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  • Anne Miek Bibber - fun jewelry


    art design kitsch ...Authority Authority: 117
    Here is an exception to my rule of only using my own pictures. But these one-of-a-kind creations were so irresistible, I had to show it with permission from the artist for the use of her pictures . Mill Stone Collars and other necklaces made from medicine cups. Colourful, original, fun, and I think it ...
    19 hours ago
  • Eco-Holiday Gift Guide Giveaway #7


    The EcoChicAuthority Authority: 124
    Giveaway Alert! Win a $20 gift certificate from myEARTH360! Shop using the holiday coupon code below!You may be wondering if there are stores out there that specialize in items for the eco-junkie in your life…YES!  myEARTH360 has some really unique items mixed with regular items like your reusable bottles.  They ...
    1 week ago
  • Robin Andreae Wildlife Felting Artist


    Craft GossipAuthority Authority: 164
        Robin lives in California and is an amazing wildlife artist using needle felting as her textile.  Her animals are so realistic and so anatomically correct that it is difficult to believe they are not existent.  She is a devoted wildlife advocate and communicates her concern through her art.  Robin sells ...
    1 week ago
  • Make your holiday greener with Second Time Designs


    Great Lakes Green PagesAuthority Authority: 425
    The holidays are almost here! Where did the year go, anyway? While the music, decorations, lights and gatherings can all be fun and exciting, they also generate a ton of waste. Anything that you can do to reduce your environmental footprint at this time of year is a good thing. That is why I am trying to feature ...
    1 week ago
  • Encourage Your Children to Express their Creative Side


    Heart of the Matter OnlineAuthority Authority: 546
    Oh how I love art and crafting. Although all my kids have their own favorite activities, I am a watercolor fan. I truly wish I had a bit more time to develop my drawing and painting skills. When I lived up north I would take the littletons to art museums often. The true beginning of this activity began for me the ...
    1 week ago
  • Art and giving back collide…


    Great Lakes Green PagesAuthority Authority: 425
    I love glass art. I am working on some of my own designs right now! But there is one company who is doing great designs from recycled glass bottles that is really cool. The company is From the Blue Bag . Taking waste out of both the waste AND recycle stream, this company creates cool glass art that is functional. ...
    1 week ago
  • Kris Kuksi’s Toy Sculptures are Nothing Like Toys


    GreenPacks.orgAuthority Authority: 130
    Sculptor Kris Kuksi’s excellence makes itself evident with these sculptures. Amazing as they look, they are in fact upcycled examples of old, discarded toys. The sculptor uses discarded toys to create these haunting sculptures that carry a medieval-ancient look. Old toys do make a major part of the sculptures, but ...
    1 week ago
  • Recycled Tea Light Holders


    Toxiferous DesignsAuthority Authority: 474
    Im really digging these recycled tea light holders made from bicycle parts! Theyve got a really great industrial look that makes them interesting to me.
    1 week ago
  • Dyed Wool Flower Pin


    Craft GossipAuthority Authority: 164
    Edie of Edie’s Fashion Factory posted this wool flower how-to on Cut-Out+Keep .  She offers you complete instructions and I think you will be happy with the results.  Edie says: I love finding a use for every last scrap of fabric in my project pile. Here’s a bit of dyed wool leftover from a recon’d sweater ...
    1 week ago
  • Kris Kuksi’s Recycled Toy Sculptures Will Scare the Kids


    INHABITATAuthority Authority: 734
    The beautiful thing about upcycled materials is that the end results often bear no resemblance to the original items. Such is the case with sculptor Kris Kuksi ’s toy sculptures, which are constructed out of old toys, statues, and mechanical parts. Read the rest of Kris Kuksi’s Recycled ...
    1 week ago
  • REVIEW: TerraCycle/Fashionation M&M’s Candy Wrapper Speakers


    The Impulsive BuyAuthority Authority: 461
    The company TerraCycle is much like a music producer who has to deal with Britney Spears’ recording sessions, they both take trash and turn it into something that can be marketed and sold. TerraCycle calls what they’re doing “upcycling,” while Britney’s music producers probably like to describe what they do ...
    1 week ago
  • Top Ten Recycling and Environmental Stories Of The Week (Nov.9-15) at Green Options


    Pacebutler BlogAuthority Authority: 120
    Community urban garden in PhiladelphiaHere are the our top 10 pick of the most interesting and informative recycling and environmental stories at Green Options Environment:The new wave of urban farming (and fresh food from small spaces!)Do you dream of an organic garden, but don’t have a yard? A flock of chicks, ...
    1 week ago
  • Felted Sweater Stuffed Pig


    FeltingAuthority Authority: 407
    This little pig is simply too adorable.  The instructions, template and sweater felting Instructions are clear and easy to follow.  This pig looks as if it were made with a patterns sweater which makes it cute.  But you could use a plain sweater and needle felt some embellishments using some wool roving.  Or you ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Recycled, Native, Socially Aware Eco Design from Argentina at Sustentable Festival [PHOTOS]


    TreeHuggerAuthority Authority: 699
    Photos: Paula Alvarado Argentine sustainable design was on the spotlight last week, when the second edition of Sustentable Festival took place in Buenos Aires featuring more than 100 products in an exhibition. Some of them familiar, some newish, we pick some of the objects and designs that called our attention in ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Interesting Argentine Eco Design at Sustentable Festival 09 [Photos]


    TreeHuggerAuthority Authority: 699
    Photos: Paula Alvarado Argentine sustainable design was on the spotlight last week, when the second edition of Sustentable Festival took place in Buenos Aires featuring more than 100 products in an exhibition. Some of them familiar, some newish, we pick some of the objects and designs that called our attention in ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Felted Jellyfishin’ by Stephen Hartley


    Craft GossipAuthority Authority: 164
      This is the cutest tutorial on how to make and felt a Jellyfishen .  The pattern is free and well as the felting instructions.  Stephen says: This felted jellyfish pattern was inspired by too many SpongeBob episodes and my insatiable need to felt high-end yarns.  The pattern is fun, easy, and fast.  You ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Crafty ways to creatively re-use leftover prescription bottles


    The eDrugSearch BlogAuthority Authority: 100
    If you have a medication you take regularly, you’re familiar with the problem of waste created by prescription pill bottles. Some people go through several bottles a month —  and many municipalities do not recycle this type of plastic. Fortunately, some ultra-creative people have thought up some clever, thrifty ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Felt Pencil Stub Case How to


    Craft GossipAuthority Authority: 164
    I found this very unique and fun project on “Instructables” that I know I would not have thought of myself. Pencils wear down. You get stubs. You don’t have anywhere to put them. But this designer does, because they made a felt pencil case with different sized slots for different sized pencils. Now all your ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Stump the Dump with Ubico Studio


    3ringsAuthority Authority: 434
    Terminology in any field can be nebulous at best, with popular words like “recycled” being thrown around carelessly. That’s why I have to exercise a large measure of skepticism when I read about a company’s “green” practices. Reading the fine print becomes a job requirement. In the end, we have to ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Knit Picks Free Patterns and Felting Yarn sale


    Craft GossipAuthority Authority: 164
          Get-a-jump on your holiday knitting and felting with the help of Knit Picks .  There are many adorable patterns and the yarns are affordable so you can stock up.   They also sell all the products for your knitting needs.   I know a friend that needs the oven mitts and I will be making a ...
    2 weeks ago

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