So, have you whipped up a few different spools of DIY washi tape yet? If not, head over to the washi tape tutorial to see how. Don’t worry. We’ll wait. OK, all set? Great! Now you’v...
You all continue to amaze me at the Green Crafts Showcase! Here are the top 5 projects for May! Please show some love by visiting all of these sites and encouraging them with comments! 1. Recycled He...
Well, tomorrow is June 1st and you know what that means–Father’s Day is right around the corner! Is your dad just too hard to shop for? Most of the time, we get my dad a gift card because...
Fellow Atlantans, are you ready? The Indie Craft Experience is this very weekend! This weekend marks the 14th Indie Craft Experience, and it’s going to be a doozy. Christy Petterson and Shannon...
With a few simple sewing techniques, you can upcycle one XL T-shirt into two pairs of shorts for your average kid under ten. In my first tutorial, I showed you how to sew a quick-and-dirty pair of ki...
Want to sew clothes for kids that are really, truly cheaper than purchasing them even from your favorite thrift store? Upcycling is ALWAYS the answer. Using one XL T-shirt (total cost: $1, plus tax, ...
Former CAGW writer Karen Lee and green beauty pro Mary Kearns have teamed up on a brand new endeavor: Herban Crafts. The duo is creating eco-friendly craft kits for folks who want to make their own b...
In a few weeks I’m moving into a rental home with two other roommates. We’re all musicians, so it’s a no-brainer that we’re going to have lots of musical items/instruments to ...
When I was younger (and even now) I loved to collect shells on the beach when my family went on vacation. When we got home, though, we had a ton of shells with no real purpose. Instead of storing the...
Isn’t washi tape just beautiful? Japanese paper tape comes in all sorts of colors and patterns, but unfortunately it’s pretty expensive and it’s not the most eco-frienly craft suppl...
Garden mint is aggressive! Personally, I appreciate mint because it’s one of the few plants that I can’t kill, but there’s only so much dried mint, mint pesto, and frozen fresh mint...
Is your garden overrun with mint? Yeah, mine, too. Fortunately, there is a good use for every single sprig of that generous bounty of mint. For instance, if you’ve ever purchased mint extract f...
Ever wanted to make your own beauty supplies but wasn’t sure how to start? A couple of my favorite crafters are launching a line of DIY beauty craft kits, but they need your help to get started...
Graduation time is here! Cards are so expensive to buy and are such a waste because most people throw them away. Instead, make your own from materials you already have! What You Will Need: 1. One sma...
Have you been looking at your wardrobe and thinking, “I have nothing to wear for summer!” After reading Julie’s post about how to upcycle a t-shirt into a tank-top, I was inspired t...
by Amanda Brandenberg Ed Note: We’re thrilled to have this guest post from Amanda Brandenberg of Ninth Street Notions! Amanda shows you how to turn a vintage bed sheet from the thrift store int...
I swear I’m not a germaphobe, but watching a dozen children reach their grimy hands into one big popcorn bowl at a recent children’s birthday party simply skeezed me out. I’d prefer...
Want an easy wardrobe make-over project, one that’s also quick to make, looks good, and is suitable even for the novice sewer? An upcycled tank top is a quick and easy sewing project to make fr...
One of my personal missions as a crafts writer is to make vegan crafting and green crafting accessible to everyone. A big part of doing that is helping folks find cruelty-free, eco-conscious alternat...
Let’s face it, Mother’s Day is two days away and even though I’ve warned you, you still haven’t made anything for your mom. Well, no fear my friends, I’ve put together a...
First and foremost, it is important to avoid using plastic water bottles if at all possible. You can recycle them, but as Becky wrote in the Ten Projects for Plastic Bottles post, all of that recycli...
Conventional fabric dyes are bad news. The runoff from fabric dye pollutes waterways, and the dyes themselves are not so healthy for workers who are around them day in and day out, either. Luckily, y...
You don’t have to be satisfied with art supplies that are simply “non-toxic.” Art supplies that come directly from nature, with minimal processing, are healthier, more environmental...
Natural materials make fabulous art supplies. Even when it’s raining outside, you can make good use of the weather by creating a watercolor painting project in which the rain is the most import...
I’m on hiatus from the craft market circuit, but if I were still doing shows, this one would be at the top of my list! If you’re into craft shows, chances are you’re familiar with t...
Wow! You guys absolutely amazed me this month! There were so many great ideas– it was hard to narrow it down to just 10. After a lot of deliberation, here are the top 10 projects from the April...
When thinking about more Mother’s Day ideas, I thought about how my mom prefers a plant rather than flowers. Flowers are more traditional on Mother’s Day, but environmentally they’r...
Hi folks…I normally write for Planetsave.com, and occasionally for Ecolocalizer and CleanTechnica. However, following my three day coverage of the first annual Recycling Arts and Resource Expo,...
A Waldorf doll is a work of art. Waldorf dolls are handmade from cotton fabric, stuffed with wool, and embellished with wool or cotton yarn hair. It’s a realistic-looking child doll, given warm...
Even if you regularly sew lovely dresses, it can be easy to forget that you must also often sew the correct foundation garments for those dresses. A child’s poofy skirt, for instance, for all i...
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