Crafty by Nature
Dress Up Your Bike with a Crocheted Seat Cover
5 commentsHere's another incentive to using your bike inestead of your car: You can look cute while you commute.
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How to Sew Your Own Produce Bags
25 commentsMany of us have made the switch to cloth grocery bags, but what about those flimsy produce bags we're still using (and trashing) each week? Here's how to make your own reusable versions for less than $1.
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How to Upcycle a T-Shirt into a Cardigan
22 commentsA little crochet and a bit of sewing transform an old tee into a cute cardi with a ruffled sleeve. It's a perfect piece for transitioning your wardrobe into spring!
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Recycle Your Tin Cans into Mini-Planters!
15 commentsI'm starting a garden with some little seedlings and thought I'd transplant them into bright, pretty cans for their first few weeks. This is a super easy project, perfect for beginners like me!
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How to Make an Eco-Friendly Corsage
12 commentsCrafting with care for Mother Earth needn't lack glamour! Organic bamboo jersey and broken costume jewelery combine to make a green corsage fit for your favorite fashionista.
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How to Make a Recycled Twine Welcome Mat
3 commentsLet's see what we can make without buying anything. Think of string, rope, and twine as yarn's big, strong siblings!
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And the Winner of Sewing Green Is...
3 commentsFind out who won a copy of Betz White's new book, Sewing Green, and enter to win this week's book giveaway.
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Check Out This Butterfly!
8 commentsThese dresses are a bit of whimsy and nature stitched up into one!
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How to Make Recycled Cotton Art Yarn
9 commentsUse natural fibers, recycled from unwanted sweaters, and spin them together on a wheel or drop spindle with some thread, buttons, and beads to make your own unique art yarn!
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Crafting with VHS Tapes
41 commentsYou'd be surprised by the number of things you can do with an old videotape! I made bookends, gift wrap, jewelry, flowers, and a notebook.
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Make a Reusable Lunch Sack
2 commentsUsing a brown paper sack as her inspiration, blogger Pretty Penny shows us how to make our own reusable lunch sack.
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How to Make a Reusable Sandwich Wrap
70 commentsBetz White treats us to this terrific DIY reusable sandwich wrap from her new book Sewing Green. Yummy!
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Crafty Inspiration: Plastic Bottle Purse
15 commentsThis is one of the cooolest reuse ideas for plastic bottles that I've ever seen.
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The CraftStylish Crafty by Nature Contest
Announcing our next big challenge: Crafty by Nature! Celebrate our planet and make something wonderful that incorporates one of the elements of the earth, a natural object, or an eco-friendly product and you could win yourself a grand prize Yudu portable screen-printer or an Eco-prize package from Red Heart.
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Crafty By Nature: Green Buying Guide
1 commentThis week, check out some of the latest and greatest eco-friendly yarns!
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Talkin' to Betz White, Author of the New Book "Sewing Green"
5 commentsFind out who's behind the "feel good" environmentally friendly book "Sewing Green."
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Crafty by Nature
Inspiration for crafting with natural resources.
