Whether you need a quick and easy handmade gift or you would rather not hit up the store just so you can send some thank-you notes, you’ll find that it is super simple to make your own personalized, handmade stationery, entirely from your favorite scrapbook paper.
Easy Handmade Gift: Make Scrapbook Paper Stationery Sets Read More 👉
Need a gift that’s easy to make but still personal? A matted photo that you make yourself can be just the thing!
Easy Handmade Gift: Matted Photo in a Thrifted Frame Read More 👉
Here’s what we particularly liked about this DIY ornament kit.
Handmade Review: Vintage Sparkle DIY Ornament Kit Read More 👉
It’s getting down to the wire, but don’t worry! We have some great gift ideas for crafters on your list. Some are store-bought, some are handmade, and we have suggestions for a wide range of crafty uses.
17 Gift Ideas for Crafters: Kits, Books, Tools & More Read More 👉
Before you toss that coffee sleeve in the bin, check out this list of awesome ways to reuse a coffee sleeve and turn that trash into something incredible.
14 Ways to Upcycle a Disposable Cardboard Coffee Sleeve Read More 👉
Knitters are always on the lookout for the next pattern.
Handmade Review: The We are Knitters Crosby Scarf Read More 👉
The holiday-themed Starbucks coffee sleeves are especially festive this year, so I slipped them off of all of our coffee cups and upcycled them into gift toppers.
Make a Starbucks Coffee Sleeve Gift Topper Read More 👉
Craft books make great holiday gifts for kids. A book is a gift your kiddos can open again and again for crafty inspiration. These are some of our favorite craft books for kids!
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With all of the cute ideas for decorating clear ornaments out there, though, it can sometimes be tricky to choose only the ones that are eco-friendly.
21 Eco-Friendly Ways to Fill Clear Ornaments Read More 👉
Before you head to the nearest big-box store with a shopping list in hand, check out my list of truly easy DIY gifts.
17 Easy DIY Gifts for Everyone on Your List Read More 👉
Let’s have a very merry upcycled Christmas!
Two Dozen Upcycled Crafts for Christmas Read More 👉
Treat the folks on your holiday list to some DIY beauty gifts! You can pick and choose stocking stuffers, or combine a few of the DIY beauty gift ideas below into a sweet little kit.
11 DIY Beauty Gifts Read More 👉
Some of the best holiday decorations come from nature!
19 Nature Crafts for Christmas Read More 👉
There are actually tons of ways to re-use those filled-in coloring pages. Read on to find your next favorite project.
23 Crafts to Make with Adult Coloring Pages Read More 👉
I know that this former grocery store standard is happily being phased out in many areas, but if you’ve still got a stash under your sink, then check out some of these brown paper bag crafts and get it cleared out before Christmas!
26 Brown Paper Bag Crafts Read More 👉
I think the perfect Thanksgiving crafts for kids are ones that they can do independently, are on-theme, and that don’t make too huge a mess. These craft ideas fit the bill!
9 Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids Read More 👉
A brown paper bag journal is quick, easy, and makes a great writing and drawing surface! Grab a bag from the recycle bin and follow the easy instructions.
How to Make a Brown Paper Bag Journal Read More 👉
You have enough cups to drink tea out of–take a few teacups out of your stash and make some of these teacup crafts, instead!
17 Upcycled Teacup Crafts Read More 👉
Today on Crafting a Green World, we’re taking a look at MATTER, a socially-motivated business focusing on affordable luxury, thoughtful design, and provenance to create travel wear with stories to tell.
Buying Clothes that MATTER Read More 👉
There are lots of ways to make slime (aka gak). Here are five options for how to make slime, with videos!
How to Make Slime: 5 Recipe Videos Read More 👉
My daughter wanted to figure out how to make matching skirts for her and a friend. With just two yards of fabric, you can do this, too!
Make 2 Matching Skirts from 2 Yards of Fabric Read More 👉
If made correctly, a teacup candle is beautiful, useful, and endlessly refillable. You’ll love its warm light and gentle scent, and you’ll enjoy your teacup candle far more than you would a boring old store-bought container candle.
How to Make a Teacup Candle Read More 👉
Even if you’re careful and eco-conscious, every now and then you probably use a disposable coffee cup. Don’t throw it out! Try these disposable coffee cup crafts instead.
11 Disposable Coffee Cup Crafts Read More 👉
Start these DIY food gifts for the holidays now, so they’ll be ready in time for holiday giving!
12 DIY Food Gifts for the Holidays to Start Making Now Read More 👉
If you like the look of the teacup candle, but don’t necessarily want to put forth the time and effort to make one, then let me talk you out of that and into the just as pretty, but MUCH simpler, alternate: the teacup candle holder.
How to Make a Teacup Candle Holder Read More 👉
If you’ve got something small that you want to show off, but don’t want to get damaged, keep it safe AND on display by turning it into a treasure in a bottle charm!
Make a Treasure in a Bottle Charm Read More 👉
Thanksgiving is in just a few weeks. Are you making DIY Thanksgiving decorations? We’ve got ideas for DIY Thanksgiving centerpieces to fit any tablescape.
12 DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces Read More 👉
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.
Buy Lily’s Lovebirds and Send a Girl to School Read More 👉
If you want to be a character from Harry Potter, you need yourself a good Hogwarts robe.
Here’s an Easy Way to Make a Hogwarts Robe Read More 👉
From colorful leaves to acorns to pretty gourds, you’ll find plenty of beautiful things in the great outdoors to make the following festive projects.
15 Thanksgiving Nature Crafts Read More 👉
Gentle, spiced sugar scrub is perfect for warming and soothing winter skin. Make this winter sugar scrub recipe for yourself or as a holiday gift. Or both!
Warming Ginger Spiced Sugar Scrub Recipe for Winter Read More 👉
Save some cash and reduce your impact this Thanksgiving with these recycled Thanksgiving crafts!
15 Thanksgiving Crafts from Recycled Materials Read More 👉
Y’all know we LOVE our toilet paper tube crafts here at CAGW!
Craft Book Review: Even More Toilet Paper Tube Crafts! Read More 👉
These reusable, DIY chalkboard gift tags came together in just minutes, from the scraps leftover from making my latest batch of album cover bookmarks.
How to Make Reusable Chalkboard Gift Tags Read More 👉
Here’s how to reuse a canvas, whether you want to completely start over or make a piece of found art your own.
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