10 DIY Valentine’s Day Ideas
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and if you’re planning to make any gifts or decorations yourself, this weekend is the time to get crafty. Here are some DIY Valentine’s Day ideas to get you started!
Top 5 Projects from the January Green Crafts Showcase
Did anyone notice that I missed the December Green Crafts Showcase? With the holiday madness, I completely forgot! I decided to put all of the entries from December and January together and pick my top 5 favorites! Here they are!
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Craft Booth Ideas: Promote Your Website Through Picture Frames
I’m selling lots of old and vintage picture frames in my booth. I’ve painted them so they look rejuvenated, but I hate how the cardboard glares through the glass. I decided to make my own “filler” that not only solves the boring cardboard problem, but promotes my website as well!
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DIY Valentine’s Day Decoration: Upcycled Heart Streamers
Confession: I love making Valentine’s Day crafts, because I love cutting out heart shapes! This upcycled heart streamer is a fun DIY Valentine’s Day decoration that you can whip up in under an hour.
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Review: The Pick Punch for Making DIY Guitar Picks
Play the guitar? Use a guitar pick? Ever wanted to make your own?
You can!
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How-to: DIY Body Glitter from Healthy Ingredients
Need some sparkle? DIY body glitter takes just seconds to make, is perfectly customizable, and works even better than expensive, store-bought body glitter with freaky ingredients.
And, by using the secret ingredient that you probably already have in your cupboard as the base agent, your body glitter not only won’t be freaky, but will actually be healthy for your skin.
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5 Easy Sewing Projects from Upcycled Materials
There’s something so satisfying about a quickie project, isn’t there? Even if you’re sewing pro, sometimes it’s nice to just whip something up that’s fast and easy. Check out these easy sewing projects that you can make using reclaimed materials!
Eco-Friendly Valentine’s Day “Wreath”
You all know that I love creating “wreaths” from picture frames, so why not apply the same concept to a Valentine’s Day wreath?
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Craft Booth Ideas: Upcycle an Old Shutter into a Unique Display
I got two shutters from a garage sale and was eager to see how I could incorporate them into my booth. Using shutters as a display is not a new idea, but nevertheless, I wanted to give you a few ideas of what you could do in your craft booth with old shutters.
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How-to: Upcycled Cloth Pads in 30 Minutes
Do you use cloth pads? If you’ve been wanting to give this a try – or need to bulk out your current stash of pads – this quickie tutorial will have you sewing your own cloth pads in 30 minutes or less.
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How-to: Kid-Made Puzzle Piece Valentine
Your kiddos can create one handmade Valentine from just two perfectly fitting jigsaw pieces. Give them most of a box, and they can make all the Valentines for their class party. It’s a fun upcycling project that won’t cost you a cent.
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Crafts to Make with Puzzle Pieces
Have a jigsaw puzzle with missing pieces? You totally do!
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10 DIY Ways to Revamp Old Furniture
Got an old chair that could really use some love or a bench that would be perfect if only the cushion weren’t covered in a horrible, dated fabric? Don’t despair! We’ve got some DIY furniture projects to help you transform that damage or outdated piece into something you’ll love.
Craft Booth Ideas: Recycled Paper Price Tags
In addition to my dry erase price signs, I need to price each item individually with my booth code. Many antique/art stores do this in order to keep track of which booth earned money. Instead of using new price tags from the store, why not make your own from recycled paper? They’re so much cuter and way more eco-friendly!
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Craft Booth Ideas: Upcycled Dry Erase Price Signs
In last week’s post, Bubble Gum Machine Button Display, I shared that I am opening my own booth at a local antique/art shop. I’m sharing all of my eco-friendly display ideas, so here’s another one– upcycle small picture frames into price displays!
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How-to: Reupholstering a Chair Seat
Do you have a bench or a chair that’s got good bones but the fabric is either torn or…well…ugly? Give it a brand new life by reupholstering it! You can use these instructions for reupholstering a chair seat, a bench, or any other cushion that has a hard back on it.
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How-to: Refurbish Thrifted Dishes with Ceramics Markers
I need all my stuff to be crazy awesome (or just crazy!), so I like to pretty up my thrifted dishes using the most simple, most brilliant craft supply that you’ve ever heard of: ceramics markers.
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How-to: Start Seedlings in Food Scrap Containers
Seed starters made from food scraps are even more economical than recycled seedling pots–you’ve got to eat even more than you’ve got to read the newspaper!–and even better for your garden, because all those eggshell seedling pots, orange peel seedling pots, and pumpkin shell seedling pots? That’s compost, right where your garden needs it the most.
