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:
Creative Houses from Reclaimed Stuff Read More 👉
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.
Fab Fabrics: Vintage Lovelies from RetroLabs Read More 👉
Want to turn your craft hobby into a legitimate business? Craft Inc. tells you how to do it…sort of.
How to Turn Your Craft Hobby into a Business: A Review of Craft Inc. Read More 👉
Bazaar Bizarre is coming to save Cleveland from the horrors of mass-produced holiday gifts.
Cleveland Rocks with Bazaar Bizarre: December 11-12, 2010 Read More 👉
Here are five fun yarn Christmas ornaments that are easy to make.
Five Christmas Ornaments You Can Make with Scrap Yarn Read More 👉
Make your own DIY Christmas tree this year.
Five More Crafty Christmas Tree Alternatives Read More 👉
Tonight at 9 p.m. EST/6 p.m. PST, Crafting a Green World will be joining in on Healthy Child’s twitter party to talk safe, green gifts for the holidays.
Join Us for a Twitter Party Tonight! Read More 👉
Give your delicious homemade treats in some eco-friendly packaging you can make at home.
Five Eco-Friendly Treat Packaging Projects Read More 👉
Save energy and have fun while crafting up a draft dodger to keep the warm air inside your house this winter.
5 Draft Dodger Tutorials to Save You Energy this Winter Read More 👉
Wow, the holidays really started off with a bang this year! Can you believe Thanksgiving is behind us? With Christmas drawing close, it’s time to deck the halls and trim the tree. Here are some eco-friendly handmade ornament ideas to help you add a little DIY to your decorations.
Five Handmade Christmas Ornaments to Green Your Holidays Read More 👉
You know we love vintage fabrics around here. Second hand supplies make it easy as pie to be eco-friendly. Sure, they may have had a sizable footprint when they were created, but by crafting with gently used vintage fabrics, you’re giving that fabric a new life and diverting the waste from the landfill.
Fab Fabrics: Vintage Finds from JoonE Read More 👉
Join our Christmas craft-along all throughout the month of December! Submit photos of YOUR handmade Christmas crafts to the Crafting a Green World flickr pool, and see your project featured on Crafting a Green World.
Christmas Craft-a-long Week One: Make Something for Your House Read More 👉
A felt board playset is quick and easy to make, whether you use wool felt, recycled-plastic felt, or felted wool sweaters.
How-to: A Quick Felt Board Playset from Eco-Friendly Felt Read More 👉
You can now have your old sweaters reknit into matching hats and scarves.
Reknit Turns Your Old Sweater into a Hat and Scarf Read More 👉
Something plain and simple can become a pretty accessory for a wedding or a creative container for gift giving. See how a plain metal mini bucket gets transformed- twice.
Tin Pail Transformations: Two Tutorials Read More 👉
Make your Christmas stockings even more special by handcrafting them yourself. Gather some materials just waiting to be recycled and spin them into something that will be handed down through the generations.
Handmade Holidays: Five Christmas Stocking Tutorials Read More 👉
If you’re worried that cutting down a Christmas tree isn’t the most eco-friendly way to decorate your home this year, here are five alternatives that are just as beautiful and earth friendly.
We all have slumps sometimes, where those new ideas just aren’t coming. When ideas seem scarce, the best fix is often a little bit of crafty inspiration. These upcycled craft and art pieces are sure to give you ideas on how you can creatively reuse materials in your life and your craft!
Upcycled Inspiration: Five Ideas for Crafty Reuse Read More 👉
Check out these gorgeous hand-dyed, organic fabrics from Noonday Textiles.
Fab Fabrics: Organic Offerings from Noonday Textiles Read More 👉
Advent calendars let the fun of Christmas last the whole month of December. Check out these five projects and choose the fun, crafty, and eco-friendly advent calendar that you’re going to make this year.
The Craftiest Advent Calendars that You’ll Ever Want to Make Read More 👉
Which do you prefer: crafting with recycled materials or crafting with natural materials? Either way, there are tons of Thanksgiving crafts out there for you.
7 Thanksgiving Crafts You Can Make out of Natural Materials Read More 👉
Here’s a fun new craft called amigurumi, and a book that can help you get started.
Review of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Amigurumi Read More 👉
Check out the newest online craft challenge that encourages reuse and sponsored by Michaels stores.
Enter the Michaels “Craft Some Holiday Magic” Challenge Read More 👉
We like the idea of making recycled paper napkin rings because it encourages the use of real cloth napkins over disposable paper ones. And, when they get worn, you can recycle them and make new ones! Here’s a way to spruce up your dinner napkins and table settings without spending a bunch of cash. With Thanksgiving right around the corner, here are a couple of recycled paper napkin ring ideas that should inspire smiles at the dinner table. Both of these ideas are made from used paper, string/raffia and twigs found in and around the house, and are 100% recyclable.
How to Make Recycled Paper Napkin Rings Read More 👉
Six projects to help get your craft space organized.
Your Craft Space: Six Projects To Get You Organized Read More 👉
Michelle Wilson of Recycled Fabric sources vintage and once-loved materials to create wonderfully feminine accessories.
Green Crafter Profile: Recycled Fabric Read More 👉
When you add up all of the disposable paper products that we use on a daily basis, it equates to tons and tons of paper every year. Reusables not only save resources, they save you money. Imagine the savings if your family cut its paper towel use in half or even cut them out all together?
Here are some crafty ideas to get you started on the road to reuse!
Ditching Disposables: Three Crafty Ways to Replace Single Use Paper Read More 👉
Fabric retailer J&O Fabrics recently added some eco options to their line, and they’re offering a 15% discount code good through the end of November if you want to try them out.
Fab Fabrics: Eco-Friendly Options from J&O Fabrics Read More 👉
Decorate for your Thanksgiving holiday entirely with crafts made from recycled materials, using these six tutorials.
Thanksgiving Crafts that You Can Make out of Recycled Materials Read More 👉
A clove apple is an old-fashioned craft that’s just as beautiful and effective today.
Make an Apple Pomander Just Like Ma Ingalls Read More 👉
Before you toss all your newspapers and magazines into the recycling bin, or throw out all your boxes, check out these ideas for DIY upcycled holiday gift wrap.
Preparing for a Green Christmas: DIY Gift Wrap Ideas Read More 👉
Here are five fabulous craft projects made from coffee cans.
Five Awesome Coffee Can Projects Read More 👉
Ten projects using those scraps of felt you’ve collected.
10 Projects Using Felt Scraps Read More 👉
Use an old plastic bangle and some strips of your favorite fabric to create a pretty fabric wrapped bracelet.
Gift-giving season is just around the corner, and we’ve got a handmade holiday on our minds! If you’re going to give handmade gifts, it’s best to get an early jump on making things.
The trickiest folks to shop for are the ones who seem to have everything they want already. I find that food-related gifts really win out in these situations. Here are some tasty gift ideas that are sure to please!
We’ve talked before about the high impact from denim production. While there are more sustainable denim options out there, the most eco-friendly option is probably second hand denim. Here are some tips for how to find and repurpose gently-used denim.
