Shopping Tote Pattern
Janome is featuring a sewing pattern for this handy shopping tote, which features a inside pocket that’s perfect to hold bottles upright as well as all of your groceries.
Energy & Sustainability
If you’re a maker just starting out your journey in sustainability, it can be overwhelming to figure out how to get started. From understanding the types of materials to utilize, learning what steps will help reduce waste and emissions, and finding inspiring new ways to explore creativity that don’t have a negative environmental impact. The good news is there are plenty of resources available for DIYers looking for ways to make their projects more sustainable – from simple switches you can make today, big-picture ideas for longterm change, or exciting new ways makers are helping push sustainability into the future. In these blog posts we’ll look at tips tricks and ideas specifically tailored towards diyers and makers on the road to creating projects with greater eco consciousness so that not only will you create something beautiful but also respect its impact on our planet!
Household Uses for Lemons
Apartment Therapy Re-Nest gives us lots of options for household uses for lemons from removing limescale to exfoliating your feet! Check out this cute heart-shaped lemon too.
Earth Day Ideas
Juliet Ames posted some Earth Day crafting ideas on Crafting a Green World. Some of the activities she recommends include making coffee ground fossils and toothbrush bracelets. Happy Earth Day!
Recipes for Green Cleaning
The New New York Etsy Street Team posted some green cleaning recipes for your home. Clean your toilet with vinegar and baking soda or clear a drain with salt and boiling water. Related Worsted Witch’s Green Cleaning Kit
HOW TO – Detect pollutants with Arduino
Here’s a how-to regarding the detection of volatile organic compounds using Arduino and a TGS2620 sensor – This lets your Arduino smell (and hence you program responses to) overall gas levels for a variety of nasties, including ethanol, methane, formaldehyde, and a bunch of other volatile organic compounds. No explanation as to how refraining from […]
Human-powered music @ Maker Faire
Paul Freedman (aka Fossil Fool) will be providing musical entertainment at Maker Faire via human-powered bike-stage! In case you’re not up, Fossil Fool is a bike rapper – A bike rapper is like a regular rapper, but instead of showing up in a car and rapping about cars, I show up on bike, and rap […]
HOW TO – Backyard composter
Ryan writes in with a helpful how-to – Well, it’s garden season again, which means it’s time to start composting. I meant to be composting throughout the winter, but a telephone pole fell on my old compost pile, and I’ve had absolutely no motivation to repair it. It wasn’t much of a pile anyways. As […]
