Enter the Michaels “Craft Some Holiday Magic” Challenge
Check out the newest online craft challenge that encourages reuse and sponsored by Michaels stores.
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How to Make Recycled Paper Napkin Rings
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.
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Your Craft Space: Six Projects To Get You Organized
Six projects to help get your craft space organized.
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Green Crafter Profile: Recycled Fabric
Michelle Wilson of Recycled Fabric sources vintage and once-loved materials to create wonderfully feminine accessories.
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Ditching Disposables: Three Crafty Ways to Replace Single Use Paper
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!
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Fab Fabrics: Eco-Friendly Options from J&O Fabrics
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.
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Thanksgiving Crafts that You Can Make out of Recycled Materials
Decorate for your Thanksgiving holiday entirely with crafts made from recycled materials, using these six tutorials.
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Make an Apple Pomander Just Like Ma Ingalls
A clove apple is an old-fashioned craft that’s just as beautiful and effective today.
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Preparing for a Green Christmas: DIY Gift Wrap Ideas
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.
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Five Awesome Coffee Can Projects
Here are five fabulous craft projects made from coffee cans.
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10 Projects Using Felt Scraps
Ten projects using those scraps of felt you’ve collected.
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How-to: Fabric Wrapped Bracelet
Use an old plastic bangle and some strips of your favorite fabric to create a pretty fabric wrapped bracelet.
Handmade Holidays: Spice Mixes for Unique Gifts
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!
Fab Fabrics: Repurposed Denim
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.
How-to: Aromatheraphy Play Dough
Infusing homemade play dough with essential oils brings therapeutic value to an already fun toy.
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Make the Last of Autumn’s Leaves Last Forever with Leaf Printing
Leaf prints can be done in any medium and on any material, and are a beautiful reminder of the growing season.
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A Review of Great Gals: Inspired Ideas for Living a Kick-Ass Life
Hey ladies, need something to break through the everyday grind and remind you life is wonderful? Then check out this inspirational journal by Summer Pierre.
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ReadyMade Magazine Launches First Annual ReadyMade 100 Contest
Here’s a contest for all the crafty folks out there creating fabulous DIY projects- the first annual ReadyMade 100 DIY Contest.
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Five Homemade Kids’ Craft Supplies
Five homemade kids’ craft supplies that are non-toxic and easy to make.
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Green Crafter Profile: Recycled Brooklyn
Matt Loftice of RecycledBrooklyn found green crafting inspiration 1,300 miles away in New Orleans, Louisiana. Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, he saw an article about a man recovering all of the wreckage to rebuild his home after it was destroyed.
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Five Crafty Ways to Reuse Magazines
Oh, magazines. No matter how I try to keep you out of my life, you seem to claw your way back in. Whether it’s my husband’s gaming mags or issues that friends and family give me to read, those glossy wastes of paper seem to pile up in my house. Luckily, between my own crafty ideas and projects for my crafting class, there are plenty of ways to give those colorful pages a new life rather than tossing them into the bin.
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Designer Creates Prints using Oil from BP Oil Spill
London-based graphic designer Anthony Burrill is producing screen prints using oil from the Gulf BP oil spill.
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How-to: Book with a Secret Compartment
You know that you have treasures. Make yourself a book with a secret compartment to keep them safe.
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Kid Craft How-to: Plastic Juice Bottle Shaker
A plastic juice bottle and a handful of beans are all your child needs to make herself a simple and satisfying toy.
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5 Scarf Crafts to Bust Your Stash
Repurpose your old scarves into functional pieces for your everyday life.
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Five Handmade Trick or Treat Bags
Handmade trick-or-treat bags to make this Halloween even more earth-friendly.
Crochet Coral Reef at the Smithsonian
Margaret Wertheim and her twin sister worked for over three and a half years on a hyperbolic crochet model coral reef. Now, their creation is on display at the Smithsonian.
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PBS Kids GO! Announces Trash to Treasure Winners
PBS Design Squad challenged kids age 5-19 to create the next great eco-friendly invention using recycled items. They chose the winners a few weeks ago and those lucky kids got to visit Boston and see their inventions brought to life.
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Replace Candy with Sugar-Free, Eco-Friendly Halloween Treats
Pick from these ideas for non-candy treats that trick-or-treaters will love.
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Kid-Friendly, Eco-Friendly Face Paints
This Halloween, be proactive and provide your kids with face paints that are safe and eco-friendly as well as fun.
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Crafty in the Kitchen with SodaStream
Christmas is coming, do you want a home soda making machine? I didn’t because I thought they were complicated. But boy was I wrong, they couldn’t be easier to use.
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Make An Expandable File Folder from a Cereal Box
Cameron Blazer from the Cottage Industrialist has created a wonderful tutorial for creating a simple DIY expandable file folder from a cereal box and some other crafty bits.
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How-to: Thrift Store Figurine to Revamped Decor
A quick project that transforms forgotten figurines into unique pieces for your home.
Ten Tea Set Crafts
Take thrifted tea sets and turn them into unique projects for your home!
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Crafters Making a Difference
At its heart, crafting is about channeling our creative energy into something tangible. Sometimes we keep what we make, sometimes we sell it, sometimes we give our creations as gifts. Wouldn’t it be great if we could use our crafty skills to help people in need?
There are tons of crafty charities out there doing just that! Here are a few options for charitable crafting.