Five Unique Projects You Can Make Using Silverware
Turn all of your found pieces of silverware into one of these five easy projects.
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Five Projects Using Paper Tubes
Toilet paper and paper towel tubes are some of the most common household waste items. Here are five projects turning them into unique objects for your home.
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Green Geek Crafts: Five DIY Projects for your Gadgets
Did you get any fun gadgets over the holidays but need a case to prevent scratches and dings? You can use your crafty skills to keep your electronics safe and sound!
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Fab Fabrics: A 2010 Retrospective
Can you believe it’s 2011 already? Just last week, January seemed so far away. One of the things I love about the first of the year is that you get a chance to look back on a year’s worth of work and accomplishments. So, why not take a peek at the fabulous fabrics we rounded up in 2010?
How Much Did You Save with D.I.Y. Gifts?
By crafting handmade Christmas gifts this year, I saved a ton of money and gave a lot more presents to a lot more people.
Hands-on Pottery Painting Studios: Easy, Eco-Friendly, and Not at All Lame
Your grandma’s not the only one who goes out to hands-on pottery painting studios these days. Are you missing out?
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My Crafting Goals for the New Year
A few of my crafting goals for 2011.
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Where Do You Find Eco-Friendly Craft Supplies?
Where do you look for eco-friendly craft supplies?
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Five Picture Frames To Make Using Recycled Materials
Display your memories from the past year with these five picture frames you can make using recycled materials.
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Six Craft Projects Using Wrapping Paper
Here are six craft projects using all of your bits and scraps of wrapping paper from the holiday season.
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What’s Your Crafty New Year’s Resolution?
Did you take the handmade pledge this holiday season? We love a handmade holiday around here, but what about the rest of the year? Your New Year’s resolution is a great time to reflect on what handmade means to you and set your crafty intentions for the new year!
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5 Recycled New Year’s Decorations
Do you have any fun New Year’s Eve parties in the works? My husband and I decided to have a sort of last-minute shindig, so I’ve got countdowns and champagne toasts on my mind. I’ve been bookmarking snack and drink ideas, and now it’s time to pull everything together with some handmade, eco-friendly decorations! Here are a few that are on my to do list.
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How-to: Make Beads from Colored Pencils (You Get to Use Power Tools!)
It’s easy to make colorful, beautiful wood beads when you recycle them from colored pencils! For the how-to, check out this step-by-step tutorial.
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The Best Snow Ice Cream You’ve Ever Tasted: Tips, Tricks, and Recipes
Snow ice cream is a quick, simple, and delicious winter treat. Check out these tips, tricks, and recipes, then make the best snow ice cream you’ve ever had!
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Save Your Scraps for Next Year’s Holiday Crafting
Is it time to strat a new Christmas tradition? Consider saving your holiday scraps for next year.
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Four Last Minute Holiday Ornament Decorating Ideas
Several last minute decorating ideas that make use of leftover holiday ornaments that didn’t make it on your tree.
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5 Handmade Gifts for Coworkers
Five handmade gifts for coworkers, teachers, mail carriers, and other special people in your life.
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5 Handmade Gifts for Her
Need some DIY gift ideas for the special ladies in your life? We’ve got five beautiful handmade gifts for her.
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4 Recycled Cat Crafts to Spoil Your Fur Kid
I love my two cats! There’s really no other way to say it. Those little fluffballs always seem to be doing something cute, and it’s hard to resist the urge to shower them with toys and treats! Do you like to spoil your kitties? Here are some eco-friendly ideas for toys and treats!
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Fab Fabrics: Bike Inner Tubes
You might not think of a bike inner tube as a fabric, but you can use the rubber as a great, durable textile! Most bike shops just toss blown out tubes once they’ve finished the repair, so there’s a good chance you can score some inner tubes for free if you hit up your local bike shop and ask them to save some for you.
Free and totally recycled? Sounds fab to me!
Tutorial: How to Freezer Paper Stencil (or Fake Silk Screen) a Necktie
Give a necktie a personality make-over with this freezer paper stencil technique that looks just like screen-printing.
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PLA: Plastic Made from Corn Makes for (Slightly) Less Evil Craft Packaging
If you must use plastic in your craft packaging, then PLA is the plastic to use.
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Handmade Holidays: Free Printables
Looking for free holiday printables? Here’s a quick roundup of some of the cutest free designs on the web.
5 Handmade Gifts for Cooks
Need handmade gifts for cooks on your holiday list? Create these five crafty kitchen ingredients to give any cook this holiday season.
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5 Handmade Gifts for Him
Five handmade gifts for him, no matter who the him in your life may be.
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Four Recycled Craft Projects to Spoil Your Dog
We talked last week about recycled craft projects to spoil your kitty, and I don’t want you dog owners to feel left out! Here’s a roundup of fun, eco-friendly ways to spoil that pup rotten!
Fab Fabrics: Modal Made From Beechwood
Have you guys heard of Modal fabric? It’s made using pulp from beechwood, and a lot of folks are touting it right now as an eco-friendly alternative to more conventional rayons.
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Gingerbread Houses and Beyond: Christmas Candy and Cookie Construction Projects
Here’s how to build amazing, made-from-scratch Christmas creations out of candy, sugar, icing, and, yes, gingerbread!
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Crafting with a Sugar High: A Review of Candy Construction
Crafting with candy is delicious and fun, but is it really an appropriate activity to share with children?
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A Review of The World’s Best Origami
A review of The World’s Best Origami.
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Holiday Crafts Roundup from Across the Web
A look at several crafty green holiday DIYs from around the web.
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7 Handmade Baby Gifts
Handmade baby gifts have more heart than store-bought, so you know that your recipient will cherish them for a long time. Craft up these seven baby gifts this holiday season.
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5 DIY Gifts for Cats, Because Cats Are People Too
Make some of these cute DIY gifts for cats and spoil your cherished furry friend this holiday season.
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Creative Houses from Reclaimed Stuff
Dan Phillips is a home builder in Texas and an great advocate for sustainable building.
So what does home construction have to do with crafts? A lot, it turns out! His unconventional take on materials is an attitude that most of us green crafters share. The talk is informative, inspiring, and pretty hilarious. Check it:
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Fab Fabrics: Vintage Lovelies from RetroLabs
We love vintage fabrics around here. Not only does crafting with vintage materials divert waste from the landfill, your materials basically have zero impact remaining at this point, since they were produced and discarded so long ago. I love the way the right piece of vintage cotton or bark cloth can add a touch of personality to a sewing project.
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