Every so often I open my drawer and realize I'm running an orphanage—a sock orphanage that is. I happen to have a lot of socks, and I'm lazy, so they usually get dumped into my sock drawer unpaired after laundry day. This inevitably means that when I get low on socks, I start to realize just how dire my sock orphan situation is.

Needless to say, I've devised some great ways to upcycle my orphan socks, and one of my favorite projects is making a cute, oh-so-functional camera case.

Cara Smusiak