DIY for Environmentalists: Crafting, Making, Project How-to's, and more!
At first look, Bunte Fabrics just seemed like another online fabric store, but upon closer inspection I found an amazing selection of colorful Westfalen organic fabrics and trim. The word “bunte” means colorful in German, so it is only fitting they carry a colorful array of fabrics. Bunte Fabrics carries over 40 Westfalen organic fabrics [...]
Hey there Green Crafters! The folks here at Crafting a Green World want to hear a bit about you. We’re wondering what you’re into. What draws you to crafting and to green crafting? Do you make things as a hobby, or do you have a crafty business? Or maybe both! We’re curious, so we wanted [...]
Even though I live an a large metropolitan area, getting yarn can be tricky. You would think that more people found in an urban environment would equal more LYS, but no that is not the case. So every so often I find myself begging friends with cars, or jumping in a Zipcar myself, to whisk [...]
Green Depot, fabulous source for eco-friendly fabrics on Etsy, aims to help promote green living by offering supplies to make sustainable products. The Green Depot selection of fabrics includes organic cotton, hemp, and other sustainable fabric blends. They carry a wide variety of textures and colors, including stripes. Green Depot also carries vintage pillowcases, hankies, and tablecloths just [...]
We are all guilty of recycling plastic bottles and thinking we have done our part. In reality recycling is worthless if we don’t buy products made from recycled materials. One of my favorite recycled craft supplies is Eco-fi Felt from Kunin Group that I used to make a Domo-Kun plush doll for my son. One [...]
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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.
