DIY for Environmentalists: Crafting, Making, Project How-to's, and more!
It is certainly a challenge crafting a green scrapbook, but K & Company has kept sustainability in mind by introducing two eco-friendly scrapbook collections. Each collection is printed with soy-based inks, on recycled paper, with recycled and reusable packaging. The Lotus Collection features the hypnotic floral designs of Amy Butler, while the ReMake Collection meets [...]
I can’t stop drooling over these cozy, upcycled houses from Snugville! Artist Amy Larson creates each little snug from scratch out of vintage materials. She says that she is drawn to materials that give her the opportunity to reduce, reuse, and recycle! All of that scavenging for just the right vintage bits and pieces gives [...]
Y’all, it turns out that there are a lot of us shorties out there! I am clearly not the only one who’s found herself standing in front of the mirror hours before a hot concert date wearing brand-new jeans that are at least six inches too long. Thank god there’s a solution, or we’d all [...]
We all have a pile, a bin, a drawer of fabric scraps. We thought about making an ipod cover, a rag rug, or just stuffing the whole stash in the freezer to increase our refrigerator’s energy efficiency. We keep saying some day we’ll find a use for them, but the pile keeps growing. Today I have 5 great ideas [...]
Emily Siwek from Sample Scrap is an interior designer who started reclaiming fabric when she realized that so many quality materials go to waste! [Reclaimed Upholstery Fabric from Sample Scrap] A certified LEED-AP, she was taken aback by the waste associated with the design world. So many pieces of quality scraps head straight to the [...]
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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.
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.
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.
