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Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Twenty Five Creative Re-Use Ideas for Books

Stuck with a bunch of books that aren’t worth selling or even donating? Here’s a variety of ways to transform them into something else.

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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

How To Declutter Your Book Collection in a Few Easy Steps

While nothing can beat boxing up your books and donating them to clear out the shelves, there’s a lot of cases where you want to put a little more thought into it. Here’s my strategy for keeping the book collecting from getting out of hand. Declutter your book collection in a few easy steps.

Related: book-collection-trimming

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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

General Grievous Halloween Costume

My newest costume is finally up. It’s got some finishing touches to go, but I wanted to squeak it on the site before Halloween in case some of the techniques were useful to other DIY costume makers.
Here’s my version of the General Grievous Costume for Halloween ‘08!

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Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Creatrope Halloween

Several of my favorite posts involve Halloween costumes & props. I’ve got a few more in the works, but I thought I’d point new readers to our Halloween posts:

http://www.creatrope.com/blog/make/godzilla-costume/
http://www.creatrope.com/blog/make/high-tech-robot-halloween-costume/
http://www.creatrope.com/blog/make/rocking-gravestone/
http://www.creatrope.com/blog/make/quick-pvc-halloween-mannequin/

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Monday, June 16th, 2008

Make a Card Cable Organizer

Make a card cable organizer to prevent your cords from falling and keep them nicely organized at the back of your desk.

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