Handmade Review: Recycled Hexie Quilts
Have you ever come across a once beautiful, now battered quilt at a yard sale?
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13 DIY Plant Markers from Recycled and Natural Materials
What are YOUR plant markers going to look like?
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Make DIY Mini Magnetic Chalkboards from Mason Jar Lids
Add fun and color to your fridge with these DIY mini magnetic chalkboards! They’re made from old mason jar lids.
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Do Seed Bombs Work? (I Kind of Don’t Think So)
Y’all? I kind of don’t think that seed bombs work.
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Make a DIY Indoor Herb Garden for Earth Day!
Celebrate spring with an Earth Day Craft! What are we making? A DIY Herb Garden, of course! It’s so easy you won’t believe it!
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My Kid Play Tested YOXO (and I Took Photos and Wrote about It!)
I really like my kids’ toys to be American-made and either heirloom-quality or recyclable/upcyclable.
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Cool Science Experiments: Make a Soda Bottle Cartesian Diver
You don’t have to spend a bundle just to show kids that science is fun.
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Homemade Soft Scrub: Bleach Free and Effective (+ green cleaning basics!)
A lot of homemade soft scrub recipes call for toxic ingredients like bleach. This is the easiest, most budget-friendly homemade soft scrub that you can make. And it works like a charm!
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Be a Butterfly Hero and Get Free Wildflower Seeds
The National Wildlife Foundation wants you to save the monarch butterfly, and they’re going to give you the stuff that you need to do it.
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DIY Luggage Tags Made from Old Hotel Room Keys
Does your luggage look like everyone else’s at baggage claim? Have no fear! A DIY luggage tag is easy to make, it’s green and super-cheap to make.
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13 DIY Playhouses to Make this Summer
THESE playhouses could actually come and live in your yard this summer!
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Knitted Pouches Help Rescued Wildlife
If you’re a knitter, I know the question that you’re squealing to your screen right now.
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8 Natural + Recycled Art Projects for Kids (toddler edition)
My kid is just starting to really be able to do art projects. At two, he’s finally learning that paint and crayons are for making art, not for eating. It’s like this whole world of art projects for kids is opening up to us. These are some of the natural and recycled art projects for kids that I want to try with my guy.
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In Bolivia, Knitters Treat Heart Defects
With the advent of 3D printing, I think that there’s been a sea change that is leading innovators towards the idea of more local, individual, custom-fitted treatment parts.
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Keep birds away from strawberries with DIY decoy strawberries!
Having a tough time keeping the birds away from your strawberry patch? Decoy strawberries keep birds away from strawberries with homemade trickery.
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12 DIY Rain Chains for Your Yard
What is a rain chain? Here’s how rain chains prevent erosion and 12 DIY rain chains you can make from recycled materials!
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How to Paint with Crayons
How would you like to paint with crayons?
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15 Outdoor Wedding Ideas you Can Make Yourself
A handful of my friends had outdoor weddings, and I love the way that they incorporated the natural scenery into their wedding decor. These are some of the outdoor wedding ideas inspired by my own friends’ beautiful wedding ceremonies.
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You can paint with Easter egg dye!
Did you know that you can paint with Easter egg dye? The result is similar to watercolor painting, and it’s a great way to use up leftover dye after you’re done with your eggs.
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How to Make Cascarones for Easter (+ video)
Easter and springtime go hand in hand. Just like our crafts and Mother Nature! So today, we’re showing you how to make cascarones with eggs and birdseed.
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How to Make a Decoupaged Lunch Box
Doesn’t your packed lunch look so grammatically correct now?
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Cats in Hats: You’re Welcome (+ a giveaway!)
You want to make a hat for your cat. Let’s just establish that, okay? Like, trying to deny it and pretending that cats in hats isn’t an interest of yours are just not going to be options here.
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8 Spring Garden Guides to Get You Growing
Spring is here! It’s still not too late to start your spring garden, even from seed. Whether you’re new to gardening or an old pro, we’ve highlighted some super fun garden guides to help you start growing and deck out your garden, DIY-style.
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Easy Egg Craft: DIY Candleholder
Nothing screams SPRING like an easy egg craft! Here’s one for ya – egg shells plus old candles equals super-cute centerpieces! Let’s craft!
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27 Dried Flower Crafts
“This bouquet is so beautiful!” you said. “I’m going to dry all these flowers!” you said!
Awesome!
… Now what?
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The 20 Best Bird Feeders That You Can Make
If you haven’t been feeding the birds all winter, this is a great time to start! And if you have been feeding them all winter, this is a great time to mix things up by adding some new homemade bird feeders to welcome the spring migrants.
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7 Egg-Free Easter Crafts (vegan and allergy-friendly)
Whether you have an egg allergy or are avoiding eggs for ethical reasons, you can still get crafty this Easter! Try these egg-free Easter crafts.
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We Made Pysanky Eggs–and So Can YOU!!!
Pysanky is like Egg Dyeing: Master Level, except that it’s actually quite accessible–my eight-year-old did it, and my ten-year-old, and my husband, and fumble-fingered ME!
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St. Patrick’s Day DIY: Shamrock Craft
There’s still time! You can make this adorable shamrock craft in less than an hour. And it’s made of leftover Valentine containers!
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How to Make an Upcycled Notebook
Those little notebooks at the Dollar Store sure are cute, but even cuter are the notebooks that you make yourself.
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Organize it with Cardboard: Upcycled Cardboard Organization Projects
Cardboard is sturdy, it’s easy to cut and fold, easy to paint and glue, and best of all… it’s FREE!
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Fix It: 8 Ways to Mend and Maintain Your Crafty Tools
Scissors or paper punches going dull? Sizzix not cutting the way it should? Sewing machine acting wonky? Don’t get mad. Fix it! The list below has tips for how to mend and maintain the crafty tools that you rely on to do what you do.
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Spotted: Toilet Paper Tube Shamrocks from Pretty Prudent (and More Eco-Friendly Shamrock Crafts!)
Because you’ve got to give the kids something to do while you drink green beer.
2 Delicious Vegan Snow Ice Cream Recipes
Are you ready to make some vegan snow ice cream recipes that’ll knock your snow boots off? Butter Pecan and Chocolate Macadamia Nut – so yummy and easy!
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Keurig K-Cups are Killing our Planet
An ounce of waste for every cup of coffee–that’s what Keurig is doing to our planet. And I’m pretty sure that all the glue guns in the world can’t fix this problem.
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