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08.17.2008 ReadyMade's MacGyver Challenge: Rock & Roll Baggage!

Why throw it out? Transform a scuffed-up suitcase into a guitar stand that’s equally useful at gigs, band practice or at home! Let ReadyMade show you how.

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08.05.2008 ReadyMade Art Project: Rock Those Tees!

Got your Dad’s old Journey shirt in a Muscle Tee? No? How about a vintage Run DMC in a size XXXL... yeah? Turn it into a rocker shirt you can truly rock, with a little help from ReadyMade.

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07.29.2008 ReadyMade Art Project: Jug Band!

So you’ve had the dream of touring the world. Making music with friends until all hours… There are doodles of what your band t-shirt would look like stuck to your fridge. You’re a dreamer, so why not dream big? Roll out that big jug in the corner you were thinking about storing pennies in, let ReadyMade assist with a new project: Make Your Own Jug Band. (Hey, everyone’s gotta start somewhere!)

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07.22.2008 ReadyMade's MacGyver Challenge: CDs

CDs? Say what? You’ve gone all-digital and need a way to reinvent and reuse your CD collection? This week’s ReadyMade MacGyver Challenge will help you create some stylin’ new curtains with those scratched CDs of yore. Get the how-to here.

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07.17.2008 Win Your Way into Bumbershoot

Right now at Bumbershoot, we have eight contests going on. Yeah, even I was surprised at that number when I just checked it. Of the eight contests, my level of involvement ranges from getting every individual entry in my personal email to notifying winners.

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07.02.2008 ReadyMade's MacGyver Challenge: Radios

That old radio not singing a tune for you anymore? Don’t throw it out… look at it in a different way, and see the light! Get some help from this week’s ReadyMade MacGyver Challenge project.

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06.24.2008 ReadyMade Art Project: LP Bowl

Let’s cook with your stacks of wax! Turn your old LPs into fruit and candy bowls with the help of these step-by-step instructions from ReadyMade.

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06.18.2008 Ace the MacGyver Challenge, score big!

This month, Bumbershoot and ReadyMade are presenting a MacGyver Challenge exclusively here on bumbershoot.org. The item to repurpose? Old CD jewel cases! Refashion this old plastic into something useful or beautiful, and share the step-by-step instructions with us.

If we and ReadyMade find your design the most awesome of the bunch, we’ll reward you not only with a pair of Gold passes to Bumbershoot 2008, but a bicycle so you can arrive at the Festival in eco-style! Oh! And a year subscription to ReadyMade!

Get all the details here.

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06.17.2008 ReadyMade's MacGyver Challenge: Altoid Tins

What DO you do with this curiously strong packaging once you’ve consumed all its minty fresh contents? How about grab-and-go mini speakers for your iPod? Check out the winning MacGyver Challenge project here. Now that’s some (not so) Heavy Metal the whole family can enjoy!

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06.11.2008 ReadyMade's MacGyver Challenge: Speakers

Got some old stereo speakers lying around that do nothing but snap, crackle and pop? Don’t send them off to the landfill! Recycle them into something useful and unbeatably cool… like a pair of matching TV trays! Check out the winning project from ReadyMade’s MacGyver Challenge (free registration required). Then go watch Saturday morning cartoons and enjoy your Snap, Crackle & Pop in style.

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09.27.2007 ReadyMade photos on Flickr

ReadyMade has some fun pictures of their wildly popular booth at Bumbershoot this year over on Flickr.

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06.26.2007 Announcing... Bumbershoot's Urban Craft Competition

Are you crafty?

Do you rock with knitting needles? Do your recycled magazine mosaics turn heads? Have you found a clever way to repurpose chopsticks, tube socks or your old cassette tape collection? If you have a passion for arts and crafts, then we have a contest for you! Bumbershoot and ReadyMade are teaming up to offer you this great opportunity to do what you love and, if we love it too, we’ll display it at ReadyMade’s Bumbershoot booth. Plus, one grand prize winner will get awesome free stuff!

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