Ribbon spools repurpose

Trinket box made from a recycled ribbon spool! Details and instructions are on my blog: http://isntthatsweet.blogspot.com/2011/04/one-persons-trash.html TFL!

In a previous post, Finding a place for all those ribbons, I discussed the different methods you can use to store ribbons. My own preferred method is to wind ribbons onto 2-inch by 2-inch squares of chipboard, and to line them up like books inside the cubbies of a thimble rack. Although many of my…

Sometime in the weeks before Christmas I saw a picture in one magazine or another that inspired this project. In one of the scenes the...

A project using empty ribbon spools! Great little gifts! There's more info about the original idea and how I changed it up a little at my blog. http://cardsnthings.blogspot.com/2008/11/goodie-holders.html Original idea belongs to Becca: http://www.amazingpapergrace.com/spool-cap-goodie-holder/

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I just couldn't bear to throw out my old wooden thread spools!

Hi everyone. I think about Christmas all the time, especially tree decorating ideas. Garlands seem to be the theme for me lately! This week, I want to share another garland idea and it's a recycling project for everyone who sews! A spool of thread garland with lots of buttons...uses up lots of scrap fabric too!! I so wish I would have saved all the empty spools of thread that I've thrown out over the years!! Start saving your empty spools now. You can make a little swag with 4 or 5 spools…

Have spools of ribbon that need organizing? Here are 3 doable DIY ribbon organizers that you can make and custom size to your needs.

Hey Yall, Just wanted to see what yall do with yall's empty thread spools? Mine are stacking up and I don't want to throw them away. I j...

Large piles of empty ribbon spools had begun to take over my craft room. The byproduct of making ribbon lei are loads of empty ribbon spools. It really bothers me to send so much to the landfill. In good conscience, I just couldn't. So....another recycling project was in order. I grabbed one of the empty spools and began pulling off the chipboard from one side. The most obvious stood out. A frame. A round frame with a built in photo mat. That sounded like a good start. Perhaps a garland made…