Crafters We Love Archives • Crafting a Green World

Make Magnets from Any Paper: My Three Favorite Methods

Magnets are a fun and easy way to show off your tiniest art, upcycle your favorite photographs, or display comic book panels, sweet love notes, or pretty papers of all kinds.

My Five Favorite Eco-Friendly Craft Books of 2022

I’m always on the lookout and reserve a special place in my heart for those craft books that truly do use eco-friendly methods and/or materials.

Here, then, are my favorite eco-friendly craft books published in 2022!

Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making

The Revolution Will Not Be Government-Funded: The Auntie Sewing Squad and Mask Making as Craftivism

But if you were one of the 800 members of the Auntie Sewing Squad, you helped make over 250,000 fabric masks to donate to 200 communities around the country, prioritizing the vulnerable communities that were the most affected by COVID-19 and the most disenfranchised from the political power bases that informed community response.

12 Awesome Christmas Quilts That You Can Make

Quilts are seasonal anyway, so if you’re planning a quilt, why not indulge in some holiday cheer and make an awesome Christmas quilt?

Craftivism in Action: The Fighter Tee

Looking for a crafty way to support a great cause?

Lori Guilderson, owner of Charlotte's Friends, gives second-hand traditional dolls (think Bratz) a feminist makeover. Goodbye, unrealistic standards of beauty; hello, dolls that look like an average person!

Charlotte’s Friends Upcycled Dolls

Lori Guilderson, owner of Charlotte’s Friends, gives traditional dolls (think Bratz) a feminist makeover. Meet Lori and learn all about what inspires her!

9 Upcycled & DIY Planters for Your Container Garden

Whether you’re growing food, succulents, or houseplants, you need something to put those babies in. These upcycled and DIY planters come in all different shapes and sizes, so you can choose what’s best for your garden.

Crafting for Good: Project Linus

Want to give traumatized or hospitalized children something secure and soft to cuddle? Check out Project Linus, which provides handmade quilts and blankets to children in need across the country.

Snuggles Project: Repair Your Bamboo Knitting Needles

Craft for Good with The Snuggles Project

Cats and dogs deserve our crafty love, too, especially when they’re all alone in an animal shelter.

Rings Made from Skateboards image via Craftys

“The Craftys” Awards Show Comes to NYC

The Craftys is the awards ceremony that celebrates the best in DIY and craft across the United States.

Craftivism: The Pussyhat Project

Marchers and supporters for the Women’s March on Washington, D.C., on January 21, 2017, have inspired an international craftivist movement called The Pussyhat Project.

Craft Book Review: 51 Things to Make with Cardboard Boxes

Buy Lily’s Lovebirds and Send a Girl to School

This fifth grader wants you to help send a girl to school. She launched a charitable crafty business to help young girls get the educations they deserve.

Book Review of Outside: A Guide to Discovering Nature

If you know a kid who loves nature crafts, then it’s worthwhile to provide that kid with a guidebook to the natural world, one that shows her the processes that form all the things that she enjoys creating with.

Craft Book Review: 51 Things to Make with Egg Cartons

Got some egg cartons taking up ALL the space in your recycling bin?

Raubdruckerin Prints from Manhole Covers

Raubdruckerin Prints T-Shirts from Manhole Covers

They also print tote bags from utility grates, and gym bags from concrete!

Q&A with Cambodia Knits Founder Monika Nowaczyk

Cambodia Knits empowers women to support their families through craft. We are thrilled to share this Q&A with founder Monika Nowaczyk!

It’s a Giveaway! Win a Pair of 18″ Doll Shoes from Doll Shoe Lane

Doll Shoe Lane wants to give one of you a free pair of 18″ doll shoes!

The Invasive Paper Project: Papermaking with Invasive Plants

Is it kudzu that is the menace where you live, or is it honeysuckle?

Waste Not: Make Cloth Napkins and Rags from Your Stash

You might not think of sewing as a way to change the world, but when you use your skills to make cloth napkins, dish towels, and rags, your impact is huge.

Craftivism in Action: Smog Bricks Raise Awareness About Beijing Air Pollution

Air pollution in Beijing is at an all-time high, and this craftivist is creating smog bricks to raise awareness and maybe even help the problem.

Repair Café Events Crowdsource Skills to Fix What’s Broken

A Repair Café is a local event where neighbors come together to mend everything from torn clothes to broken small appliances to furniture.

Spotted: The Arts and Crafts for Your American Girl Doll Blog

Of all the possible sewing projects that my kid could possibly desire, a doll hospital gown has to be one of the easiest.

She’s a 104-Year-Old Guerilla Knitter. What’s Your Superpower?

We’ve been hearing a lot lately about older people who do good works by making things by hand.

Meet the Artist Who Paints with Recycled Plastic

Artist Mbongeni Buthelezi uses melted plastic to create beautiful works of art.

Sole Hope: Your Old Jeans Can Save Kids’ Lives

Sole Hope heals kids, and they use old jeans to do it.

Selfie Saturday: Craft Knife

I’m the one who does all the comic book and record album craft tutorials, and the one with the photos of my two kids doing all kinds of crazy stuff like wielding power tools and pipe swords, which some of you super like to yell at me about!