DIY for Environmentalists: Crafting, Making, Project How-to's, and more!
Bamboo is getting a lot of hype lately as an Earth-friendly fabric. Is it everything it’s cracked up to be? [Creative Commons photo by Joi] This question has been nagging me lately, so I did a little bit of digging. It looks like there are some upsides and some downsides to bamboo fabric. Let’s start [...]
Threadless the t-shirt design site that let’s you upload your designs for a chance to get them printed, announced a totally rad t-shirt contest! The Green T-Shirt Design Challenge is a chance to show off what being green means to you, all on an organic t-shirt. Says Threadless:
Weeks back I highlighted Etsy and their brilliant blog curator spotlights. Now we’re on the topic again with our very own Kelly Rand! Here are some highlights from the exhibit: Shown above is Glue and Glitter’s (another talented CAGW teammate) lovely Spring apron. What a darling color combination.
I found an Etsy seller putting her vintage buttons to good use. She makes custom monogramed pillows and wall art with vintage buttons. Peggy of Letter Perfect Designs hand sews each carefully selected button into place.
Meaning “a place of trees,” Treliske is a 3000 acre organic farm, certified by the New Zealand Biological Producers and Consumers Council since 1986. Farmed by the Aitchison family for 3 generations, Treliske grazes Merino, Crossbred and coloured sheep flocks and principally produces high quality certified organic wool, on the South Island of New Zealand. [...]
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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.
