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Betsy Greer turned Craftivism into a Masters thesis. The creator of Craftivism.com, she believes that crafting and activism are meant to be together. Her new book, Knitting for Good Knitting for Good, is a handbook of projects, tips, and thoughts on using your crafty skills to make the world around you a better place. It [...]

Have a great holiday, everyone! I’m on my way to Fort Lauderdale to see my family and BFFs! I hope you all have a wonderful week! I’m making an awesome vegan spread for my mom’s tree trimming party and promise to have some pictures of that when I get home!

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[Guerrilla Gardening. Creative Commons photo by Ondřej Lipár]
File this under genius! Carbon Copy has a recipe for making seed bombs. You carry these little home-made pellets around and toss them into places that could use a little bit of plant life. Read how to do it over at Ecolocalizer!

Patti Schiendelman over at the Craft blog posted about giving subscriptions to CRAFT and MAKE magazines to her kiddo’s school for Christmas. It sounds like it was a total hit!

[Photo by Patti Schiendelman]
Patti says, “the librarian often sends me emails telling me about kids and teachers discovering the magazines in the library and [...]

I’d been making these coffee cup cozies exclusively for craft shows, but folks loved them so much that it felt like it was time to put them up in my Etsy shop, too!

Moogsmum used this tutorial as a guide for making gift bags from recycled newspaper! She is a genius! Check out her round up of awesome recycled paper crafts.
[Image Credit: Moogsmum]

This past summer, Dave and I got into heading to The Highlander, a bar right next to the Midtown Art Cinema, and playing Scrabble. We would each get a pint and a salad and split a bowl of their fantastical tater tots while I trounced him at Scrabble. He always ordered his salads with ranch [...]

OK, I know…I’m a little late to the party on this one, but it’s too awesome to pass up! The Essex County Environmental Center held a gingerbread house contest, but these weren’t just any gingerbread houses - they had to contain green building elements. Check out the winners:

These cookies turn out sort of spicy like gingersnaps and are totally delicious! You can find the matcha powder online or at specialty shops. I picked up a huge jar at Trader Joe’s.

3/4c all-purpose flour (You can do up to half of the flour with whole wheat, if you want!)
1/2t cinnamon
1/4t nutmeg
1/2t ground [...]

[photo by Rancho Cocoa]
OK, guys, I’ll be honest. I was sick as can be at hand.craft.it this past Saturday. The whole day is sort of like a blur of crafts and shoppers and music. Luckily, Raoul over at Rancho Cocoa did a wonderful writeup! Read all about it!
Here are the two pictures [...]