Cecile Cinco
Last June 14, 2008, I was asked to be the resource person during our regular monthly UCG-Manila Women’s Club Knowledge Channeling the next day. I asked if they were interested with making backdrops out of styrofoam. They were, but the next day when I was preparing my stuff, I found out our styro-cutter was malfunctioning so I had to think of another. I asked our President to bring some used newspaper. Solved.
Below are pictures I took (except for the first one, so I can be in the picture). I can say it was a successful crash training.
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Crafts, Export, How-To/Tutorial, Recycled | Comment (0)Recycled Tetrapack Wallet
by Cecile Cinco
For the past 3 days I was on a project. I was thinking of making a sewing kit of some sort out of tetra packs but laid it aside when I was almost halfway. I saw a problem with the design so it’s almost like redesigning it later on. Since the design’s purely in my head (no drawing effort), it’s ok.
Instead, with the same tetra pack collection (Chuckie Chocolate Milk Drink), I made a wallet. My Nescafe wallet is over a year old (don’t know when I can make one of its kind again) so I wanted to make something I can use…or sell.
This is pure handcrafted. No sewing machine involved. Blisters emerged at the tips of my sewing fingers, sewing through the tetra pack. It’s 3-partitioned with the upper portion for cards (ID, credit, etc.), the middle part for paper bills and the lower zipped part for coins and other small items that need to be in closed (zipped) location.
Below are more pictures with and without the contents. Continue reading »
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Crafts, Export, Recycled | Comments (3)How To “Weave” Or “Braid” A “Basket” Container
by Cecile Cinco
I have 30 pictures of the process of weaving or braiding 
this container you see pictured. It can be a container of anything that fits, actually. Put your pens in or a water jug.
The series of pictures are detailed. Since a picture paints a thousand words, I believe you can follow it. I’ve used rice sack strips in this case but in the past I’ve always used old newspaper or better yet, glossy magazine, which is a great way to recycle those glossy paper than to burn them.
The problem is, I’ve loaded the pictures in one of my Facebook folders which are only accessible by “friends” so anyone who is my “friend” can learn how to do it.
What I’d like you to do to get that set of pictures is Continue reading »
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Crafts, How-To/Tutorial, Recycled, Saving Tips | Comment (0)Laptop Bag Made Out Of Rice Sacks
by Cecile Cinco
Did you know that rice sacks are not only for holding rice and later for trash? I used to make it as my base for almost all my sewing craft products because it makes the outcome tear-free, especially when I’m using snack foil and tetra pack. Rice sack alone is also good but it’s more costly since I use the design of the sack to make it artistic and at the same time, functional, while being eco-friendly.
Below is the pics of the step-by-step process of the laptop bag I created (the only copy of such design) which was sold to a chat friend in the US for $80 in 2005, if I remember right.
In case the pics don’t show up, you can see them at picasaweb.
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Crafts, Export, Recycled | Comments (3)Ode To Stumblers
by Cecile Cinco
Today is such a wonderful day,
Thanks to the Stumblers that came my way; Continue reading »
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Uncategorized | Comment (0)What Can You Do With Assorted Scrap Cloth, Beads From Snapped Pony Tail Holder, And Zippers From Tattered Clothes?
by Cecile Cinco
Last week I rummaged through my precious trash (trash for them but precious for me). I sorted them out and gave a compact space. I threw out all the trash trash and saved the useful trash.
It was then that some creations stirred up my imagination Continue reading »
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Crafts, Recycled | Comments (3)Recycling Water Plastic Bottles Or Soda Plastic Liters
by Cecile Cinco
What do you do with empty soda liters (1.5 and 2 liters) or empty bottled water bottles? These are made of plastic that is said to harm the environment so some actions have been done to limit their way to the incinerator.
Instead, many make use of it as freezing receptacles so when they bring it to some place, by the time they have to drink, the water is still cold, and they do not even have to buy. Yes, it’s a saving tactic but is it safe? Continue reading »
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Recycled | Comment (0)What You Can Do With Old Or Unpaired Socks
by Cecile Cinco
What do you do with your old socks? Too old that they are no longer presentable, either white is no longer white or the garter that makes the sock hold on to your skin no longer does. Sometimes, you cannot find the other, leaving you an unpaired, lonely sock. The problem is, Continue reading »
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Recycled | Comments (5)For Ladies Only: Mrs. McGyver’s Half Slip
by Cecile Cinco
What if, for one reason or another, you needed a half slip now and for one reason or another you can’t buy one nor borrow?
Well, as long as you get access to an old t-shirt and pair of scissors, that would not be a problem at all.
This works because I’m actually loving using it myself. Besides, Continue reading »
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How-To/Tutorial, Recycled | Comments (2)How To Recycle Your Cooking Oil That Is No Longer Fit For Food
by Cecile Cinco
Do you cook? Sometimes, if not always, you will get yourself into cooking deep fried fries or chicken, or whatever. I mean, you would use some amount of oil more than usual. Deep fries tend to use a lot of cooking oil right away and you would want to use that oil after it has been used for cooking. Sometimes, another fried dinner will get back that same oil to the pan.
What if you can no longer use it for cooking because it has turned brownish and when you were not careful enough, it could be that it’s no longer brownish, but blackish instead…and you have a gallon of it!
With the dropping dollar, you might be into some frugal mania festival. Being almost always in the needy and scout (resourceful) state, I’ve learned to use that black oil.
Turn it into light!
Rather, make it fuel to give you light. You can use it when you get power outage or if you just want to save some money. It’s surely environmental safe and it does not make your nose blackish, unlike candles.
What you need:
- steeping container like tin can or jar
- strip of cotton cloth
- empty bottle with tin cap
- used oil
What to do:
1. Steep oil for about 5 days in a tin can or jar.
2. Transfer to another container. If it fits the bottle with tin cap, then pour it there. Be careful, don’t include any steeped “trash” that sank at the bottom of the first container.
3. Make a wick out of a strip of cotton cloth (could be the hem of an old shirt). Make sure when Continue reading »
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