Flickr Full of Color

Looking through the EcoCraftiness Flickr pool, I found some awesome eco-friendly creations to share with you that are tremendously colorful. Your eyes will thank you for scrolling down...

A Green Waist

Stand out from the crowd with this eco-belt by GreenBelts...

This piece is truly one-of-a-kind. It's eco-friendly using recycled materials to make it unique. You won’t find a duplicate anywhere.

You'll find a ton more uniquely green items in this shop!

Young Love

Reclaimed from old vinyl records, this cuff, featuring two love birds, is a wonderful expression of young love as well as earth love!

Recycled cuff by jakrandomart

Adventures in Purse Hunting...

Here's an adventurous purse for the eco-conscious teen...


This bag combines a recycled wool sweater, vintage tie, and its handmade element to bring you quite the adorably eco-friendly shoulder bag.

Bag by coffeeclouds

KnitStorm Featured on Craftzine!!!

Yowsa, this is exciting stuff! I just found my upcycled neck sausage scarf featured on Craft Magazine's blog!!!

Check it out for yourself...

Found Tutorial: D-I-Y 2009 Calendar

I was browsing through the Eco Craftiness Flickr pool and found this adorable handmade calendar along with a link to a tutorial on how to make it! It takes advantage of left over packaging, and some natural decorative supplies as well.

Check it out here!

Random Redness

A few eco-friendly creations that are fantastic just to stare at. I so want them...


Hand painted My Red Garden Tote by CarryMeAway
Great replacement to disposable baggies for any and all shopping!


Picnic Wallet by acommonthread
Wallet upcycled from plastic bag material!

Happy New Year! I'll see you earth-loving peeps in 2009...

Crafty Mom Make

I love this racetrack that Mindful Momma made for her son to play on. I can remember loving old boxes and the like when I was a kid because they had limitless play-time possibilities. It's so cool that she nudges her kids in the direction of reusing things for more than one purpose too. I can only imagine that this practice instills in children, the idea of reusing lots of things, and of thinking about how many uses you can get out of items instead of just tossing them out.

Upcycled Warmth

My apartment is freezing today. One of the not-so-great aspects of renting: I have no control over my heat! On days when it's not so chilly out our landlord will have the heat blaring, and then for days like today when it's chilly and icy out, the radiator is cold to the touch. Bah! I picked out some wonderful upcycled accessories to help warm up my mind and soul for today, as conventional methods of heating seem to be out of the question...
Woolen Ear Flap Cap by littlebyrdortmund

Upcycled Fingerless Gloves by ShutterKate (me)

Lime Ade Scarf - Upcycled Wool by mosey

Stuff These

Upcycled stockings are pleasingly in abundance from what I've found. Check out the ones that really caught my fancy...

The Christmas 'Stache Stocking by katiepatatey - $7.00
A great stocking idea for the mustache aficionado, or playful type.

Suit Coat Stocking by mandinka - $36.00
Gentlemen the world over covet this stocking.

Modern Teal Christmas Stocking by xoelle - $28.00
If there was ever an nontraditional design and coloring that would allow me to stray from the more traditional Christmas stocking look, it'd be this puppy.

Crazy Quilt Christmas Stocking by thehemline - $9.50
Crazy like a fox!

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EcoKate

Pocket Punk

LindaEve created this rebellious purse from old pants and other upcycled materials. Way to rage against the mainstream machine in style!

Mamma Mia!

A play pizza could a very cool gift for a kid. When it's made of recycled felt, it's even better in my book!

by PickleThings

Monkey Madness

This sock monkey is unique in his adorable design, and I love him for that. I love his vibrant colors and that he is made of recycled wool sweaters most of all. What a great earth-friendly gift for a little one, he would make!


made by blackbirdfashion

As Unique as They Come!

Fisheye has totally wowed me with this fabulous scarf, reconstructed from old wool sweaters into this gorgeous upcycled winter accessory! I want TEN of them!

Speaking of Bowls...

bowl by earthmamahyde

I love cloth bowls. Their wonderful textures and decorative qualities make them entirely appealing to me. On top of that, this one happens to be made from an old flannel sheet, turned into cloth yarn and crocheted into this beautiful bowl! The colors are perfect for this time of year. I kinda wanna live in it...

Right Round Baby

Coasters don't get any rounder and cooler than this set of 4 wooden coasters made from an old skateboard! 2Revert has taken recycled skateboards to a new level of ingenuity and I gotta say, I quite like it...



~Kate

Mirror Mirror

On the wall... Who's the eco-friendliest of them all?

It's this contemporary circles mirror by BululuStudio!



This decorative mirror is not only aesthetically beautiful, but being as it's made from reclaimed pine wood, it's a wonderful "green" piece that you can and SHOULD add to your home.

Let's Spoon

With a vintage spoon turned mirror! I can totally picture the Little Mermaid sporting one of these under the sea...


Mirror by TaDahpdx

John Would Love: Recycled Bike Clock

A clock made of a recycled bicycle chain ring!?! I am thinking my John would love something like this hanging up in his future office, that is when we get a place large enough that the "office" doesn't consist of a half room crammed with 2 desks, a hamster, and a buttload of my knitting paraphernalia, among other odds and ends.

And so this awesomely upcycled clock by TrilliumArtisans concludes the week of eco-friendly things my husband would love.

~EcoKate

John Would Love: Steampunk Cufflinks!

cufflinks by dustDesignCo

Going along with this week's theme, which is eco-friendly arts and crafts that I think my husband would love, I found this rad pair of steampunk cufflinks. John can dress like the best of them, and I think these upcycled cufflinks would just add extra John-ness to his current style.

~EcoKate