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Folks don’t necessarily associate crafting with activism, but like my pal Kelly Rand, I’m a firm believer that crafters can help save the world. Craft is more than just making things by hand. When you start habitually making things, it changes your perspective.
I’ve always had a tough time with new year’s resolutions, but last year I made a crafty one, and it was so much fun that I decided to do the same thing this year. I talked a bit more in-depth about my new year’s resolution over at Green Upgrader, but I thought I’d share mine here, too, and I hope that you’ll share yours!
There’s a new maker collective here in Atlanta, and they’ve got lots of awesomeness up their sleeves!
For years, we’ve put up an artificial Christmas tree. We got the tree second hand when Dave’s sister decided she didn’t need a second one in her shop, so my logic was that diverting this plastic tree from the landfill was definitely the greenest option.
How freaking cool is this acorn cap project from Kiwi Crate? You could attach a loop to the back and string these on a necklace or wire them into a pair of earrings. So fun! How would you make these into proper beads? Speak up, my jewelry-making pals!
Something I realized when Shannon and I were planning our notes for the Green Crafts panel at the Summit of Awesome is that there’s a lot of talk about how to be a greener crafter, but we don’t talk as much about why green crafting is important. I thought I’d share why it matters [...]
I talk a lot about upcycling here, at Crafting a Green World, and at Green Upgrader. It’s becoming a pretty popular concept in the craft world, and like with any concept that starts to take off, I think the meaning has gotten a bit watered down. So, what is upcycling, really?
A vegan superstar is selling teal cats to help cat rescue programs make ends meet!
Isa Chandra Moskowitz is one of my cooking heroes, no question. I’ve been following her since I bought a DVD of her public access cooking show, The Post Punk Kitchen, and I own almost every single one of
You guys! I am thrilled to announce that one of my very favorite local green crafters, Shannon Mulkey, and I are going to be doing a green crafting panel at this year’s Summit of Awesome in Baltimore, MD!
I couldn’t be more honored to be participating in this event with so many crafty superstars.
So, before I headed out on vacation, I shared those awesome vegan feathers. Vegan crafting is something that’s been on my mind a lot lately. So much, in fact, that I wrote a whole series on vegan crafting for Crafting a Green World. While I firmly believe that a vegan lifestyle [...]
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