Today's thrifty tip is all about recycling something old into something new. The plastic, metal, and paper containers that we toss out, if flattened and smoothed, can be used in lieu of most any other material for crafting items that would typically call for fabric or leather. Here's a great example of a purse that was crafted from soda cans.
I saw this and it got me thinking, what if you could use non-traditional materials to create other things? What about a soda can vest? Or a gift bag created from squares cut from either cardboard food containers or plastic water bottles? The possibilities are endless, and patterns are found from one end of the world wide web to the other. Here's one for making a teddy bear. What will you upcycle today?
