Here’s all you need to make your own batch of cinnamon dough: one cup of cinnamon. Yes, one CUP!!! This project is made for those people (cough, cough it me cough) who overbuy the giant spice container every winter out of a fear of somehow running out during holiday baking. The struggle IS real, though: one year I 100% found myself Googling “DIY powdered sugar” at 9pm on Christmas Eve, and I never want to relive that experience....
I can’t promise you that there will not be ducks in bonnets or painted wooden slices of watermelon. No…wait. I CAN promise you that. This is Bazaar Bizarre that we’re talking about! There are no quillows at Bazaar Bizarre, unless maybe they’re shaped like tauntauns, or have dinosaurs on them. There are no crocheted tissue box covers, unless they have skulls ‘n crossbones crocheted into them. As one of the best of the national indie craft fairs, Bazaar Bizarre takes crafting to a whole new level, showcasing the kinds of stuff that only indie crafters could think up....
Craft an elegram and save the elephants! That’s the promise behind The Nature Conservancy’s 20,000 Elephants campaign: craft an elegram, upload it to social media or the gallery with the hashtag “#elegram,” and help The Nature Conservancy reach the 20,000 elegrams needed to secure at least $23,000 of promised funding for the successful completion of their campaign. The campaign’s premise is its projected figure of 20,000 elephants that will be born this year, and The Nature Conservancy’s goal to help them be saved from extinction due to poaching....
Crafty couple, Matt and Tiffany Rogers, handcraft incredible artisan goods through their shop Everyday Eclectic. Their awesome products include fragranced soy candles, natural soaps, and room and linen spray– and all are made using high quality, natural materials and their fragrances are made with pure essential oils. They also have adorable necklaces called “Plucky Charms” that are composed of repurposed and and vintage-inspired charms. Most are created with vintage watch faces, too, which I love!...
I know, I know… it’s not exactly a craft supply. But those of you who’ve been here before know how deeply obsessed I am with vintage bottles. We live next door to a drive-in movie theater that’s been around since 1955, and apparently in the 1950s when you took out the trash at the drive-in, a perfectly acceptable receptacle was the woods behind the screen. That’s why I have my full share, and then some, of vintage bottles from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, and I am spoiled for choice about what to do with them....
The publishers expressed regret in an announcement on their website, citing the increasing costs of printing and distribution, decreased interest from advertisers in print format and sustained traffic to their digital version as factors in this decision. CRAFT and MAKE are projects of O’Reilly Media, Inc., known for showcasing innovation in their family of instructional books and magazines. Sources say that the print version of MAKE is not in danger of a similar fate; in fact, they expect the decision to scale back one magazine will benefit the quality and livelihood of both publications....
Pratt was the star of this year’s ICFF Design Schools’ Exhibition with their Design for a Dollar contest. Amazingly, with the design constraint of using a buck or less, the Pratt students invented brilliant eco home ideas (many upcycled from totally discarded items). The competition required students to create designs that include manufacturing costs, transportation, energy, material, labor and waste issues. Pratt’s professor of industrial design, Mark Goetz, recently told Fast Company: Having personally attended Pratt to learn more about design before going to a larger university, I can honestly say this is a remarkable project for their industrial design department!...
Uh oh. Did you forget to pick out a Christmas tree this year? The pickings are getting slim, but maybe that’s for the best. Instead of a sheddy tree that you have to curb at the end of the month, you can make a recycled forever tree that has a lot more heart. I’m loving these recycled DIY Christmas tree ideas! This post is part of Important Media’s More Love, Less Stuff holiday event....
What You Will Need: An old patio table that needs a makeover. I bought mine at a garage sale for $1! Low VOC spray paint A homemade all purpose cleaner and a rag A spray sealer like polycrylic (optional) How To Do It: Clean your patio table with a homemade all purpose cleaner and a rag. Make sure you take the time to get in the nooks and crannies — anything you don’t clean now will show up in your new paint job later....
