Nuno Magazine is published seasonally, with all its projects tied together under one theme, yet with a broad variety of crafts to choose from. The fall Star Gazing issue includes cool weather projects, such as the hat and a crocheted cowl, autumn crafts, such as sweater pumpkins and a bat mask, and crafts that use everything from felted wool to newspaper to tin cans to mimic the stars in the night sky.
Star Gazing: Nuno Magazine’s Fall Issue Read More 👉
Not only are they launching an eco-friendly line of cards, but they want to give away three sets of 100 MOO cards each to some lucky Crafting a Green World readers! Since I know lots of you guys own crafty businesses, I thought you might dig a chance to try out some eco-friendly promo materials from a small company. There are a few days left to enter!
Reminder: A Few Days Left to Win a Pack of 100 New “Green” Cards from MOO Read More 👉
Do you love Crafting a Green World? Are you a great writer with a passion for creative re-use? We’re interested in recruiting crafters, makers, and re-users!
Not only are they launching an eco-friendly line of cards, but they want to give away three sets to some lucky Crafting a Green World readers! Since I know lots of you guys own crafty businesses, I thought you might dig a chance to try out some eco-friendly promo materials from a small company. There are a few ways that you can enter to win your set of 100 MOO cards…
Giveaway: Win a Pack of 100 New “Green” Cards from MOO Read More 👉
My good friend and fellow green crafter Shannon Mulkey and I did a panel at this year’s Summit of Awesome, and it was….awesome! We felt like it was a bit silly to print or photocopy disposable paper handouts for a green crafting panel, so instead I whipped up this infographic sharing a lot of the resources we talked about on the panel.
For you folks that couldn’t make it out to the Summit this year, I wanted to share the graphic here with you! Here it is.
Green Crafty Resources: An Infographic! Read More 👉
If you’d like to make decorations that you can leave up from now through Thanksgiving, check out these five tutorials for fall garlands and autumn buntings that make use of upcycled materials.
Five Upcycled Autumn Buntings and Garlands Read More 👉
As long as recycled cardstock or cardboard fits my color scheme (and painting counts!), I like to upcycle it into temporary holiday garlands to decorate those last bits of uncluttered surface in my house. Read on to see that my red Valentine heart garlands (made from Target photo processing envelopes) and my yellow and green autumn leaf garlands (made from Crayola boxes) are easy to make, and would look pretty great in your house, too.
Make an Upcycled Cardboard Leaf Garland for Autumn Read More 👉
Here are five crafty ways to upcycle wine glass bottles. Start collecting wine bottles so you can make a few of these crafts for the holidays and as gifts.
Here in the U.S., we’re predicted to spend over $7 billion on Halloween this year. That’s billion. And most of what we’re buying is not so great for the planet. This year, use your crafty prowess to have a greener, kinder Halloween.
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Halloween decorations can be incredibly wasteful, but they don’t have to be! You could buy plastic decorations that you’ll probably only use once, but with a little crafty know-how, you can whip up your own custom decorations that are less wasteful and have a whole lot of heart. Karen showed you how to mummify glass candle holders and make paper luminary covers, and you can use reclaimed tin cans to make some light-up Halloween decorations, too!
How-to: Make Upcycled Tin Lanterns for Halloween Read More 👉
My children don’t need flame-retardant pajamas, and neither do yours. I sew their pajamas myself, using some of these five simple hand-sewn pajama projects.
Kids Don’t Need Flame-Retardant Pajamas: Five Handmade Pajamas to Sew Yourself Read More 👉
A light and airy mobile, whether it’s hung over the dining room table or the kitchen sink, is a wonderful way to show off the colorful autumn leaves that you’ve preserved, and it’s a fall decoration that easily works all the way through Thanksgiving.
How-to: Autumn Leaf Mobile Read More 👉
If you’re an avid thrifter, it’s easy as pie to find well-loved books to craft with. Have you amassed a collection of books that need a crafty makeover? Here are 10 projects to get you started!
10 Crafty Ideas for Old Books Read More 👉
Confession time: I am obsessed with bunting. Anything strung up in a row just seems strikes me as so sweet and eye-catching. When one of my very favorite people had a birthday coming up, I decided to whip up a bit of bunting for his party. He’s an amazing writer, so book pages felt like the perfect medium for his birthday streamer. Here’s how you can make your own!
