The Creative Entrepreneur: A Visual Guide to Business Planning
If you are a creative business owner check out The Creative Entrepreneur
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April Stash Bust: Five Projects to Bust That Fabric Stash
Kelly talked last week about the April Stash Bust, and we’re pretty excited about busting our stashes around here! That “use what you have” mentality is part of the heart of green crafting, and there are so many fun, creative ways to take supplies you have on hand and turn them into something wonderful. Here are a few stash busting projects for those fabric scraps!
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Vegan Crafting Made Easy: Vegan Soap Making
With a little help from Tracy Perkins, vegan soap superstar, we take a look at common animal ingredients that vegan soap makers should look out for and what vegan soap making supplies are out there.
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April is Stash Busting Month!
It’s that time of year again. Time to pledge your allegiance to buy no new craft supplies and materials and only use what you have. Can you make it for the entire month?
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Five Easter Egg Projects Using Recycled Materials
Say no to store-bought Easter egg kits, and keep some trash out of the waste stream by trying out these five Easter egg projects that feature recycled materials.
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Attention, Indie Crafters: Crafty Supermarket Seeks Your Swag!
If you’re an indie crafter or crafty blogger with an eye toward getting the word out about how awesome you are, then check out Crafty Supermarket’s Call for Swag.
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Participate in TerraCycle’s Nationwide Creative Recycling Programs
Get involved in these recycling programs that help you recycle creatively and donate to charity at the same time. It’s double good green karma for you.
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Gardeners: Save Those Easter Egg Cartons and Egg Shells
Save your easter egg cartons and your eggshells. They’re handy to have for a garden.
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How-to: Make a Washer Necklace Out of Leftover Furniture Parts
Use your leftover furniture parts to create this simple necklace.
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Vegan Crafting Made Easy: Vegan Sewing Supplies
One of the main things I hear from non-vegans about the vegan lifestyle is that it seems difficult. While I agree that any lifestyle change is tough, I don’t think going vegan is any harder than any other big life change. It takes a little bit of research, a bit of knowledge, and some compassion.
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Fab Fabrics: Geometric Prints from Ten14 Textiles
Ten14 Testiles prints bold, geometric designs on a variety of different organic fabrics and even offers custom design for a fabric that’s 100% unique!
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Five Trashion Fashions that You Can Recreate
From a fused plastic bag raincoat to truck tire sandals, you can create the season’s hottest trashon fashions for your own wear.
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How-to: Hold a Trashion/Refashion Fashion Show in Your Town
Need another fun weekend activity? Organize a fashion show of outfits that consist primarily from refashioned or trash materials–it’s an eco-friendly fundraiser that the entire community can participate in.
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Searching for Eco Garden Art and Inspiration
Looking for eco garden inspiration
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Nuno Magazine’s Spring Issue is Groovy
Nuno Magazine’s Spring Issue is filled with a groovy collection of crafts.
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5 Upcycled Bunny Crafts for Easter
Easter is just a few weeks away, so there’s plenty of time to create bunny-themed crafts with those kiddies! When you’re looking for Easter decorations and basket stuffers, it’s easy to go for plastic, disposable, and generally eco-unfriendly options. Instead, why not use your crafty skills to make some cute, Easter crafts without the waste!
In case you’re not feeling super inspired, here’s a roundup of upcycled bunnies to get you going
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Green Crafts at American Craft Council Atlanta
What was hip and green at this year’s ACC Atlanta show? I scoped out the scene and rounded up some of the best green finds!
5 Crafty Ways to Upcycle Mesh Produce Bags
Those mesh produce bags that your onions and oranges come in are too useful to be thrown away! Check out these five crafty projects that help you upcycle your mesh produce bags.
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How-to: Upcycle a Mesh Produce Bag into a Nesting Materials Buffet for Birds
Treat your neighborhood birds to a buffet of nesting materials with just a plastic mesh produce bag and some natural or recycled supplies.
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DIY Eco-Friendly Bath Remodeling Part 3
The final installment of my DIY bathroom ordeal.
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Green Crafter Profile: Ties That Matter
Crafter Laura Martin teamed up with two friends to turn a hobby into a force for good in the Atlanta community.
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Japan Earthquake Relief: Crafters Give Back
As I see more and more photos and reports coming out of Japan, my heart goes out to the people coping with the aftermath of the Japan earthquake and tsunami. The people of Japan need our help and support right now, and the crafty community is doing what it does best: using our crafty skills to make a difference. Here are a few crafters that are reaching out. If you know of others or you’re working on a crafty way to raise money for Japan earthquake relief, please tell us in the comments!
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How to Make Crockpot Hot-Process Soap
If you have an old crockpot ready to dedicate to the crafts-only cause, then there’s no reason not to try your hand at making homemade, natural, crockpot hot-process soap.
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The Best Must-Read Soapmaking Resources
Interested in learning how to make cold-process soap, or ready to stretch your soapmaking skills? These resources are invaluable for every well-researched soaper.
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Giveaway: The Tote Bag book with Matching Tote Bag
Win a copy of the book, The Tote Bag, along with a matching fabric reusable tote bag.
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A Review of The Right Brain Business Plan: A Creative, Visual Map for Success
Now creative types have help with being business savvy.
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Quilting Day 2011: Eco-Friendly Quilting Supplies
Did you know there was a National Quilting Day? It’s just around the corner, on March 19th. Let’s celebrate eco-friendly quilting this year with some green quilting supplies!
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Etsy Artist Paints with Pollution
David Janesko creates beautiful art pieces using electronic and toxic waste.
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Five Natural Craft Projects to Create with Beeswax
If you like honey, then you’ll love to try out these five projects that you can make with sweet, honey-scented beeswax.
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How-to: Rolled Beeswax Candle
It’s a good thing that candles are useful, because you’re going to become addicted to making these quick, easy, and natural rolled beeswax candles.
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DIY Eco-Friendly Bath Remodeling Part 2
Part 2 of my DIY bathroom experience.
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Five Pitfalls of Going DIY for Large Renovation Projects
Five downfalls to going DIY on a larger renovation project.
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ReSew Winner!
Congratulations to Heatheranne99 who is the winner of a copy of ReSew! Special thanks to Jenny the author for sharing this wonderful book with us and for the great tutorial on felt baskets!
Thank you to everyone who entered. Heatheranne99, we’ll be contacting you shortly about your winning!
Bleach Stencil Tutorial and the Environmental Impacts of Bleach
Wait a second! Bleach is not exactly the most eco-friendly product. What sort of green crafting site would recommend using bleach? Don’t fret. I promise I wouldn’t recommend something that seems kind of sketchy from an environmental standpoint without doing my research.
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