20+ Old Internet Craft Project – Random Roundup

Got an old dining room chair that needs repainting? Or maybe you're about to spend lots for a new chair because the ones you've seen at garage sales need a touch-up? Here's how to paint a dining chair the right way, so it'll truly look like new.

Green Bee shows you how to cover Altoid tins in fabric to make cute and convenient cases for sewing supplies or anything else you want to put in them.

Doe-c-doe shows you how to take a pair of screwback earrings - the kind you can wear without pierced ears - and convert them into dangling leverback (you could also use french hooks) earrings. Without removing the screwbacks.

Whether you've got a basket that could use a nice soft liner or a lined basket whose liner is no longer cleaning up as nice as it once did, you can make your own liner. You can use all sorts of fabrics, including scraps from around the house or found in a local thrift shop.

Make a handbag that looks like a 12-sided die. So cool!

Curbly has complete, photographically illustrated instructions for making CD cases out of standard sheets of typing paper.

A frosted jar with lights inside, beautiful in a garden or inside the home.

Learn to make a neckerchief collar for a dog. It's cute and functional!

Make a beautiful fake stained glass window. Great for kids' rooms!

Great for kids - make a Mardi Gras necklace out of recycled materials.

A tutorial for a truly flat top knitted hat - this is such a cool project, and the tutorial is so detailed.

Or check out this adorable button-tab knitted hat, based on a similar one from Banana Republic.

The Little Green Bean walks you through turning old sweater scraps into an appliqued pillow.

Here's a pattern for making your own water bottle carrier, so you can sling a bottle of water over your shoulder when you're on the go.

Make a magnetized embroidered bookmark that clips to the corner of your page.

Learn how to crochet flowers. Great for sewing onto other hats, scarves, bags and other projects.

Make a fabric book cover, to protect your books, or protect yourself against strangers commenting on what you're reading.

Film in the Fridge shares a tutorial for making Reversible Rick Rack napkins.

Purlbee's Super Easy Baby Blanket is soft, warm and inviting.

You could pay over $100 for a makeup brush carrier, or make one yourself.

Auntie Annie has the tutorial you need to create beautiful paper lanterns.

These really look cool, and they're made mostly from recycled cereal boxes.

It holds stationary and other writing supplies.