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Recycled Coffee Filter Flowers

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Yeah, I know this one is kinda an “oldie-but-a-goodie,” but I had such a good time making them today that I thought I’d share it here, too…just to remind you how much fun you can have with the garbage you generate! My recycled objects were all collected after breakfast: 5 or 6 coffee filters (per [...]

Recycling Your Plastic Eggs

Monday, April 12, 2010

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Hello, Earth-conscious crafters! Easter is just past and we’re gearing up for Earth Day, so I’m “rerunning” an article I wrote two years ago on what to do with your left-over plastic eggs. Enjoy! Well, here we are, Easter is over, and now we have copious amounts of those annoying plastic Easter eggs. (Well, actually [...]

Craft Product Review: Eco Green Crafts Acrylic Paint

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

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I wrote about Eco Green Crafts and it’s fabulous founder, Julie Andrus during my coverage of CHA Winter for CraftCritique, and I was very excited to get these acrylic paints out and play a little! If Eco Green Crafts is a new company for you, you are about to be pleasantly surprised: it’s a company [...]

Crafting a Healthier World with Eco Green Crafts

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

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Being “green” is all the rage- we see a LOT of crafting with recycled elements, using less-toxic materials, and “using up” to decrease waste. How wonderful is it, then, to find a craft product company who is striving to do the same? Enter Eco Green Crafts. It’s a brand-spankin’ new company founded by Julia Andrus [...]

Market Tote from JoAnn’s

Sunday, February 24, 2008

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I was checking out my Sunday JoAnn’s circular when I noticed this Market Bag Tote and Coupon Holder. It’s promoted as a “green” alternative to plastic shopping bags, and it’s super-cute to boot. And I have enough fabric stashed away to make enough for every shopper in northeast Ohio. But I digress. Anyhoo, I dug [...]