So, it’s two weeks in to the April Stash Bust. Is it getting harder not to stray to the store for that potentially must have doodad to finish off your project? Don’t do it! You’re all creative people and I’m sure you can find creative solutions to your crafty problems. Don’t have enough buttons for [...]
Re-Inspiration: A New Life for Discarded Bottles
April 14, 2010 By 10 Comments
Whether we’re talking plastic or glass, empty bottles are full of potential. Sure, you can recycle them, but that still takes energy. In fact, both plastic and glass are often downcycled into products of lesser quality, which means they can only be recycled so many times before they end up in a landfill. Of course, [...]
Fab Fabrics: What’s the Scoop on Soy?
April 13, 2010 By 11 Comments
Soy gets a lot of love as an eco-friendly fabric option. But does it live up to the hype? Like bamboo fabric, soy is produced from plant material and advertised as being extremely eco-friendly. We’ve looked at the pros and cons of bamboo fabric before, and it turns out that bamboo isn’t the wonder-fabric it’s [...]
Tutorial: Painting with Natural Materials
April 12, 2010 By 3 Comments
Finally, a disposable paintbrush! The natural materials that I’ve been using for my spring painting aren’t the kind of sustainably-harvested wood-handled, organic human hair bristle paintbrushes that you might think (and that I can’t afford). Instead, my kiddos and I have been doing our painting (and getting some really great results) with brushes that we pick [...]
Review of The Sewing Machine Attachment Handbook
April 11, 2010 By 2 Comments
So you’re at a garage sale, on account of it’s garage sale season (and aren’t you excited that it’s garage sale season?! I am!), and you spy…something. It’s definitely, probably, a sewing machine attachment, but what does it do? It sort of looks like it would fit on your sewing machine at home, but you’re not [...]
