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.
Conserve Energy with Homemade Curtains Read More 👉
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!
Fab Fabrics: Sustainable Denim from Clariant Read More 👉
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.
Lead Paint Swabs Help You Thrift with Confidence Read More 👉
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!
DIY Crafts: Ten Ways to Repurpose an Altoids Tin Read More 👉
It’s extreme recycling with a Ripley’s Believe It or Not! twist.
New Ripley’s Believe It or Not Book Features Extreme Trash to Treasure Stories Read More 👉
Here are five paper aging techniques using everyday household materials you can apply to recycled paper to give you a great, aged effect!
Five Paper Aging Techniques Read More 👉
Here are ten ways to reuse glass jars. From sand art to pickles, there are glass jar crafts here for everyone.
10 Glass Jar Crafts: Something for Everyone! Read More 👉
Paula has been a crafter since she was a kid and has a love for all things vintage. She’s very environmentally conscious in her crafting. You can really see that love come through in her carefully-chosen vintage fabric bundles.
Fab Fabrics: Vintage Finds from Paula’s Patchwork Read More 👉
Babywearing is not only great for baby, but is also easy and affordable when you sew your own native-style baby carriers using any of these tutorials.
Crafty Babywearing 101: Recreate Your Favorite Baby Carriers Read More 👉
Crafting handmade items for favorite charities and local causes is a valuable substitution for monetary donations or regular volunteer hours. Find out the ins and outs of crafting for charity.
Craft for Good, not Evil: Crafting as Volunteering Read More 👉
Use up your left over clothespins with these five crafty things make with clothespins.
5 Clothespin Crafts to Use Up Your Extra Clothespins Read More 👉
This book is full of useful advice any potential small business owner could use but it is geared specifically for those selling handmade items.
A Review of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Selling Your Crafts Read More 👉
Bag monsters made from 500 plastic bags combine craft and activism to rally in support of a California ban on plastic bags.
Citizen Bag Monsters To Take Over Ghirardelli Square Thursday Read More 👉
Vancouverite Katherine Soucie turns used dryer sheets into fantastic pieces of clothing.
Extreme Upcycling: A Dress Made from Dryer Sheets Read More 👉
Do you have a pile of old sweaters that no longer fit but you just can’t bear to throw them out? How about reusing and upcycling them into something else?
Here are ten crafty ways to reuse old sweaters.
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