Tag: Crafts - Page 8
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Ways To Keep Your Halloween Décor From Sucking...Energy
Is it just me or is Halloween on steroids this year? As I strolled the sleepy, autumn streets of Park Slope, Brooklyn it seemed as though my neighborhood's infamous brownstones were way more jazzed up than ever with flashing, electronic pumpkins,
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Stitch'T: Saving T-shirts One Quilt at a Time
If you're inundated by T-shirts but are unwilling to part with them for sentimental reasons, consider turning them into a commemorative quilt. Sewing not quite your thing? Stitch'T is here to help.
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New Designs For Cork and Recycled Plastic
Young designers are using new materials in innovative ways and the Royal College of Art show is a good place to check them out. Yemi Awosile is fascinated with cork, one of the great ecological materials--it is a natural material that can be renewably
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At London Design Festival, the Thonet Project
Thonet chairs are the classic and quintessential french cafe chair. We have been looking at them in french films, paintings and restaurants forever. Particularly the No.14--it was created in 1862, and by 1930 almost 50 million had been sold. Le
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Echoes of Gandhi in Electricity-Generating Spinning Wheel: A "Micro-Power Plant" for the Poor
Image: Gandhi with spinning wheel (Margaret Bourke-White, LIFE) It's a fitting modern tribute in a country where every major town has either a statue or a street named after Mahatma Gandhi — the man who saw the charkha or spinning wheel as a powerfu
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Green Eyes On: The Return of the Cottage Crafts
A handmade pony tale holder and rag doll made of recycled fabric, available on Etsy. There's a new trend that, quite frankly, has me excited. A growing number of people (women in particular, but by no means is this a femme-exclusive category) are making
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5 Reuses for: Bowls, Back to School Thrift Finds and Chicago's Green City Guide
:: Get crafty with old, mis-matched kitchen bowls.
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More Uses For Old Lightbulbs: Concrete Wall Hooks
It is sort of like brass baby booties; when our walls are all embedded with LEDs and lighting is part of the fabric of our house, we will be able to answer the question "grandpa, what's a lightbulb?" If we have made these lovely concrete lightbulb wall
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Eco-Knitting for the Adventurous
For the crafty out there in the audience, Shannon Okey, author of more than 10 knitting books, now launches a new book for "alternative" fibers - Alt Fiber: 25 Projects For Knitting Green With Bamboo, Soy, Hemp and More. Not sure
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Eco Othello Game Spotted in Japan
Many of you have probably heard of Japan's tradition for crazy inventions. Recently, even this trend is showing signs of eco shift, this time in the realm of board games. The folks at the
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Knitting Project Kits and Alpaca Yarns for Ethical Knitting
Your fingers will itch for a pair of needles when you see the luxurious, stylish and ethical knitting yarns and craft kits from The Toft Alpaca Shop. A peek at The Toft Alpaca Shop's introduction information immediately convinces one that Toft is
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Metropolis on Singgih Kartono
We loved the idea of Singgih Kartono's wooden radios, made by hand in Indonesia to "redefine the relationship of the user between the product" and revitalize craft industries and local skills, while using local sustainable materials. (We even put it in
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Most Huggable: Caffeinated Cars, Facebook's Green Game, Solar Lanterns + More
A 1975 GMC truck fuels up on coffee grounds.
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Found at One of a Kind: Handmade Books by Tanya Deacove
I was immediately impressed by Tanya Deacove's hand-bound books, all made with recycled papers and fabrics, but was blown away when I learned that she marbles her cover papers herself. I always
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Dog Hair Sweaters As Pet Memorial
We've already heard about hyperbolic crochet today, but here's another yarn (sorry!) that may interest our readers. According to the BBC, a couple in Newcastle in the UK have had the fur from their beloved dogs woven into sweaters as a way of
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Crafty Lucy Norman Recycles
Lucy Norman's usage of recycled materials is key to her art. She has focused on designing a range of products under the slogan "Rethink, Reuse, Rebook", combining a concern for the environment and the reuse of waste in a way that is both stylish and
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One of a Kind: Kluane's Creations
Sometimes when we are looking for the coolest new green thing we miss something important because it is perhaps not our style. I paid little attention to Kluane's Creations at the One of a Kind show but was killing a few moments and overheard her pitch
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Book Review: Softies by Therese Laskey
In the face of what feels like an endless parade of toy recalls and safety concerns, Therese Laskey reminds us what a cinch it is to whip up our own creations. In Softies: Simple Instructions for 25 Plush Pals (2007, Chronicle Books), the
