Handmade Holidays: Recycled Cardboard Christmas Ornament

The weather is getting colder, and we have a handmade holiday on our minds! Handmade gifts have heart, are better for the environment, and, if you opt to buy, it supports independent artists! To help get you in the handmade holiday spirit, we’ve been posting about recycled gifts and giftwrap you can make yourself and [...]

Fab Fabrics: Organic Cotton and Hemp from Vegala

Organic Cotton Chambray Sleeveless Tunic Gown, via Vegala.etsy.com

Vegala owner Deborah is a stay at home mom and former owner of a natural living store. When she had her son, she decided to move from her Seattle brick and mortar back to selling fabrics online so she could devote more time to him.

Books Make Great Gifts for Green Crafters

big-green-book

I am a book hog, I know not green, but I love books, love to have them, to hold them, and of course…read them and a book never ever gets thrown away in my home. It would be sacrilegious. If you know someone like me then check out some of the best eco-craft books available [...]

A Novel way to Give

Give it Forward

As we come into the giving season, one of our favorite online market places, cosa verde has caught the spirit. Now through the first ten days of December you can enter to win great green handmade goods, not for yourself, but for those you deem worthy in your life.

Handmade Holidays: Simple Superhero Capes

Capes Done. Photo by Becky Striepe

The weather is getting colder, and we have a handmade holiday on our minds! Handmade gifts have heart, are better for the environment, and, if you opt to buy, it supports independent artists! If you want to have a totally handmade holiday, now is the time to get started. Over the next couple of months, [...]