Published on May 26th, 2009
Pratt was the star of this year’s ICFF Design Schools’ Exhibition with their Design for a Dollar contest. Amazingly, with the design constraint of using a buck or less, the Pratt students invented brilliant eco home ideas (many upcycled from totally discarded items). The competition required students to create designs that include manufacturing costs, transportation, energy, material, labor and waste issues.
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Published on May 19th, 2009
Rhonda wants you to get your upcycle on for fun and profit!
Her Etsy shop, The Junk Stop is full of awesome recycled goodies, and now Rhonda is hosting a contest to get us upcycling, too. It’s easy to enter, and I can’t wait to see finished projects start rolling in over on the Recycled Craft Challenge Flickr pool. The winner gets a $20 gift certificate to The Junk Stop! Here’s how you enter:
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Published on May 4th, 2009
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Published on April 20th, 2009
Since a recent Valentine’s Day pillow fight cost the city of San Francisco $20,000, officials have been talking about a crackdown on flash Mobs. We think this pillow party could be transformed into a craft festival the day after, recycling the wasted feathers into magical crafty creations!
Bridal feather headdresses are stunning and the ideal example of how to upcycle feathers. More ideas include: Read the rest of this entry »
Published on April 16th, 2009
We sure do like our contests and giveaways around here. And it’s all to your benefit! So before I tell you about the latest one - have you entered to win a copy of Sewing Green yet? Only one more day! I love reading about all of your great upcycled project ideas. So keep it up!
Now keep your thinking caps on because you’ll need your amazing eco-consciousness to help you with this next contest.
In celebration of Earth Day, Modish and Cosa Verde have teamed up to giveaway an amazing prize pack of eco-goodness for the occasion. I am simply in awe of the amount of goodies in this giveaway.
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Published on April 14th, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS to Tina in Boston for winning our giveaway of Sewing Green! Be on the look out for an email from us for further details.
Thank you to everyone who entered. We here at CAGW have been rejuvenated and inspired by all of your upcycling ideas! Don’t forget your other chances to win this beautiful book, you can find out where to enter here.
I know you’ve waited with bated breath so here it is, your chance to win a copy of Sewing Green, the latest and greatest book by Betz White, author of Warm Fuzzies.
Sewing Green offers 25 cute projects made from repurposed or organic materials. Learn how to make aprons and wallets from dress shirts, and sandwich wraps, and lounge pants from organic and thrifted fabrics. The projects are are direct and easy to follow even for this crafter who likes to skip ahead and tweak things. I especially like the sandwich wrap project and the use of PUL - a material that is not vinyl and one that I need to look into more.
White’s favorite project from the book is the woodland draft buster, a much more refined version of the draft catcher that I created a while back. This version looks like an adorable tree branch that helps you save money on your heating bill. White wanted everything in the book to have a good purpose without being preachy. She wanted everything to be fun and easy and show that any one can do these projects and be eco-friendly. “You don’t have to suffer,” she said. “Suffering is not involved.”
Continue reading to enter the contest!
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Published on April 13th, 2009
Please forgive me for this shameless plug for a project that I am involved in called the Summit of Awesome. I had to share because well, it is awesome and more importantly there are some really great green crafting workshops and learning sessions that will be held during the Summit.
First up - our own Becky Striepe will be speaking on a panel called Crafting a Green Craft. She will share the stage with the co-founders of Cosa Verde and the owners of Urban Fauna Studio. These amazing crafters will be talking about the ins and outs of green crafting - something that you see right here on Crafting a Green World.
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Published on April 6th, 2009
If you’ve read our Must Read Book List for Green Crafters, then you know that we are eagerly awaiting Betz White’s new book Sewing Green.
Sewing Green is chock full of fun diy projects made from repurposed materials or organic fabrics. And if you’re like me, you can’t wait to get your hands on it! Well here on Crafting a Green World we’ll be giving a copy of this book away to one lucky reader! That’s right you can win Sewing Green! Woo hoo!
So how do you enter? Read the directions over on the Giveaway post. It’s that easy.
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Published on March 30th, 2009
Need another reason to craft and possibly win pretty awesome prizes? If you’ve already entered the Threadless Loves Green T-Shirt Design Challenge, get ready to switch gears and get your upcycle on.
To upcycle all’s you need to do is take ordinary materials, craft left overs or items destined for the trash or recycle bin, and turn them into something new and better.
Once you do that, you can enter your new and improved crafty awesome into the Upcycle Contest with Sublime Stitching.
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Published on March 26th, 2009
Join me in the Etsy Virtual Labs as I talk about shopping green on Etsy - Today!
In conjunction with my Guest Curatorial post on the Storque, I will be sidling up to my computer to share some awesome Etsy finds that are both amazing and green to boot in a Shop Live.
If you’ve never participated in a virtual labs, this is a great way to get your feet wet and learn a bit more about the fabulous crafters that we highlight here on Crafting a Green World. I will be showcasing more of these eco-crafters and how their creative contributions are helping to lighten our environmental footstep.
So tune in today March 26 at 6 pm EST!
