Taken on the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk 2010 in Downtown Memphis

The Meter Garden was designed by local artists as a new direct revenue stream from the community to public art.

DC street artist and tape sculptor Mark Jenkins has recently converted a series of parking meters into lollipops resulting in a hilarious art

This 3072 x 2048 px stock photo is perfect for projects involving street, time out, and background.

If you've walked along the early blocks of Clement Street recently, you may have noticed small planter boxes affixed to parking meters and the occasional sign pole. Reader Derek got curious about who was behind the tiny beautification project when he saw a couple of them outside Fleurt and Eats. The Fleurt staff wasn't sure,

There really is an art to parking in New York City. Just ask Conrad ­Stojak, a Queens artist aiming to transform old coin-operated meters into masterpieces that will remain on the street to amaze —…

I got in a felting sort of mood today...have to be in a special frame of mind to be able to get all wooly and scratchy! Anyway, I had been cutting out circles from all wool sweaters that I washed in hot water (felting them by doing so). I have been looking for all sorts of neat colored and designed sweaters to make these trees. I "sewed" the circles together with a thin wire, two layers. And then I topped each one with a wet felted ball (much like the acorns I made the felted balls for here http://ellenscreativepassage.blogspot.com/2009/09/acorn-makeover.html ). I used some yellow, some red, some white fuzzy roving to make the toppers for the trees. I think they look sort of Dr. Seuss-ish... I made the all green one first following the pattern I found online...Ithought it would look more "real" if I just used green. I don't know what I was thinking, I like the green one a lot, but I LOVE the ones with all the colors!! Here is the link for a great tutorial for the trees--http://thelongthread.com/?p=1656. It is November, so I suppose it is time to be thinking about Christmas...

Learn how to use recyclable and discarded plastic packaging to mold fiberglass and cast resin objects with this simple tutorial.

I like to re-use things whenever I can or if a creative idea comes to mind. Just a few things I can find that aren't packed up yet. (We're moving in less than a week! Yay!). I had quite a few Yankee Candle jars I wanted to re-use and here are some things I have put them to use for: I cleaned the jars out and washed them. I put q-tips and cotton balls in a couple. The others are being used for other bathroom items...razors, kids toothbrushes and toothpaste, tweezers, nails clippers... Next: I have a really small apartment kitchen and don't have a lot of space for things. So for some of the the kitchen utensils I used an empty Nesquick (bunny milk in our house) container. Cleaned it out before use. Now it sits on top of the microwave right by the stove for covienence. Starbucks love: I'm really not a huge Starbucks drinker but on occasion is always nice. I like the mocha frappuccino's from Starbucks and on occasion I'll buy the cold frappe drinks at the store. The bottles are so fun and I also wanted to re-use them. So I made them into a soap and lotion dispenser. I hammered a nail through the lid and used needle nose pliers to make the hole bigger, big enough to fit the soap pump. You can use any soap pump just make sure it's long enough to reach the bottom of the bottle. I used a Bath and Body Works soap pump, the soap was on sale and an Aveeno lotion pump for the Starbucks lotion bottle. Then hot glued it in place and filled with my BBW soap. I added some decals I found at Walmart on the lotion bottle. I made a soap dispenser out of a honey bear jar too. It was a little tricky cutting the hole in the lid for the pump though. His nose and eyes were a bit rubbed off so I added some puffy paint and filled them in. The BBW pump is a little big for him. Cell phone chargers: When they aren't in use they sit on the counter and take up space and it drives me crazy. I saw a idea on Pinterest, she used a baby lotion bottle, http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2011/12/holder-for-charging-cell-phone-made-from-lotion-bottle.html. You can use whatever container works best for you. I used the puffs baby food container. Cut it to the size I wanted and cut a hole so I could screw the container to the outlet to clear counter space. I added some scrapbook paper for some visual interest.

This article is about ways to reuse empty pill bottles. It includes basic ways to reuse and recycle them as well as craft projects with pill bottles. There are lots of photos, links, and other resources.

Today, we are showing you two basmati rice bag purses we made a long time ago. Since we have a few to give away, these...