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With school just around the corner, we have been looking for the cutest pencil cases, lunch bags, book covers, and more to make for school.
A Lovely Slipcover For A Larger Book – from the team at CraftZine
I love a notebook with a little flair, but hate having to find a new pattern when I have filled one up with sketches, notes, and other ramblings. Create a Notebook cover that you can take from tome to tome. Check out this notebook cover tutorial from CraftBlog
Make Personalized BackPack Tags from Kaboose - Shrink plastic makes it an end of Summer craft the whole family can do!
Make A Cute Pencil Case - Pink PenguinThese are easy and cute and can be used for more than just pencils and pens. Line yours with a waterproof liner and suddenly you have a custom make up bag! (click images to get tutorials)
The Simplest Pencil Case - another pencil case tutorial from crafter Dia on Craftster
Image Courtesy of TumblingBlocks.net
Everyone I know has spent the last few years on a continual quest to find ways to save money. One super easy way to achieve this is to simply develop the habit of packing your lunch everyday instead of going out to eat.
Hold on to your desk, the average busy professional spends somewhere around $10 or so a day grabbing food on the run. If you grab a latte to go at the ‘bucks every morning then add $4 to that. 5 days a week and you are looking at more than $200 a month you spend on something you probably don’t even notice! Don’t know about you, but I can think of a lot prettier things to do
with $200…8.3 Nars Lipsticks, .24 Pair of Patent Slingback Louboutin Pumps, A sensible yet trendy Fall jacket. (Okay, or slightly more practical things like the electric bill.)
But “brown bagging it ” is just too unglamorous, right? Not so! Craft a little style into your lunch kit and everyone will want to eat with the cool girl (or guy.) It’s also way more earth friendly, and helps you control your consumption as much as your budget. You pick the fabrics, colors, etc. for a lunch look that is all yours.
Here are some absolutely delicious craft ideas and inspiration to help you spice up your lunch life:
The Oil Cloth Lunch Bag
Oil Cloth makes the perfect material for reusable lunch bags and other things that may get a little dirty. Easy to make, easy to wash, and good for you and the planet.
http://tumblingblocks.net/blog/index.cfm/2007/7/31/oilcloth-lunch-bag
The Lunch Bag For Larger Portions Plus Snacks
http://supamb.com/supafine/2007/10/06/how-to-lunch-bag-based-on-plastic-grocery-sack/
Reusable Sandwich Bags - Image Courtesy of RickRackQueen on Etsy
Reusable Sandwich Wrap
http://www.towards-sustainability.com/2008/03/homemade-sandwich-wrap.html
(you can buy them here too) http://www.etsy.com/listing/46957683/the-original-reusable-oilcloth
Knitted Water Bottle Cozy (also works for wine)
http://taras-knits.blogspot.com/2007/11/wine-bottle-cozy.html
Make A Cotton Tea Towel - Image courtesy of SewTakeAHike.com
Who needs a drab paper napkin when you can set the scene with a beautiful swatch of fabric you love! Learn how to make the prefect cotton tea towel to use as a place mat or reusable napkin!
http://sewtakeahike.typepad.com/sewtakeahike/2008/06/the-perfect-tea.html
Picture from MySweetMuffin.com
Perfectly Portable Portions: Bento Boxes
I am mildly obsessed with these portable wonders and even more so when they are adorned with adorable designs from Japanese artist Shinzi Katoh. This link is not a tutorial, but a link to something
wonderful nonetheless. 
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What happens when a Red-Heeled sock company decides to include simple craft instructions with every pair of socks they sell? Long before viral videos of people being kicked in the pants spread through inter-office email like wildfire, a different kind of unexpected star was born. A floppy, warm, wonderful guy with a bright, peel-shaped smile and button eyes. His name? Oh, come on, you know him…it’s The Sock Monkey!
If you live in America, you have almost definitely had, made, or been given a sock monkey at some point in your life. What you might not know is the Sock Monkey’s rise to fame was almost entirely due to the overwhelming number of crafters who took the instructions and just started sewing!
To celebrate this icon of ingenuity and also post a nice afternoon craft the kids can help with, I bring you this list of wonderful sock monkey tutorials!
The Classic Sock Monkey - Tutorials With Illustrated Instructions:
http://www.supersockmonkey.com/catalog/howtomake.html
http://hubpages.com/hub/howtomakeasockmonkey
A Funky Sock Monkey From Stripey Socks
http://www.web-goddess.org/writing/tutorial/Image0.html
The Sock Monkey That Can Also Be A Sock Doggie or Cat
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-a-Sock-Monkey/
Freestyle: Carol Duvall’s Sock Monkey Tote
http://www.5min.com/Video/Sock-Monkey-Tote-274853107
Maybe Taking It Too Far…LOL
http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/sock-monkey-costume/index.html
So while you can still get the classic sock monkey making instructions on every pair of Rockford Red Heel Socks, some of these tutorials may inspire you to try a little something different and start a crafting revolution of your own . (#SockMonkeyFlashMob!)
