Green Crafts, Going Green Department
Reuse! Repurpose! Recyle!Green is the new black. With gas prices on the rise and climate change the new political buzzword, saving the environment is a growing concern, but you don’t need to live in a tree for two years like Julia Butterfly Hill to do you part and you definitely don’t need to give up your love for craft.
Let our Green Crafts department show you how to reuse stuff heading for the garbage bin and turn them in fantastic crafts – turning trash in treasure. The green craft departments motto is to Reuse! Repurpose! Recycle! Give it a try and take a look around.
Our green crafts department will put some green back into environment and at the same time, put some green back into your wallet.
“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.” Andy Warhol
Recent Videos and Tutorials
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A unique photo frame craft for kids to make for Dad or Grandpa on Father's Day, Christmas or birthday. A Father's Day Frame made with nuts and bolts.
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What to do with leftover batting? Learn how to join batting pieces together with sewing machine.
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Try this quick and easy way to repair and conceal scratches on wood furniture.
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This tutorial will show how to Decoupage Postage Stamps onto a Container. Re-purpose an old grits container and used postage stamps into fun storage.
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This tutorial will show how to repurpose an old cracked bird bath into a new garden planter.
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This tutorial will demonstrate how to make a flag plaque using recycled postage stamps and decoupage.
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Learn how to make a replacement for paper towels, un-paper towels. These are made from an old towel and can be washed an reused many times.
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Learn to make a zipper pouch out of a snack wrapper with this free tutorial. Any cookie, candy, chips, wrappers can be used to make recycled zipper pouches.
Book and Magazine Recommendations
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Marta DeckerRecycle books into beautiful folded sculptures. This book gives an overview of the art of book folding and includes a detailed instruction chapter that will teach you how to recycle books into folded book sculptures.
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1 Year, 7 issues - Birds & Blooms Magazine offers bird and flower photos, amazing reader-shared 'Bird Tales,' and tips.
New Stuff
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How to fuse plastic bags into material for making projects.
From
Needlepointers.com
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Learn how to make handmade paper in 10 easy steps.
From
Pioneer Thinking
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How to make a necktie quilt.
From
Crafty House
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Basic information on making a necktie quilt.
From
Anita's Piecing and Quilting Tutorials
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As inspiration, this is a photo of a necktie string quilt. It is a way to use old neckties. No instructions. Just picture.
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Flickr
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Free neck tie projects.
From
Needlepointers.com
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An articles on how to recycle old beads into something new.
From
Beadage
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A video on how to join two pieces of t-shirt yarn together without sewing. This is a quick method for joining t-shirt yarn.
From
Needlepointers.com
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A video showing how to join two pieces of t-shirt yarn together using a few small stitches.
From
Needlepointers.com
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From
The Kitchn