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Emiko and Shana of “Accessorize With Toys” at Maker Faire

May 26, 2010 by Stefanie Girard 1 Comment

Emiko and Shana have hit upon a great idea! They host workshops called “Accessorize with Toys” where they bring all sorts of recycled toys and everything you need to make jewelry and small sculptures to parties and eco-events.

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Copy paper boxes recycled into pretty storage

May 18, 2010 by Stefanie Girard Leave a Comment

I use copy paper boxes to organize all sorts of my craft supplies and holiday decorations. But I never thought of trying to make them pretty. Well reader Kathleen sent in a link to her blog Beyond A Mom where … Read More ...

St. Patrick’s Day Blarney Stone from…a stone!

March 8, 2010 by Stefanie Girard Leave a Comment

OK this may be obvious but all you need to do is grab a rock and paint it using the fun tutorial found over at Kaboose. Now “recycling” a rock is well, I suppose a bit of a stretch here … Read More ...

Review: The Purplebook Green: An Eco-friendly Online Shopping Guide

March 5, 2010 by Stefanie Girard Leave a Comment

The Purplebook Green: An Eco-friendly Online Shopping Guide

By

Hillary Mendelsohn and Ian Anderson

This is a very cool book packed full of great info and ideas.

What I mean by that is that sometimes you know what you’re looking

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How to recycle a paperback book cover into a postcard

February 22, 2010 by Stefanie Girard 1 Comment

Over at Apartment Therapy there is a fun project from the upcoming book Playing With Books: The Art of Upcycling, Deconstructing, and Reimagining the Book by Jason Thompson for turning a book cover into a fun postcard.

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Recycle a Large Vinegar bottle into a treasure bucket

February 16, 2010 by Stefanie Girard Leave a Comment

The super crafty mom Rebecca of the blog This Present Life sent in this great tutorial she posted on how to turn a large plastic bottle into a treasure bucket! I think this would make a spectacular easter egg hunting … Read More ...

Book Review: Steampunkery by Christi Friesen

February 12, 2010 by Stefanie Girard 1 Comment

OK you may be asking yourself why is this book review of Steampunkery in the Recycled Crafts section? I’ll tell you. One of the cool aspects of the Steampunk  style is the reuse and recycling of old elements in new … Read More ...

Creatively-Green Eco Friendly Valentines Blog Hop

February 11, 2010 by Stefanie Girard 1 Comment

This just in from Jackie:

At Creatively-Green we’ve put together a sweet blog hop! The CREATIVELY-GREEN ECO FRIENDLY VALENTINES BLOG HOP! That will run February 11th through 14th! Get ready for some fun! We will have exciting challenges, a ton … Read More ...

Listia, a cool auction site that is based on swapping not money

February 4, 2010 by Stefanie Girard 2 Comments

I want to thank reader Nancy for sending this site suggestion in! This is a screen shot of her auction over at Listia. Listia is a place where you get credits by setting up auctions to swap for other … Read More ...

The coolest recycling thing I learned at the Craft Super Show and CHA Winter 2010

January 28, 2010 by Stefanie Girard 1 Comment

Kunin felt and all Kunin products are made from Eco-fi, high-quality polyester fiber made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles! Can you believe that! I had no idea. Kunin felt is a staple in so many adult and kid crafts, … Read More ...

Recycle record album covers into file folders

January 27, 2010 by Stefanie Girard 1 Comment

filefolder2-300x192 I so need to make these! What a great idea. I love the old graphics on record albums but I need to keep my paperwork organized. You too? Pop on over to Clever Nesting for the tutorial!

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Day 1 of the big Craft Super Show in Anaheim, CA and this is my favorite recycling new tool

January 22, 2010 by Stefanie Girard Leave a Comment

414Cgfqms-L._SL500_AA280_I have posted a couple of projects that utilize recycling a drinking straw but here is such a cute tool, A Wacky Whirly,  for cutting a drinking straw into a cool spiral. It is kind of like if you … Read More ...

Vintage Record album cover gets recycled into a fun notebook cover

January 6, 2010 by Stefanie Girard 1 Comment

Picture_007_1256917066 Old record album covers are a great source of vintage graphics and images to use in recycled craft projects. Here is a fun notebook made from a record album cover project and tutorial posted by Tate et Moi at Cut … Read More ...

Recycled Book Review: Build It! With Pallets

December 30, 2009 by Stefanie Girard 2 Comments

how to recycle pallets

Build It! With Pallets is a fun little book. If you are a handy sort and like to build stuff out of found wood pallets this is a great source for how-to projects. There are great instructions with nice little … Read More ...

Recycle that ornament box into a festive Christmas decoration

November 27, 2009 by Stefanie Girard Leave a Comment

6a00d8341c322253ef010535c4c00c970b-pi Over at the blog Georgia Peachez this cleaver crafter made the cutest Christmas decorations by recycling the boxes that old ornaments came in. Wow! So cute.

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