Advertising Is Good For You

Hey, kids, it's time for Holiday Advertising Arts & Crafts

Sarah Palin would certainly not approve.

Click here for a less controversial Holiday Advertising Arts & Crafts project: making gift bows from magazines.

Via Happy Place

Newspaper couture

Via Too Cute Things

Look to Madison Avenue for your Halloween costume inspiration

Here's some Halloween costume inspiration for you.

All are DIY costumes.

And, of course, all celebrate brand names.

Click here to find the easy DIY instructions for making these M&M costumes:

Click here for directions on how to make your own Bugles snack costume:

The making of the next three are self-explanatory.

Kool-Aid Man:

Sriracha bottle costume:

Dos Equis' Most Interesting Man in the World:

Unfortunately, I couldn't find directions for making the following costumes, so you're on your own.

Cigarette brand Halloween costumes:

Sun-Maid raisin costume:

No, no, no, no, no!

And, my personal favorite, the Jelly Belly Halloween costume:

Click here to see an awesome Hamburger Helper Hand costume.

Edible logos

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World Wildlife Fund logo made from Oreos and lady fingers:

Lego logo made from shredded cheese and some other edible stuff:

Click here to see more logos made from food.

Click here to see one of my all-time favorite logos.

Facebook dress by designer Lana Dumitru

Click here to see more of Lana Dumitru's work.

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Sandhi Schimmel Gold creates portraits from junk mail

Click here to see more of Sandhi Schimmel Gold's work.

Junk Mail Queens

Artist Sandhi Schimmel Gold creates portraits from direct mail solicitations.

To see more of her works, visit Sandhi Schimmel Gold's website.

 

Advertising Arts & Crafts go the the prom

DuckTapeRockStar made her prom dress from almost 4,000 soda can pop tabs.

This young woman's mother worked six years to make this Starburst candy wrapper prom dress.

Here's a prom dress made from Wrigleys gum wrappers.

What to do with all those conference lanyards

To learn how to make your own, visit Evil Mad Scientist.

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DIY corner office

Mark Powers shows you how to turn your cubical into an office with a door and fancy pediment.

A link to the directions is available at This Old House Magazine.

Advertising Arts & Crafts: embroidered Penguin Classics book covers

Illustrator and cartoonist Jill Tamaki turned three literary classics into embroidery masterpieces. Here are her interpretations of three Penguin Classics paperback covers.

© Jill Tamaki

Pantone cupcakes from Erika Valverde

Click here to see Pantone cookies.

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Advertising Art & Crafts: Pantone Chip Cookies

Click here for the recipe for Pantone Chip Cookies.