Make your own recycled wine bottle planter with my special Earth Day tutorial! Supplies: * Empty glass wine bottle, cleaned and dried * Thick rubber band that will fit snugly around the bottle * Wet/dry sandpaper, 1 sheet coarse grain and 1 sheet fine grain * Tealight candle * Paper towel * Wool felt, 10″ … Continue reading
If you’re looking for a craft that’s both geeky and green, you won’t want to miss my Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy-inspired DON’T PANIC Drink Set in this week’s Geek Crafts column on FaveCrafts! Geek Crafts: Recycled DON’T PANIC Drink Set Welcome to the Geek Crafts column, your weekly dose of geeky goodness with Haley … Continue reading
Turn your empty spice jars into mini moss terrariums with this fun, simple Earth Week project. Tiny terrariums are the perfect way to green up your home decor, and they also make great recycled gifts! Supplies:* Spice jars, cleaned and dried* Fresh moss or Dehydrated live terrarium moss, soaked per package instructions* Dried moss* Polished … Continue reading
On Saturday afternoon, I went to my first Craftaholic’s School of Art and Creativity workshop at Spacecraft in Brooklyn. (Update 4/26/13: Spacecraft is now closed.) We made glasses using recycled beer and soda bottles, which is something I’ve wanted to learn how to do for quite a while. Yoshi, the workshop instructor, showed us all … Continue reading