These sweet bottle gardens are made of glass bottles, cut in half and tweaked to take soil and herbs or other small plants and look gorgeous on your window sill. Full instructions here. we like it wild: bottle gardens [Design*Sponge]… Read More »EcoDIY: bottle gardens
I am repeatedly blown away by the beautiful eco-friendly goods out there, thanks to the work of some remarkable creative peeps. Here are some handbags that I’ve been coveting lately. 1. The ‘Hyphen’ Upcycled Seatbelt Bag, $35.00 USD, interrobang on… Read More »Bags of eco-friendly goodness
Turkish architect and graphic design artist Gulnur Ozdaglar makes beautiful things from old plastic bottles. tertium non data translated from latin means: the third is not given. it is an alchemic term which refers to the process of combining two… Read More »TERTIUM NON DATA: hand-recycled PET lovelies
When one half of a pair of socks passes over to the other side (where do they go?), the lonely sock that’s left behind spends too much time lying at the bottom of the clean washing basket or at the… Read More »How to make an odd sock feel important again
Spring into green cleaning with eco-friendly scourers, sponges and cloths from EcoForce, manufacturers of practical, everyday, household products from recycled materials. We all need to do our bit to help the environment and using recycled products instead of those made… Read More »Sponsor giveaway: 10x EcoForce goody bags
Terracycle’s Tiffany Threadgould shares a super groovy cereal box pencil case tutorial at Craft:. Cool, innit? Quick Craft: Cereal Box Pencil Case [Craft:] [ad#google]
I was so pleased to find this reclaimed vase tutorial on Craft: recently. It’s the perfect way for me to reuse laundry detergent bottles that can’t be recycled where I live. Beautiful, isn’t it? Flashback: Reclaimed Vase [Craft:] [ad#google]
Rescued Paper Notebooks are made entirely from discarded paper that has been collected and assembled by hand in India. Papers are folded and bound in a direct form of recycling which enables the owner to write on the reverse of… Read More »Rescued paper note book
I’ve always loved the effect of punched tin cans with candles in them, but I’ve never managed to make one without denting the tin terribly. So I’m really pleased to find the “trick” to preventing that. Here’s a really great… Read More »EcoDIY: tin can punch light