Photojojo helps us put a new spin on our photos

The wonderfully crafty photo site, Photojojo, featured one of our projects in their newsletter this week! Swing by their site and get the complete how-to. And sign up for the newsletter while you're at it. You'll get fun photo ideas straight to your inbox on a regular basis.

And if you're looking for more crafty photo goodness, be sure to pick up a copy of their book, Photojojo - insanely great photo projects and DIY ideas. We contributed to a project in there. And we have ourselves our own copy and really do think the book is insanely great. Get up and start your photojojo!

GoGo and upcycle with us tomorrow!

GoGo squeeZ and TerraCycle will be taking part in this year’s Summer Streets event in New York City and we'll be there showing people how to upcycled items from their packaging material!

Summer Streets was set up in the city as a way to let people walk, run, bike, rollerblade and just enjoy the fresh air without being bothered by the noise and pollutants of cars. The festivities will run during three consecutive Saturdays, August 6, 13, 20 from 7am to 1pm. Our location is at Foley Square in NYC on the corner of Lafayette Street and Duane Street.

Check out the GoGo squeeZ tents where you’ll find samples of the GoGo squeeZ product and some fun activities. You will be able to take part in a TerraCycle upcycling event, where you can make wallets and bows out of GoGo squeeZ pouches! Come to the event and upcycle with us!

For more information on how you can be a member of the GoGo squeeZ Brigade click here.

Cigar Box Jewelry Box

This week we found a new use for an empty cigar box! We started by cutting down chopsticks to serve as compartment dividers. After hot gluing the chopsticks to the bottom of the box, we cut out magazine pages to fit in the compartments, and glued the squares down with a glue stick. We found you can also give the inside of the box a more finished look by spraying on a few coats of glossy lacquer.

We picked this box up at Refugio Cigar House around the corner from our RePlayGround studios. A lot of cigar stores have empty boxes that pile up by the end of each week, so if you'd like to try this project, ask your local store for any cast-off boxes.

Check out our other crafty cigar box projects at Craftzine.

This smokin' hot jewelry box makes a great summer project!

Blast off with Maker Days at the NY Hall of Science!

We’re back and the New York Hall of Science this summer for Maker Days and we couldn’t be more excited to make projects with you! This weekend is the Maker Days kick-off and we’ll be on-site sharing our recycled projects galore. Not only do you get to make stuff, you get to take the stuff you make. And bigger bonus - it’s free with museum admission!

RePlayGround be on-site from noon to 5pm these three weekends this summer:
July 23 – 24, August 6, 7 and August 20, 21
The great big NYC Maker Faire is coming your way on August 17 and 18th and we’ll be there, too.
Each weekend will feature different projects from cereal box rockets, bottle cap magnets, magazine gift bows and more.

So rev up those recycling engines and get ready to blast off with our Maker Days! We can make it great – with your help!!

Turn an outdated necktie into a picture perfect camera strap!

Here's a project that's "suit"able for any occasion - a necktie turned camera strap.

Stop on by Ecouterre.com for the complete how-to.

If you'd like more of a hands-on tutorial for turning neckties into new, come out to the Creative Connection in September. I'll be teaching a class on turning neckties into new. Fun! And trashy!

Make crafty memories!

Check out my latest project over at Craftzine and learn how to make a memory mirror frame.

It makes a great gift for weddings, birthdays, graduation, and every other event in-between.

What a good lookin' family, if I do say so myself!

Go postal AND go green!

A fellow design junkie recently alerted me to the new eco-stamps available at the US Postal Service.

She writes:
"Hi Tiffany, Have you seed the "Go Green Forever" postage stamps? I went today to our local post office and Wola! The clerk said to me 'I've never seen anyone SO excited about stamps'. Apparently I must have had an out-of-body reaction when I saw them!"

So of course I instantly went on-line and ordered my own stamp sets.

Get yours, too! And help spread the eco-word by mailing it. In the words of Stacy - Wola!!