Homemade Sugar Water Fabric Starch

How to make an easy sugar and water fabric stiffener to use for doily baskets, doily ornaments, snowflakes, or other fabric stiffening jobs.

Recycled Record Album Bowls

Recycle your old vinyl records and make great bowls for potpourri.  Line with a doily to serve chips or crackers.  Great retro recycling idea! 
More Uses for Old Record Albums:

Retro Clocks: Just stick on gold numbers from the craft store, enlarge the center hole if necessary, and install a clock mechanism
Folk Art Records: One stroke flowers [...]