DIY for Environmentalists: Crafting, Making, Project How-to's, and more!
Last week I posted 5 ways to make your own fabric labels which is great if you just need a few labels. If you are a serious crafter or small manufacturer and need a larger quantity of labels, you may need to order custom fabric labels. A quantity of 1000 is the typical minimum order [...]
I see fat, winged babies in the gift card aisle. I see rows upon rows of pink wrapped chocolates at every store I go to, even if it’s a tire shop. I start seeing ads for “single awareness” parties. This could only mean one thing… Valentine’s Day. With V-day rapidly approaching, and no one forgetting [...]
Man, there is a lot of recycled cotton yarn out there! We’ve looked over 2nd Time Cotton and perused what Redheart had to offer. Well now, Lion Brand has gotten in on the recycled cotton act to muted fanfare. No trumpets or bugles, just a lonely blogger trying to give her readers more earth friendly [...]
Shoes are something that most people have around. There are the pair that lurk in your closet for months and you never wear, and there are shoes that you wear every day and now have big gaping holes. When your shoes reach the end of their lifespan, here is a creative way to reuse the [...]
The designers behind Kirin & Co. (Lara Cameron) and Hollabee (Bianca van Meeuwen), along with friend Tegan Rose, have joined forces to create Ink & Spindle. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Ink & Spindle is a yardage screen printing business, with an environmentally friendly focus. Lara, Bianca, and Tegan are a powerhouse of designers each with their [...]
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Hi there! I'm Becky Striepe, a green crafter and vegan foodie living in Atlanta, Georgia with my husband and two cats. My mission is to make eco-friendly crafts and vegan food accessible to anyone who wants to give them a go.
Hello! My name is Bonnie Getchell and overall, I'm a craft nerd! I love making crafts, re-doing furniture, and anything along those lines. I especially love creating items that are from recycled materials like toilet paper rolls, bottles, etc. There are so many items that can be transformed and repurposed into something beautiful!
If you would like to see more of my work, I also have my own craft blog called Revolutionaries (http://bonniegetchell.blogspot.com).
I'm the lucky momma of two little blonde daddy-clones--we spend our days doing elaborate art projects, trashing the house, eating cheese cubes and oranges, and waiting for my partner to get home from his day job so we can pester him. When I'm off-duty, I drink coffee and make junk out of other junk. Why buy my kid a pair of panties for $3 when I can spend four hours figuring out how to make it out of an old T-shirt I got for free? Trust me, it really is fun. Visit my blog at www.craftknife.blogspot.com or my etsy shop at www.pumpkinbear.etsy.com for more of my awesomeness.
Kelly covers visual arts in and around Washington, DC for DCist and is editor of Crafting a Green World. Kelly has also been published by Bust Magazine and you can find her byline at Indie Fixx and Etsy’s Storque and has taught in Etsy’s virtual lab on the topic of green crafting.
Kelly helps organize Crafty Bastards: Arts and Crafts Fair, one of the largest indie craft fairs on the east coast and has served on the Craft Bastard’s jury since 2007. Kelly is also co-founder of Hello Craft a nonprofit trade association dedicated to the advancement of independent crafters and the handmade movement. Kelly resides in Washington, D.C. and believes that handmade will save the world.
