Awesome Projects from Unexpected Places

The term "crafting" used to call to mind woven baskets topped with bows, braided friendship bracelets, and painted angelicfaced figurines. This title helps readers learn the basics of whittling wood, melting vinyl, and creating optical illusions using simple, everyday items.

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Awesome Projects from Unexpected Places features more than thirty projects designed by the users of instructables.com. These users have repurposed and reused everyday items they've found around their homes, in their backyards, or even in local junkyards to create unique furnishings and decorations for their homes and meaningful gifts for others. Equipped with the vision to not only see the latent potential and beauty in common items, but also the skills necessary to transform those objects into creative and new applications, these projects are at the core of the maker movement and can inspire us all.


Readers of Awesome Projects from Unexpected Places will learn how to construct:


Bottle cap tables
Concrete lamps
3D string art
Sand fire gardens
Screw-nut and wooden rings
Paracord bracelets
Cigar box guitars
Wooden beer mugs
Test tube spice racks
Metal roses
And more!