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The Great Destash: How to Clean Out Your Craft Room
Spread the love: Have you been wanting to destash your craft supplies but weren’t sure where to start? Check out how I reduced my crafty stash by more than half! My husband and I are ever-so-casually...
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Eco-Friendly and Handmade Business Cards
Spread the love: Want to green your crafty business? Choosing eco-friendly marketing materials is a great first step. When you’re running a crafty business, you need some kind of promotional materials...
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Green Crafter Profile: Jamie Smith’s Upcycled Jewelry
Spread the love: Artist Jamie Smith creates beautiful handmade jewelry from all reclaimed materials. The Green Crafter Profiles continue with a Q&A with Jamie Smith of Discarded and Gleaned! I...
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HandCrafting Justice: Proof that Craft Can Change Lives
Spread the love: These Bolivian artisans support themselves with the goods they sell via HandCrafting Justice. For a lot of us, green crafting means using eco-friendly materials. Or maybe it means...
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How to Mend a Torn Tablecloth
Spread the love: Got a tablecloth with a rip or tear in it? Here’s how to mend a torn tablecloth in just a few easy steps! I love vintage linens, and one of my favorite pieces in my collection is a...
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What is craftivism?
Spread the love: We talk quite a bit about crafty activism here at Crafting a Green World, but what is craftivism, and how can you get involved? Craftivism is a term coined by Betsy Greer, one of my...
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Craftivism: 8 Crafty Groups Making a Difference
Spread the love: On Wednesday we talked a little bit about what craftivism means, and today I wanted to share some examples of groups that are using crafts to make a difference, whether it’s through...
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Craftivism: Even More Crafty Activism Goodness!
Spread the love: Any time you use your crafty skills to reduce waste, support a cause, or raise awareness, you’re practicing craftivism. Need a little inspiration? Check out this reader-generated list...
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4 Applique Techniques to Customize or Mend Your Sewing Projects
Spread the love: Got a sewing project that needs an oomph or a stain or tear you want to cover? They one of these applique techniques! Whether you’re new to sewing or a veteran seamster, you’ve got to...
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Hobby Lobby to Jewish Crafters: “We don’t cater to you people.” [updated]]
Spread the love: UPDATE (October 2, 2013): Hobby Lobby has responded to the incident with an apology. The following is the full apology, copied from their Facebook page. Below that is the full text of...
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Craftivism: Talking Human Rights for Blog Action Day
Spread the love: Craftivism is about more than using your crafts to make a difference. Let’s take a look at the link between craft supplies and human rights. Today is Blog Action Day! All over the...
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Craftivism in Action: Upcycled Sleeping Mats for Chicago’s Homeless
Spread the love: The craftivism group New Life for Old Bags transforms plarn into sleeping mats for the homeless in Chicago. When my friend Gwynedd shared this article that she wrote for Chicago...
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Upcycle Scaled Up: Can City Turns Waste into Art
Spread the love: What if you could upcycle hundreds of discarded tin cans into beautiful furniture? As ethical crafters, we try to upcycle reclaimed materials wherever we can, and that adds up to a...
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Children’s Books: The Old Green Chair Teaches Upcycling
Spread the love: The discarded chair finds itself by the side of the road, but the story doesn’t end there. Lots of children’s books teach valuable lessons, and The Old Green Chair shows kids the joy...
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E-Waste Jewelry by Marcele Godoy
Spread the love: Do you have e-waste – like old cables, chargers, and cords – laying around? Upcycle it into gorgeous jewelry! I’ll admit it: I am kind of obsessed with this amazing line of recycled...
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Craftivism in Action: Art Toilets in San Francisco
Spread the love: Non-profit LavaMae used craftivism to raise awareness about the struggles of San Francisco’s homeless population. What if you didn’t have access to a toilet or a shower when you...
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Origomu: Origami with Six Pack Rings
Spread the love: You’ve heard of origami – the art of paper-folding – but have you ever tried its craftivist cousin, origomu? Using your crafts to make a difference is an important part of craftivism,...
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Craftivism in Action: Lionel Stitchie
Spread the love: Artist Molly Evans uses craftivism hilariously to draw attention to end-of-semester waste. Evans calls the projet Lionel Stitchie, and she says that the project was: …born out of a...
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Craftivism in Action: Taking Seed Bombs to the Next Level
Spread the love: When tossed responsibly, seed bombs can be a fun way to add green to blighted areas, and the Flower Shell project wants to take them to the next level. Traditional seed bombs are a...
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How to Make Seed Bombs
Spread the love: We recently shared an article on extreme seed bombs that you fire out of a shotgun. A couple of folks have asked about how to make seed bombs with a little bit less firepower, and it...
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