DIY for Environmentalists: Crafting, Making, Project How-to's, and more!
Father’s Day doesn’t have to be a day that leaves dads out of the crafty loop. You already know that the dads of the world aren’t going to be fixing the toilet and cleaning out the gutters on their special Sunday, so instead of leaving them to watch TV all on their lonesome all day, [...]
Back in the fall, I posted my tutorial for sewing a girl’s skirt from an adult sweater. And don’t forget the sweater sleeve leggings! Well, now that we’re into the heat of summer, all of my daughter’s cute sweater skirts are tucked away, but she’s still as skirt-crazy as ever. And that’s why I took [...]
It’s garden season. I finally have all my plants and seeds in and now I just need to keep up with the weeding. My yard has an uncanny ability to grow wild overnight. It is completely unruly. The more we try to tame it the wilder it becomes. To keep the beast at bay, I [...]
You might be wondering how collage and altered art are green. Well, many collage and altered art makers use found materials to create their works of art. Scraps of paper, old postcards, stamps, stickers, ribbon, fabric scraps and whatever else they find and put it all together to create works of art. And that’s green [...]
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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.
