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Plastic bags are everywhere. It seems no matter how you try to avoid them you end up with a few lying around the house looking for a new use. While I have a few good go-to reuse options, Care2 has put together a great list of 18 ways to reuse those extra plastic bags. Check them out and share your reuse options after the jump.Here are Care2’s first 6 ideas: Dirty Clothes – Stick a plastic grocery bag into your suitcase to tote home your dirty clothes while you’re on vacation.

Update: Since this is consistently my most popular post (cool!), I thought I’d specify that I didn’t make these crafts. I just put ’em into one place for you. Please note the link…

I've been playing around with this idea for a while (you can tell from the Christmas tree in the background of a few of the photos). It's qu...

I did two projects for this week’s S.Y.T.Y.C. contest entry and had my friends vote on which I should submit…..this was the winner, but I chose the other project instead…..hope I’m not sorry in a week! I’m completely in “gift” mode right now…..and I think this belt would make a great gift for a little […]

Filth Wizardry: Iron on decals from plastic shopping bags

Vantaan Aikuisopiston kevään kurssikalenterissa oli mielenkiintoinen kurssi, "Muovipussin muutos". Muistelin vuosia sitten pysähtyneeni Kaapelitehtaan kierrätystapahtumassa työpajaan, jossa silitettiin muovipusseja yhteen, ja näistä valmistettiin pussukoita, kasseja ja koruja. Tuolloin en itse kokeillut tekniikkaa, joten tähän kurssitilaisuuteen piti tarttua! Kurssi kesti kaksi arki-iltaa ja yhden lauantaipäivän. Ensimmäinen kurssitapaaminen pari viikkoa sitten meni minulta vähän sivu suun…

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I always try to use my Bag-for-Life, but despite my best efforts I always seem to accumulate lots of plastic bags, so fusing them to make something new seemed like a good idea!! I found this great tutorial by A Fanciful Twist and tried it out for myself to make a Pencil Case! Materials Plastic Bags Iron Baking/Parchment Paper Sewing Materials Velcro (optional) Start by cutting the top and bottom off each carrier bag, so that you can lay it flat and cut up the sides. Lay these onto a bottom…

Today I have another tutorial for you using the same simple steps we used to make THIS PRETTY PLAS...

Seems like a few of you are raring to give this plastic bag decals on clothing thing a go, so I thought I'd pop another example up here to g...

Wonder Pouf. Made from reclaimed heat fused plastic bags. ©Carol Sogard 2010

I don’t know if you are aware of the fact that we are surrounded by products that are made out of recycled plastic bags. Things like shoes, plastic

This is so much easier than I thought it would be!