Green Crafter Profile: Green Gypsies
Karin McArdle of Green Gypsies creates one-of-a-kind pieces and truly believes that “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”
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How-to: Cereal Box Notepad
A quick and easy project, that shows you how-to reuse your cereal boxes and create fast and cute notepads.
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Public Fruit Jam: Canning Celebrates Community
I have canning on the brain these days! It seems like I run across tasty canning recipes constantly. Last week, I stumbled on yet another great canning idea: public fruit jam.
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Beat Holiday Waste with Reusable Gift Wrap
The U.S. generates an average of five million tons more waste during the holiday season, and the bulk of that is all of that beautiful, paper giftwrap that goes straight to the bin after we open our gifts.
Luckily, we don’t have to resort to disposables when it comes to wrapping gifts. There are a few more eco-friendly options out there. Here are some of my favorites.
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How-to: Pizza Box Playset
Two recycled pizza boxes, hot glue, and waxed paper or aluminum foil are all you need to make an easy, versatile playset for your child.
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Harvest a Year’s Worth of Natural Crafting Supplies in Autumn
Now’s the time to gather enough pinecones, acorns and other natural autumn treasures to enhance your crafting for the entire year.
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8 Great Eco-Halloween Kid Crafts
It IS possible to have an eco-friendly Halloween!
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A Review of Sewing for Dummies 3rd Edition
Is Sewing for Dummies the answer to a stitchless life?
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Three Tips for Canning Safety
Yesterday, we talked about how to get your craft on and preserve the summer bounty at the same time. Home canning is fun and rewarding, but you want to make sure that those tasty canned fruits and veggies are safe to eat when you pull them out of the pantry.
Getting Crafty in the Kitchen: Five Tasty Canning Recipes
Summer is officially over, which for folks in the northern hemisphere means the end of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and other summery fruits and veggies. If your garden has been productive, or the farmers market or CSA is overflowing with produce, now is the time to preserve that all of that good summery food!
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Five Newspaper Crafts to Help You Reuse before You Recycle
Before you recycle your newspaper, reuse it one last time to make one of these eco-friendly newspaper crafts.
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The Classic Newspaper Hat Tutorial, Now with Your Choice of Paper!
Ever wondered exactly how to make a newspaper hat? Here’s a variation on the classic newspaper hat tutorial that can use any paper you like.
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Give Halloween Costumes New Life with the National Costume Swap
Make Halloween green this year by participating in a costume swap.
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Win a REVEAL Recycled Handbag
Win a luxurious eco-friendly handbag from REVEAL.
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Graffiti Art: All Natural Graffiti Made from Moss
Unlike spray paint, moss graffiti art is all natural and healthy to work with. You can paint words or images, and the moss fills in like magic! It’s easy as pie to whip up a batch of moss paint. Here’s how!
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Fab Fabric? Spray on Cotton
An engineer and a fabric designer have recently teamed up to create cotton fabric that comes in a can. Let’s take a look at this new spray on fabric and talk about its pros and cons.
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Fall Crafting: Five Nature Projects to Do in Autumn
Autumn craft projects celebrate fall with natural materials from the harvest.
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Grow a Magical Fairy Garden in Less Than One Week
You can have a beautiful and magical fairy garden in less than one week! The secret is chia seeds.
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Get a Head Start on Eco-Halloween Crafts
Here are some green Halloween crafts to get you in the mood for the upcoming holiday.
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Jewelry Made from the Pages of Your Favorite Book
Littlefly in the UK has created something truly unique- jewelry made from the pages of books.
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Fall Crafting: Acorns
Acorns are a great natural craft supply. Learn how to incorporate these tiny nuts into your crafting and get in the mood for fall.
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Crafty Reuse: Ink Cartridge Art
UK ink cartridge company Ink and Media was tired of watching used cartridges heading to the landfill. They wanted to show that empty cartridges are useful after the ink is gone, so they invited artist Faith Pearson to come up with some ink cartridge art.
She blew them away.
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Fab Fabrics: More Burlap Love
Burlap is not just an eco-friendly fabric option, it’s also inexpensive and sometimes even free! Many coffee shops receive bulk coffee orders in burlap sacks and are happy to give extras away. Here are some tips for sewing with burlap and an added eco-friendly bonus.
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How-to: Layer Melted Crayon Creations for More Creativity
Layering melted crayons rather than just throwing all your crayon stubs into a mold results in crayons that are cuter and just plain work better.
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Art Blocks: A Painted Wooden Building Blocks Tutorial
Painting your wooden building blocks gives them new life, and you’ll know they’re non-toxic!
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Sew Pillowcases for a Cause
Throughout September, Conkerr Cancer volunteers are sewing miles and miles of pillowcases to bring smiles to the children in hospitals.
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Conserve Energy with Homemade Curtains
A large percentage of the heat we lose in our homes escapes right through the windows. If you aren’t able to replace old windows with efficient ones, you can still help keep your home cozy and use less electricity or natural gas by whipping up nice, heavy curtains to help insulate drafty windows.
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Fab Fabrics: Sustainable Denim from Clariant
We’ve talked about denim’s planetary impact and even explored some eco-friendly denim alternatives before, so you can imagine how happy I was to run across a new company offering Earth friendly denim!
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Lead Paint Swabs Help You Thrift with Confidence
Inexpensive, easy-to-find, and simple-to-use lead paint swabs help you shop at thrift stores, secondhand stores, and garage sales without worrying that your purchases are contaminated by lead paint.
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DIY Crafts: Ten Ways to Repurpose an Altoids Tin
Altoids tins are icons of upcycling. Even folks who aren’t into DIY crafts often reuse these handy containers for things like storing change or organizing small knick knacks. With a little bit of crafty love, you can turn that humble Altoids container into all sorts of fun creations!
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