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March 11th, 2010 at 05:00am
Under St. Patrick's Day
[Editorial Note: I'm posting this on behalf of Celebrate Green! Info at bottom]
March can be a drab month–waiting for winter to end and the first signs of spring to emerge. That’s why, whether you’re Irish or not, celebrating St. Patrick’s Day is a cool idea–especially if you make it eco! Here are some simple, fun, affordable [...]
Continue Reading Guest Post: Eco-Friendly St. Patrick’s Day
Tags: green, St. Patrick's Day
By Caley
March 10th, 2010 at 11:23pm
Under St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick’s Day isn’t the craftiest of holidays for me. Let’s face it. How many shamrocks can you stand to make out of green construction paper? I’d much rather be cooking corned beef and drinking a tall mug of Guinness!
But since Caley (one of the editors of FaveCraft) asked me to provide a St. Patrick’s [...]
Continue Reading Guest Post: Lucky the Leprechaun Terrarium
Tags: green, St. Patrick's Day
By Maize Hutton
March 4th, 2010 at 05:19pm
Under Product Reviews
For the March Giveaway , we are giving away a gift basket of craft products from Earth Safe Finishes with a total retail value of $100.
Gift Basket Includes 1 each:
Gel Glaze
Acrylic Paint-Glacier
Fabric Magic
Perfect Paint-White
Acrylic Gouache
Marine Varnish Gloss
Sealer
Colorant (Black, Blue, Yellow, Red)
Contest ends April 1, 2010. You can enter once daily, so return often to improve [...]
Continue Reading March Giveaway: Earth Safe Finishes
Tags: eco, giveaways, green, paint
By Caley
January 14th, 2010 at 11:58am
Under Sites We Love
FaveCrafts was contacted recently by a company called Verve, which makes all-natural Glee Gum and Make Your Own Candy Kits. These kits include Make Your Own Chocolate, Make Your Own Chewing Gum and Make Your Own Gummies. Now while we certainly love the DIY focus here at FaveCrafts, I took a moment to check out [...]
Continue Reading Link Love: Glee Gum
Tags: food, green, Kids
By Caley
December 23rd, 2009 at 05:00am
Under Christmas+ Green Crafting
When all the presents have been opened on Christmas (or after the eight nights of Hannukah), you are likely to find yourself with a mound of crumpled and torn wrapping paper. While your first thought might be to throw everything away, think again! With crafting, you can recycle that wrapping paper in your own home, [...]
Continue Reading How to: Make your Own Paper from Leftover Wrapping Paper
Tags: Christmas, green, recycling
By Caley
October 16th, 2009 at 05:00am
Under Product Reviews
The clear stamps in this set are all on the theme of recycling, nature and helping the Earth. One of the stamps is a border of different images. You will need an acyrlic block to mount these stamps, but if you have a fondness for environmentalism, check this set out. Learn more and enter to [...]
Continue Reading Product Review and Giveaway: Go Green Stamps
Tags: giveaways, green, stamps
By Caley
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
September 18th, 2009 at 05:49am
Under Green Crafting+ When Creativity Knocks
I love to recycle plastic water and liter bottles into craft projects! I have done many projects over the years; but when I saw these Pumpkin Luminaries, I thought that they were a “FAVE”ulous idea! An easy and very inexpensive way to decorate for Halloween. I can just see these lining my walkway as the [...]
Continue Reading When Creativity Knocks: Recycle Plastic Bottles!
Tags: green, halloween, recycle
By Ana
September 15th, 2009 at 10:18am
Under Sewing
Have I expressed how much I love projects that reuse, recycle, repurpose? Too many times? Well, this sewing tutorial for old sweatshirts is just awesome! Carly J. Cais of Chic Steals turns 3 over-sized men’s sweatshirts into an amazing button tunic which converts into 2 different skirt styles. How fun! This is what she has [...]
Continue Reading Guest Sewing Tutorial: Sweatshirts into Chic Button Tunic
Tags: green, guest, recycle, Sewing, tutorial
By Caley
September 11th, 2009 at 05:00am
Under When Creativity Knocks
[This is the start of a series from When Creativity Knocks, a great online craft show we are excited to feature. Check back every Wednesday for information on the next video episode and great craft projects selected by Ana Araujo.]
Now that Labor Day is over and schools are in session, moms will be going though a [...]
Continue Reading When Creativity Knocks: Start the School Year Off Right with these Recycled Projects
Tags: green, recycled, summer, video
By Ana
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