How-to: Make Glue-Free Book Page Bunting Read More 👉
Crafting with acorns is also special because you’ll always know that you collected them yourself–who would pay money for acorns!?!–and I bet that if you’re anything like me, whenever you look at the projects that you created with them, you’ll think back to your happiest autumn memories from that year.
Five Must-Try Acorn Crafts for the Autumn Read More 👉
Hand-dipping paper in beeswax gives it the patina of an antique and is a chemical-free way to preserve it. Here’s how to make your own beeswax paper.
How to Make Beeswax-Coated Paper Read More 👉
Scarecrow is a great porch prop for the Fall and for Halloween. This easy tutorial for a drunken scare crow uses everything you might have or can get from Goodwill.
Make these easy peasy candle holder cover to fancy up your home decor. All you need is a needle and some Halloween themed paper.
DIY: Paper Luminary Covers for Halloween Read More 👉
We talked yesterday about the dirty side of conventional cotton, but what’s a green crafter to do?
Cotton has some really great marketing behind it, but conventional cotton has some dirty secrets.
Cotton: The Dirty Truth about “The Fabric of our Lives” Read More 👉
Preserving autumn leaves allows you to use their beautiful colors in fall crafts all year long.
Even if you already have a go-to method for preserving leaves, check out these other options–you might discover a way that will work even better for a particular project, or you might find a new favorite preservation method altogether.
Fall Crafts: 4 Ways to Preserve Autumn Leaves Read More 👉
Take the ephemeral beauty of autumn leaves and make it last forever when you preserve leaves with the one simple, natural ingredient that is pure beeswax.
How-to: Preserve Autumn Leaves with Melted Beeswax Read More 👉
Halloween doesn’t have to be wasteful. With a little bit of imagination and planning, you can have an eco-friendly Halloween. Let’s explore what Halloween decor and costumes we can make to make Halloween greener.
Halloween Craft Roundup Read More 👉
A witch is one of the simplest and the easiest characters to be on Halloween. Put on a black outfit and a pointy hat, and you are reading to party. But buying one of those cheap plastic or polyester ones that last a short time is very wasteful. Here is how to make a witch’s hat that will last year after year.
How-to: Make a Witch’s Hat Read More 👉
One thing that I hear from a lot of folks is that they aren’t into crafting because they don’t have time. Nonsense, I say! Sure, some craft projects are time consuming and require lots of detail and care, but you don’t need hours and hours of free time to get crafty!
Five Quick Green Craft Projects Read More 👉
This project was a lot of fun to do, and it combines two things that I love: mod design and burlap!
How-to: Burlap Chevron Paintings Read More 👉
If you’re dreaming about a new way to organize your fabric, check out these five storage solutions that are constructed from eco-friendly upcycled materials.
Five Upcycled Fabric Storage Solutions Read More 👉
Organize your fabric stash into a neat, ordered, uniform collection using recycled cardboard record album covers.
How-to: Upcycle Cardboard Record Album Covers for Fabric Storage Read More 👉
Make eco-friendly ghosts for Halloween that your Trick-or-Treaters will love. Who says ghosts are scary?
How to Make an Eco-Friendly Ghost Read More 👉
Make a wreath that you can interchange the look depending on the season and holiday but with just one wreath frame.
Don’t you just love burlap? It’s eco-friendly, cheap (sometimes even free!), and gives any project a bit of Earthy, shabby chic appeal. There are lots of fun ways that you can incorporate burlap into your crafty endeavors! Here are some tips on finding burlap and a list of burlap craft projects to help kickstart your crafting.
10 Burlap Craft Projects Read More 👉
Instead of buying new, I decided whip up a sunglasses case using supplies that were already in my craft room. Hurrah! This case was a surprise, so those are my giant, white sunglasses in the photos. He wears pretty big glasses, too, so I modeled the size on my huge pair. If you wear less chunky sunglasses, you might want to size this sunglasses case tutorial down a bit to accommodate, so they’ll fit snugly.
How-to: Make a Burlap Sunglasses Case Read More 👉
Whether you have a child who’s learning her letters, or you simply recognize the decorative potential of a lovely font, a handmade alphabet can be simple to make out of a wide variety of eco-friendly materials. If your green crafting ethic prefers upcycling, or if you choose to use only natural materials, read on for a variety of ways to craft your own handmade letters.
Five Handmade Alphabets that You Can Craft from Recycled, Upcycled, or Natural Materials Read More 👉
