Green Crafting
March 12th, 2010 at 05:00am
Under Green Crafting
Dear Maria,
Do you have any ideas for those orange Rx bottles? My husband is on many medicines and I hate to throw these bottles away. I use them to save buttons, razor blades, needles etc., but I wonder if you have other ideas. Thanks.
Maria C.
ANSWER
Make sure that the pill bottles [...]
Continue Reading Ask Maria “What To Do With All Those Bottles!”
Tags: crafter, crafting, crafts, Easter crafts, Green Crafting, Maria Nerius, recycle pill bottles
By Maria
March 10th, 2010 at 11:09am
Under Easter
Easter is on its way, it’s one of my favorite holidays. Every year we go to my aunt’s house for the greatest brunch ever. We have a french toast casserole, an egg casserole, hash browns, bacon, muffins, bagels, fresh fruit and so much more. Of course we have orange juice and mimosas as well.
My aunt [...]
Continue Reading How to: Make an Easter Basket with Green Crafting
Tags: Easter, easter baskets, Green Crafting
By Christine
February 2nd, 2010 at 10:59am
Under Green Crafting+ Home Decor and Design
Decorating your home doesn’t have to be as expensive as you think. Not only can you make your decorations by getting crafty, but you can also make these decorations out of recycled materials. Don’t throw out everything you think is considered garbage. Go green and craft with your old, used or “garbage” materials.
CD Case Picture Frame- [...]
Continue Reading Home Decor Tuesday: Green Crafting
Tags: Green Crafting, recycled crafts
By Christine
December 27th, 2009 at 09:30am
Under Gifts+ Green Crafting
You know the old saying “out with the old and in with the new.” Instead of purging your things and throwing them away, this New Year, make old things new again with crafting. Everyone is looking for a way to start fresh as we prepare to enter into a brand new year, 2010. With your [...]
Continue Reading Gift Sunday: New Year Crafts with Old Things
Tags: gift ideas, Green Crafting, holiday crafting, new year crafts
By Kristen
December 4th, 2009 at 04:12pm
Under Craft Festivals+ Green Crafting
This weekend, December 5 and 6 is the holiday edition of the Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago. I’ll be attending on Saturday to check out the 150+ indie-crafters and designers that will be showcasing their work. I’m excited to see how holiday crafting trends are shaping up in the indie-crafting world. Often times indie-crafts take [...]
Continue Reading Holiday Renegade Craft Fair, Chicago Part 1
Tags: burlap works, earth cadets, Green Crafting, renegade craft fair chicago
By Kristen
October 9th, 2009 at 10:29am
Under Guest Post+ Uncategorized
Behold! My first contribution as a guest on this wonderful site, and this here thus, is my first guest blog post. I’m so excited I can barely contain my “yehaws and guffaws!”.
Ladies (and perhaps some gentlemen) if you are like me, you have a wonderful husband who holds onto his youth through his t-shirt collection. [...]
Continue Reading Guest Post: Recycle Your Husband’s Old T-shirts
Tags: blogger contribution, craft, grateful dead, green, Green Crafting, recycle, recycled crafts, Sewing, t-shirt crafts
By Stephanie
August 24th, 2009 at 02:04pm
Under Christmas+ Green Crafting
Don’t let Christmas trees be the only thing green in your home this holiday season. There are tons of ways to craft while being good to the environment and recycling some of your old decorations or fabrics from projects past.
One of the easiest ways to implement a few green crafts into your annual decor is [...]
Continue Reading Red and GREEN Craft Ideas
Tags: budget-friendly crafts, Christmas Crafts, Green Crafting, ornaments
By Kristen
August 24th, 2009 at 01:40pm
Under Green Crafting
I always love to look for new and innovative ways that crafters and artists are creating from recycled goods. I came across an interesting art form last night in a somewhat unusual way. I was watching the new ABC show “Shark Tank” (embarrassing, I know), in which inventors and entrepreneurs vie for the money of [...]
Continue Reading Recycled Chopstick Art
Tags: chopstick art, Green Crafting, recycled crafts
By Mindy
July 30th, 2009 at 08:00am
Under Home Decor and Design
Recently, I have been helping my parents clean out their house. I have continually been shocked by how much they have been able to accumulate over the years. A few weeks ago, I stumbled into their old record collection. I was flabbergasted that my parents actually used to listen to good music. We were able [...]
Continue Reading Turn Old Vinyl Into New Crafts
Tags: decorating ideas, green craft, Green Crafting, home decor, recycled crafts
By Matt
July 16th, 2009 at 08:18am
Under Green Crafting
As the old saying goes, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure, and that cliche saying turned out true for me. Last weekend, my friend and I were walking along on our way to get something to eat when all of a sudden he darted into an alleyway. I followed him, until we were standing [...]
Continue Reading How To Turn Trash Into Treasure
Tags: DIY, green craft, Green Crafting, recycled crafts, Sewing
By Matt