DIY for Environmentalists: Crafting, Making, Project How-to's, and more!
I am still on my altered art kick and found another book on the subject and think this one is the absolute best. Altered Art for the first time combines my love of books with altered art. Almost every tutorial and project in the book is an altered art book creation. The great thing about [...]
While Earth Day may have been last week, there’s still a chance to get in a little bit of celebrating and enter the Earth Day Auction over at EcoEtsy. Team EcoEtsy is a group of sellers dedicated to running their shops as sustainably as possible. They work together to green their businesses and to coordinate [...]
If you’re a thrift store junkie like me, surely you’ve spent some time ogling the lovely old necktie selection at your local Goodwill. They can feature patterns from the classy to the hilarious, and they all have beautiful textures to work with. Here are some project ideas that make use of those lovely vintage neckties.
One thing that I’ve never really understood about modern quilting is how much stuff you’re encouraged to buy. Batting, backing material, interfacing- holy smokes! My inspiration as a quilter is definitely NOT this contemporary (and commercial) take on the craft. Instead, I think more toward the origins of quilting, when women sewed their beautiful quilts out [...]
Even if you’re not a proponent of Steiner education (that anthroposophy business is pretty out there, in my opinion), you have to admit that those Waldorf folks make themselves a darn good doll. Handmade, high-quality, and constructed of completely natural components, the Waldorf doll is the gold standard of a child’s creative toy. but if [...]
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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.
