DIY for Environmentalists: Crafting, Making, Project How-to's, and more!
Children’s birthdays have three rules in our house: 1. The birthday child gets one brand-new present from her parents (further presents and much-beloved cash also magically appear from far-away grandparents). 2. The birthday child chooses one more button that is then sewn onto her birthday crown. 3. The birthday child gets exactly the kind of [...]
I am always on the lookout for new, different and unique eco-craft ideas that I can try or bring to the attention of you- the readers and crafters that frequent Crafting a Green World. I am always thrilled to find a new craft idea. Too bad I have more ideas than time. But hopefully you’ll have some [...]
While searching the web I came across a new place that sells eco-friendly craft supplies- Eco Green Crafts They have green glue, acrylic paints, stamps, pigment dyes, recycled paper mache items and more. The store popped up when I did a “green crafts” search. I was pleasantly surprised to find a newcomer to the word [...]
Over on the Daily Beast, curator Ellen Lupton, talks about how the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt Museum greened up their show Why Design Now? in the Triennial design exhibit. The exhibit is an annual look at the goings on in the fields of architecture, products, fashion, graphics, and more. In Why Design Now? the ever present beat [...]
Maybe it’s the sweltering summer heat, but we’ve got bottles on the brain. We’ve talked about repurposing plastic bottles in your crafting before, but those suckers are just so versatile, it felt like time to see what other ideas we could come up with! [Image Credit: Creative Commons photo by max_sang]
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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.