I LOVE HALLOWEEN! But I admit,I don’t really get into the dress-up part. So instead of a full costume, I usually end up putting my effort into one creative thing – like a cool mask or a cape of some sort. I do just enough to prove that I’m not a party-pooper! This year, I plan to WOW everyone with my monster headband. It’s a good mix of found items and a few craft staples....
A lot! If you’re thinking about living your life after nuclear war/government shutdown/killer plague/zombies, then you’re thinking about making use of a society’s very limited pre-existing resources. You’re making an igloo out of empty milk jugs, not browsing the aisles of Hobby Lobby for adorable Disney-themed scrapbooking stickers. Now, some prepper projects are meant to be used only after society has gone to hell. You’re not whipping out your powdered egg and potato jarred meals and rehydrating them for dinner unless you really HAVE to, you know?...
Brown beer bottles make the perfect centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table! Yes – I’m totally serious. And you only need a few simple and cheap craft supplies to make them holiday-worthy. This is a 5-minute Thanksgiving craft that’s worth your time! DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces Supplies Beer bottles (3-12) Ribbon (2 sizes. 1 1/2 inches and 1/4 inch ribbon) Foam board or leftover craft paper Hot glue Scissors Tape Wood letters that spell “THANKSGIVING” Flowers...
I get pure joy out of finding use for something that’s bound for the trash. It’s an especially nice feeling when I can combine two extremely different items to create something that’s super-cute and unique. Can you say “egg candles” anyone?! Egg shells plus half-used candle nubs equals an EASY EGG CRAFT that will put you in the mood for spring! Supplies Eggs Pushpin Old taper or votive candles...
You too can make your own costume and make it more environmentally friendly with the resources that we here at Crafting a Green World have given you throughout our blog posts. It’s not that scary, just remember these three tips: Use what you have first If you don’t have the perfect item to create your outfit, then Thrift it. If the first two tips have not produced all the items needed for your ghoulish garb, use eco-friendly items such as yarn or fabric to create your monster personality....
I’ve made garden beds using the lasagna method, I’ve made garden beds using a broadfork, and I’ve made garden beds using a plain old shovel, but it was only recently that I finally got my hands on a real, live electric tiller. I had expected the electric tiller to be by far my favorite method–after all, I’d been longing to check this tiller out of our local food pantry’s Tool Share program since spring!...
What to do, what to do? The best thing is that there are loads of cool projects designed for felted wool, and its versatility means that there are just as many projects for beginners as there are for the most advanced crafters. What to do with felted wool? Well, here are five things to start with: What do you make out of your felted wool?
Anything that would look pretty in it could be packaged in a re-usable glass jar, from handmade pajamas to homemade cookies to a handful of Hexbugs, which is what my own daughters happen to be asking Santa for this year. The thing that really makes this particular glass gift jar from Coordinately Yours so special is the addition of a lovely paper label and handwritten tag. You could use a variety of stash scrapbooking or vintage papers for your own labels and tags, customized for the holiday and the recipient....
Any time that I happen to find myself in Ann Arbor, Michigan, I make sure, I not only check out the farmer’s market and the Hands-on, but that I absolutely visit what may be my favorite thrift shop AND craft supply shop AND shop that specializes in indie handmade goods: Found. Found focuses on vintage and recycled items- these are the things that are found and given a new life....
Second hand stores are gleaming with craft finds like retro sewing patterns, stacks of fabric, old curtains, sheets and clothes. Clothes that not even your grandmaw could love anymore…but what if all these things could be reconstructed into something new? Craftalicious designers like Amour Sans Anguish and Supayana take discarded and way out of style garments and turn them into brand new eco fashionista dreams. Layer upon layer of eco couture and smart redesign....
Dog bed from salvaged wood and a recycled coffee sack Matt Loftice of RecycledBrooklyn found green crafting inspiration 1,300 miles away in New Orleans, Louisiana. Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, he saw an article about a man recovering all of the wreckage to rebuild his home after it was destroyed. “Doors, windows, lumber…he was he was grabbing stuff that looked like garbage and making piles near his property, determined to start over using little more than his hands and hard work,” said Matt....
