DIY for Environmentalists: Crafting, Making, Project How-to's, and more!
It’s all in the details, right? Mind you, at my first few craft fairs, I was way too focused on figuring out the big picture to focus on fiddly little details like awesome price tags. More important questions at the time: How do I arrange my booth? How do I display my stuff? How much [...]
Y’all, we are voiding warranties over at my house again today! If you sell at craft fairs, you probably have (or you will have, after your first craft fair in the rain) an EZ-Up or something a lot like it. An EZ-Up is a 10′x10′ portable tent, the perfect size for craft fairs. It protects [...]
Flower girl baskets are one of the easiest things to make for your wedding. From second hand baskets found at thrift stores or yard sales, to old tin pails or Easter baskets, you can make a great green flower girl basket from practically anything. Some containers may only need minor changes to give them a [...]
It’s that time of year again: wedding season. And many wedding parties have a special spot for a young girl to be the flower girl. When you picture that special girl, you probably have a vision of her carrying a cute basket filled with flower petals. But you can use many other types of containers [...]
Wow. What a month! Did you make it all the way to the end without buying any new craft supplies? It was certainly hard, especially when confronted with those sewing machine attachments. We ended up with some really great entries into the Stash Bust Contest and the lucky winner will be announced very soon! Thank [...]
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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.
