Upcycled Party Decorations Roundup
Yesterday, we made some upcycled pinwheel party decorations, and there are lots of other ways to deck out your soiree without all of the waste.
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DIY Crafts
How-to: Create Upcycled Pinwheel Party Decorations
Party decor can mean a lot of waste, but it doesn’t have to! Instead of heading to the party supply store for generic decorations, you can raid your recycle bin and upcycle yourself some pinwheel party decorations instead.
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Green Crafter: First World Trash
First World Trash makes functional accessories by recycling billboards and seat belts. The eco-chic items are carried in stores around the world and the owner’s goal is to do what’s good for the people of her hometown than just make accessories. Read more to find out where her ultimate vision lies.
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Finding Green Craft Inspiration
Do you ever feel like you are burnt out from green crafting? Or have you ever hit a dry spell with reusing and repurposing? I mean, how many different ways can you upcycle t-shirts? I’m sure you’ve had moments when you can not think of one more way to use up a scrap of fabric. So where do you find inspiration? How can you find the creativity to continue to craft reusing materials?
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Pill Bottle Craft Projects
Once you’ve finished taking or safely disposed of the contents, those empty plastic pill bottles are actually useful for all sorts of fun crafty projects! Here are a few ideas to get you going.
April Stash Bust: Five Projects to Bust That Fabric Stash
Kelly talked last week about the April Stash Bust, and we’re pretty excited about busting our stashes around here! That “use what you have” mentality is part of the heart of green crafting, and there are so many fun, creative ways to take supplies you have on hand and turn them into something wonderful. Here are a few stash busting projects for those fabric scraps!
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Participate in TerraCycle’s Nationwide Creative Recycling Programs
Get involved in these recycling programs that help you recycle creatively and donate to charity at the same time. It’s double good green karma for you.
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5 Crafty Ways to Upcycle Mesh Produce Bags
Those mesh produce bags that your onions and oranges come in are too useful to be thrown away! Check out these five crafty projects that help you upcycle your mesh produce bags.
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DIY Eco-Friendly Bath Remodeling Part 2
Part 2 of my DIY bathroom experience.
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5 Ways to Repurpose Old Games
Got an old deck of cards that’s missing the queen of hearts or a Scrabble set that’s missing a Q? Don’t send that board game to the landfill! There are lots of ways to repurpose those old games!
Five Things You Can Make With An Egg Carton
Five projects utilizing a common kitchen item: the egg carton.
Eco and DIY Garden Theme Wedding Ideas
DIY ideas for a garden or rustic DIY wedding.
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Cosmetic Container Crafts
Do you have ideas for crafty cosmetic container upcycles or fun reuse?
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5 Projects You Can Make Using Leftover Fabric Strips
Don’t let your fabric strips from other projects go to waste! Here are five tutorials utilizing them in fun and useful ways.
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Five Unique Projects You Can Make Using Silverware
Turn all of your found pieces of silverware into one of these five easy projects.
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Six Craft Projects Using Wrapping Paper
Here are six craft projects using all of your bits and scraps of wrapping paper from the holiday season.
Five Eco-Friendly Treat Packaging Projects
Give your delicious homemade treats in some eco-friendly packaging you can make at home.
7 Thanksgiving Crafts You Can Make out of Natural Materials
Which do you prefer: crafting with recycled materials or crafting with natural materials? Either way, there are tons of Thanksgiving crafts out there for you.
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Ditching Disposables: Three Crafty Ways to Replace Single Use Paper
When you add up all of the disposable paper products that we use on a daily basis, it equates to tons and tons of paper every year. Reusables not only save resources, they save you money. Imagine the savings if your family cut its paper towel use in half or even cut them out all together?
Here are some crafty ideas to get you started on the road to reuse!
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Five Crafty Ways to Reuse Magazines
Oh, magazines. No matter how I try to keep you out of my life, you seem to claw your way back in. Whether it’s my husband’s gaming mags or issues that friends and family give me to read, those glossy wastes of paper seem to pile up in my house. Luckily, between my own crafty ideas and projects for my crafting class, there are plenty of ways to give those colorful pages a new life rather than tossing them into the bin.
Beat Holiday Waste with Reusable Gift Wrap
The U.S. generates an average of five million tons more waste during the holiday season, and the bulk of that is all of that beautiful, paper giftwrap that goes straight to the bin after we open our gifts.
Luckily, we don’t have to resort to disposables when it comes to wrapping gifts. There are a few more eco-friendly options out there. Here are some of my favorites.
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Three Tips for Canning Safety
Yesterday, we talked about how to get your craft on and preserve the summer bounty at the same time. Home canning is fun and rewarding, but you want to make sure that those tasty canned fruits and veggies are safe to eat when you pull them out of the pantry.
Five Newspaper Crafts to Help You Reuse before You Recycle
Before you recycle your newspaper, reuse it one last time to make one of these eco-friendly newspaper crafts.
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Fab Fabric? Spray on Cotton
An engineer and a fabric designer have recently teamed up to create cotton fabric that comes in a can. Let’s take a look at this new spray on fabric and talk about its pros and cons.
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DIY Crafts: Ten Ways to Repurpose an Altoids Tin
Altoids tins are icons of upcycling. Even folks who aren’t into DIY crafts often reuse these handy containers for things like storing change or organizing small knick knacks. With a little bit of crafty love, you can turn that humble Altoids container into all sorts of fun creations!
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10 Glass Jar Crafts: Something for Everyone!
Here are ten ways to reuse glass jars. From sand art to pickles, there are glass jar crafts here for everyone.
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5 Clothespin Crafts to Use Up Your Extra Clothespins
Use up your left over clothespins with these five crafty things make with clothespins.
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10 Awesome Craft Ideas for Old Sweaters
Do you have a pile of old sweaters that no longer fit but you just can’t bear to throw them out? How about reusing and upcycling them into something else?
Here are ten crafty ways to reuse old sweaters.
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