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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Five Eco-Friendly St. Patrick’s Day Projects
St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner. If you’ve got party plans in the works, why not spice things up with a little bit of DIY action? By focusing on using eco-friendly materials, you can make this the greenest St. Patty’s Day party ever.
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How-to: Five Crafty Recipes that Use Cornstarch
Don’t let all that cornstarch just languish in a box on your shelf for ten years, not when you can use it up making these five natural, fun, and easy crafty creations.
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How to Make Spray Starch
If you like the feel of spray starch, you’ll love being able to make this quick, easy, and eco-friendly version. Here’s how to make spray starch at home!
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DIY Eco-Friendly Bath Remodeling Part 1
The ups and downs of trying to do an eco friendly bathroom remodel.
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Where Did the Eco Go?
Not long ago local store shelves were filled with green products, now they’re nowhere to be found. What happened?
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ReSew Giveaway and Tutorial!
I always seem to accumulate a stash of unloved clothes picked over from my closet. This pile consists of clothes that are no longer fit, or need heavy mending, or have acquired an unbeatable stain. I keep this pile with dreams of swapping with friends or donating to Goodwill. But now ReSew, a new book out by Jenny Wilding Cardon has me eyeing my discard pile with a new eye.
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5 Ways to Repurpose Old Games
Got an old deck of cards that’s missing the queen of hearts or a Scrabble set that’s missing a Q? Don’t send that board game to the landfill! There are lots of ways to repurpose those old games!
Crafting a Vegan World
Vegan crafting is sort of a tricky subject. While a lot of folks equate veganism with environmentalism, the two don’t necessarily go hand in hand. I do believe, though, that the mindset that goes along with veganism can help you make greener choices in your crafting.
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Five Ways to Upcycle Old Stuff with Chalkboard Paint
What are the most creative and useful objects to upcycle with chalkboard paint? Check out these five projects to find out.
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How to Upcycle an Old Globe into a Chalkboard Globe
Upcycle a beat-up, inaccurate old globe into a useful and artistic write-on chalkboard globe.
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Five Fabulous Sites for Free Craft Patterns and Tutorials
Five great sites to explore for new craft ideas, patterns and tutorials.
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Seven Great Eco Craft Books
Seven fabulous green books filled with eco-crafts.
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Four Looms You Can Make From Recycled Materials
Create a loom from recycled materials to weave a project also using recycled materials!
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How-To: Felt Scraps Garland
Use up those felt scraps and pieces of junk mail to sew a unique garland.
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Dirt to Shirt Project: Local Cotton, Local T-Shirts
Last year, a group of farmers and producers got together with a goal in mind: to produce cotton t-shirts using sources within 750 miles.
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The Hunt for Organic Thread
By now I’m sure you guys are pretty much on board the eco-friendly fabric train, but what about the thread we use to sew up all of that gorgeous hemp, vintage, and organic fabric? Sure, thread is just a small part of your craft project, but if you think about all of the sewing you do each year, those spools start to really add up!
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How-to: Beautiful Butterfly Wings Upcycled from Wire Hangers and Old Clothes
Beautiful butterfly or fairy wings are easy to make with two wire hangers, an old stretchy shirt, and some simple sewing. Your child will be thrilled!
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Closet Clean-Out: Five Ways to Upcycle Wire Hangers
There’s no need to fill the landfill with your wire hangers when there are these five great projects to make with them instead.
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How-to: DIY Texture Paint Over Paneling
Need to give your walls a makeover? Here’s a way to save your walls and give them a great new look.
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Herban Design Studio Caters to DIY Seattle Brides
Seattle DIY brides and event planners now have access to tons of supplies, space and expert advice at The Herban Design Studio.
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The Finished Objects Dilemma
We appraised our situation like the mature adults we are. It was determined, with my full agreement, that I was making too much stuff, and that I needed to figure out what to do with this stuff when it’s complete. Something better than “I’ll just set that right here for now” and then leaving it to get buried by piles of mail and library books.
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Five Activity Toys Made From Recycled Materials
Create one of these five activity toys for your kids to keep them occupied indoors until warmer weather arrives.
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Five Rugs You Can Make With Recycled Materials
Five rugs that you can create using recycled materials to keep your home clean during the upcoming wet, spring months.
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The DIY Garden: Upcycled Inspiration for Spring
When the chilly, dark days of winter get you down, some springtime crafty eye candy is the perfect pick me up!
Fab Fabrics: Vintage Doilies and Projects to Get You Started
Your first mental image when I mention doilies is probably of a stuffy old home, where those lacy mats adorn the table tops, but doilies definitely have a place in modern crafting, too.
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How-to: Lengthen Your Pants with One Easy Alteration
Being able to hem a pair of pants is all well and good, but what do you do when you need to lengthen them? You check out this tutorial, that’s what!
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Sew Subversive Teaches You How to Upcycle Clothing with Style
If you’re into upcycling clothing, then Sew Subversive is not optional reading. Basically, it’s your Bible.
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DIY Bookcase Makeovers
While looking for DIY bookcase makeover inspiration- I came across these ideas.
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Interesting Eco Projects
Interesting new eco projects from around the web.
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How-to: Recycled Bottle Cap Magnets
Use this quick and easy tutorial to make adorable recycled bottle cap magnets from magazines.
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