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DIY Eco-Gift For The X-traordinary Techie On Your Holiday List

December 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · crafts, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Green Home, Holidays, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Sustainable Living

Do you have a techie on your list that goes to extraordinary measures to repurpose electronic items that would otherwise be relegated to the landfill? I bet that person has a bunch of dead computers lying around (doesn’t everyone). When a dead computer gets thrown away, it does not biodegrade. It just lives in its [...]

DIY Eco-Gifts For The Skier/Snowboarder On your Holiday List

December 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · crafts, decor, Design, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Family, Green Home, Holidays, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse

Around here, “‘Tis the season” also means, it’s time to hit the slopes. We just love winter sports and we all ski and snowboard. What we don’t love is the pricey equipment, and an industry that generally gets a thumbs down for eco-friendliness. Ski, snowboard and skateboarding paraphernalia tends to be highly technical, but damaged [...]

DIY Eco-Gifts For The Quilter on Your Holiday List

December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · crafts, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Green Home, Holidays, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Shopping

A handmade quilt is a true luxury. Quilts made from pieced together scraps of fabric that otherwise may have been wasted, make quilters the ultimate green DIYers. It is estimated that between 500 billion and 1 trillion plastic bags are discarded annually worldwide. That’s more than a million per minute. Why not give all the [...]

DIY Gifts For The Junk Collector On Your Holiday List

December 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · crafts, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Green Home, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Sustainable Living

There are two types of junk collectors: 1. The collector who is constantly acquiring stuff, and the junk accumulates in every nook and cranny of their life. It forms the deadliest of all junk – clutter. 2. The collector who is constantly acquiring stuff and finding creative reuses for it. These folks are the ultimate [...]

Truly Gifted: It’s DIY December!

November 30th, 2010 · No Comments · crafts, Design, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Family, Green Home, Holidays, Inspiration, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Shopping, Sustainable Living

You’ve heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, right? But, have you heard about DIY December? Probably not, because I am introducing it right here, right now on econesting! Last year, I created an ambitious holiday gift guide for Planet Green. It was called, Truly Gifted: An A-Z DIY Holiday Workshop For Everyone On Your [...]

Cuff Cup Cozy: The Easiest DIY Project Ever

November 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · crafts, Design, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Green Home, Knitting

Last year, a new laptop inspired me to transform an old sweater into a laptop case. The sweater I used had a complicated Fair Isle design and a gaping hole on the sleeve. It was too short to repair and wear. It’s magical the way a sweater will shrink up in the washer and dryer [...]

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Global Decorating Tips

November 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · crafts, decor, Eco-Friendly, Green Home, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Shopping

How a home is decorated is an individual choice. Many choose an eclectic global decor that infuses collections that tell unique stories of travels to foreign lands. You don’t have to be a world traveler to appreciate design accents from around the globe. Want to spice up your home’s décor with an international flair? If [...]

Making Stuff From Stuff

July 14th, 2010 · 4 Comments · crafts, decor, Design, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Green Home, Nature, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Sustainable Living

It’s one of those eerily beautiful, rainy days here in the Hudson Valley. We’ve hardly had any rain to balance the assault of crazy hot, humid stickiness that’s enveloped the area. The summery mood and dimly-filtered lighting is just delightful for creating projects that may have been put on the back burner because it was [...]

Sea Senses: Beach-Inspired Home Decor

June 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Design, DIY, Green Home, Inspiration, Nature, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse

“To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down the surf lines of the continents for untold thousands of year, to [...]

Free Green Tutorials For Every Room

June 12th, 2010 · No Comments · DIY, Green Home, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Sustainable Living

Freebies and tutorials make my day. While the attraction may seem obvious, I’ll just elaborate: I love these online project tidbits because they present the ingenuity of the DIY spirit in all its flying colors! Tutorials are popping up all over the web. DIY tutorials are instructional lessons that lead the viewer through a series of step-by-step [...]