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News From the Craft + Style Blogosphere: April 17, 2008

This eco-friendly edition of News from the Craft + Style Blogosphere coincides with the Storque's Earth Tones series. There are a lot of amazing things being produced from recycled and upcycled materials, and they're pretty stylish to boot. Enjoy!

 
Modish loves Etsy seller Bombus' wares, and so do we! She utilizes old maps, comics and other ephemera to make beautiful objects and stationery. I'm glad to see that bloggers are loving eco-friendly stuff! Check out the Bombus lovin' here


Craft Zine found these beautiful bags made from recycled wool blankets — such an amazing idea, and a surprisingly comfy chic result. I'd want one made from one of those old horse blankets.


Wow. Design*Sponge recently pointed out an amazing interview with Nicholas Jones on The Design Files. Jones takes old books and creates the most delicate, innovative sculptural artworks — they really have to be seen to be believed. Check it out at The Design Files.


Design aesthetic, meet tires. These amazing tubs, made from recycled tires, would be a great display piece, as well as a conversation starter. Tires are so gosh darn versatile! (Via Apartment Therapy New York)


SuperCute (the blog) is pretty — well — super cute! Run by Etsians lorigami, glueandglitter and lizerati, this post is all about recycling fashion magazines that are gathering dust and repurposing them as bubble mailers for your Etsy products. Pretty smart! Check it out. 

That's it for this week! Check out past News From the Craft + Style Blogosphere for more bloggy goodness, and leave your favorite eco style blogs in the comments! Make sure to check out our continuing Earth Tones series for more Earth friendly content! 

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April 17, 2008 at 4:14 p.m. claudiasburningink

Those pod things LOL
My mother is a nature lady. She brings home those pods, sticks, rocks whatever. One time she came home with a 7ft long piece of drift wood after a trip on the coast. My mom is on Etsy too. She cracks me up, but she's who gave me all my craftyness.

April 18, 2008 at 1:36 p.m. raghousenternational

Awesome I love the ideas for the mailers. Wonderful. I've been recycling the mailers that I receive when I purchase items from etsy sellers. This is a great idea for making mailers the perfect size for whatever you are sending out. Thanks again!!

April 28, 2008 at 6:10 p.m. eclipse

cool stuff.
There was also a "make your own bubble mailers" thread on Etsy last year
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php...
great minds think alike!

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