Here’s a selection of food scrap seed starters–no matter where your tastes lie, you’ll find something here to eat and then plant.
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Sustainable Sewing Guide: Organic Sewing Notions
Do you need a little help finding organic sewing notions? Check our our guide to organic sewing supplies!
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Craft Booth Ideas: Bubble Gum Machine Button Display
2013 begins a new crafting chapter for me– I’m opening my own booth in a local antique/art shop! I know a lot of you might have your own booth or are interested in opening one, so let’s share our eco-friendly display ideas together!
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Recycled DIY: Sugar, Cream, and Coffee Canisters
Want to make your coffee area look organized and pretty? Recycle your old jars into cute canisters for your sugar, cream, and coffee beans!
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Product Review: Organic Ribbon from May Arts
Having trouble finding organic ribbon for your latest sewing project? I am in love with the organic cotton ribbon from May Arts!
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How to Refresh Black Clothing with Fabric Dye
Black clothing is the hardest clothing to maintain, because it’s so vulnerable to fading. Even red clothes fade more gracefully than black! Here’s how to use black fabric dye to refresh your faded black clothing.
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How-to: Mend Ripped Jeans
Here’s the easy way to mend tears in your jeans.
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Upcycle a Piece of Art into a Chalkboard!
I found a set of three mountain pictures at a garage sale about a year ago. They weren’t my taste, so they sat in my closet until inspiration finally hit– chalkboard paint!
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Reader Question: Crafting with E-Waste
Back in October we asked you guys what kinds of things you’d like more help reusing or upcycling, and you had some great questions, both via comment and email. We’ve addressed quite a few of them, from how to reuse old jeans to new ideas for old books, but there was one question that’s been stumping me for ages: how can crafters upcycle e-waste?
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Upcycled Lid Jewelry Tray
I went into my roommate’s room a few days ago and she had her jewelry on a lid from a candle. I loved it’s simplicity, so I told her that I was stealing her idea, but making it a tad bit prettier! Here’s how you can make your own upcycled jewelry tray!
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How-to: DIY Space Art for Our Nursery
It’s super simple – and fun! – to create custom DIY art using old book pages! Here’s how I made this space art for our baby’s nursery.
How-to: Kid-Made Recycled Cardboard Pendants
Kids love to make their own jewelry, and these pendants, crafted from upcycled cardboard, are especially fun to create and wear. The pendants cost no money, slip easily inside a letter to a pen pal, and, if the kid gets tired of wearing them, can be tossed right back into the recycling bin.
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How-to: Make Beeswax Cut-outs to Decorate Candles (or Your House)
Beeswax cut-outs take seconds to make, and can be used to decorate candles (even boring store-bought ones!), make candles of their own, or just hang out in your house and look pretty.
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Green Crafts Forums Update!
Remember those Crafting a Green World forums we asked you guys about back in November? We didn’t forget! Our awesome developer has been working with us to find a solution, and we are so close to launching them!
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Thrift Store Lampshade Makeover!
I found an old lampshade at a thrift store and thought it was the perfect shape for my vintage lamp. I didn’t like the fabric on the outside, though, so I decided to give it a makeover!
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How To: Wine Cork Magnets
As I shared in the Wine Corks to Wall Art post, I was given a large bag of wine corks to craft with. Through Pinterest, I came across these adorable wine cork magnets on Etsy and thought, “I bet I could make those myself!” They’re super simple to make, so collect your corks and get crafty!
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How-to: Ice Building Blocks for Outdoor Play
Colorful building blocks made out of ice are an inviting toy any time of year, but they take on added interest in the winter. They’re easy to make out of a variety of stash and upcycled containers, and everyone will enjoy using them to build outdoor structures that, if it’s below freezing outside, will actually stick around long enough to be played with over and over again.
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How-to: Homemade Solid Body Lotion for Natural Skin Care
Solid lotion contains all the ingredients that are really good for you, like coconut oil and shea butter, but none of the artificial ingredients that make it squeezable through a plastic bottle. A solid lotion bar just sits on your dresser looking pretty until you need it, and then melts with your body heat into your skin right where you want it.
Store-bought solid lotion bars can be REALLY expensive, but DIY solid lotion is an easy homemade project–all you have to do is melt, stir, and pour!
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Top 37 Crafty Posts of 2012!
Happy almost new year, you guys! It’s been an awesome crafty year, and we are all so glad that you guys could share it with us! We love reading your emails and comments, and we can’t wait to make 2013 just as fantastical.