21. Tin Can Mail Organizer
A tin can organizer upcycles empty cans into textured floral desk storage. Tear tissue into small pieces, soak it, squeeze out the water and mash it into pulp. Mix in glue and paint until it’s smooth and workable, adding a splash of water if it’s crumbly. Draw a simple flower on the can (bigger designs are easier to fill), pack the flower with one color and fill the background with another. Once it dries, it holds pens, mail or makeup brushes. No damage, just sitting on a desk or shelf.
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22. Mason Jar Fairy Lights With Pressed Flowers
Mason jar fairy lights with pressed flowers make a glowing night light that needs no outlet and no hardware. Clean and dry a mason jar, then play with the flower layout before gluing anything. Brush a thin layer of Mod Podge onto the glass, press a flower in place and brush more over the top, working in small sections so the glue doesn’t dry. Glue tiny flowers to the ends of fussy stems. A second coat of Mod Podge seals everything. Drop in battery fairy lights and it glows.
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23. Chicken Wire Suncatcher
A chicken wire suncatcher hangs in a window from a ribbon or twine, so there’s nothing to drill or stick to the glass. Remove the inner ring of an embroidery hoop, trace it onto chicken wire with a little allowance and cut it with wire cutters (gloves help, the ends are sharp). Bend the edges and lock the wire back into the outer hoop. Thread tulip and leaf beads onto head pins, bend the ends into loops and hang them from the vertical wires with jump rings. Plan the color layout first.
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24. Picture Frame Suncatcher
A picture frame suncatcher is a bigger, bolder take on window sparkle, and it hangs from jute rope with no hardware. Cut chicken wire to fit inside an empty picture frame and attach it securely to the back. Combine beads and charms on eye pins, bend the ends to lock them, and add one or two jump rings to each so they dangle. Hang a set from each section of the wire. Translucent and faceted beads catch the most light, and laying out the colors first keeps it balanced.
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25. Beaded Plant
A beaded plant is greenery for renters that never needs water or sun. Stack styrofoam inside a mini terracotta pot, wire it together and cover it with fake moss. For the trailing stems, put a leaf bead on floral wire, curl the end into a loop and fill the wire with green glass beads, bending the top to hold them. Make flower stems the same way with flower or strawberry beads. Push the longest stems in first and bend them down to trail, then add short ones in the middle.
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