Remember that eco-crafts website I told you about a few months ago - Crafting a Green World? We’ve been up and running for nearly two months and the response has been nothing short of phenomenal. As part of the new year, I’ll be doing a weekly round-up of CAGW’s posts here on Victoria-E.com, giving you a chance to catch up on anything that might have slipped through your sustainable fingers.

Contributing writer Melissa Stadja of The Stanley Family Lodge has scaled back her posts to spend more time with her newborn daughter. Around the same time as she announced her plans to do so, Juliet Ames of The Broken Plate Pendant Company (whom I first wrote about right here on Victoria-E.com) joined the CAGW crew and has been contributing some great posts.

January 7th — So Much Plastic, So Little Time! by Juliet Ames: “According to The Environmental Literacy Council, plastics make up 25% of all waste in landfills when buried. It is a good thing that crafters are finding ways to appropriate this versatile and plentiful material into their creations …”

January 8th — Fun With Food! Coloring Yarns and Fabrics by Victoria Everman: “It’s time to take playing with your food to a whole other level. Whether you enjoy spinning your own fibers or buying sustainable yarns and fabrics online, your choice of colors is limited to what the company’s designers prefer and think will sell. Take the look of crafts into your own hands by using fruits, vegetables, and spices to …”

January 10th — Yearn-Worthy Yarns: The Wool Peddler by Victoria Everman: “With a name like “The Wool Peddler“, you’d think that Stephanie Shiman’s Vermont-based web store would be full of sheep fibers - au contraire! Though she does offer yarns made from wool, mohair and alpaca, the bulk of her available yarns are made from recycled silk, hemp, nettle and banana silk …”

What was your favorite post of the week?

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[Image courtesy of Lion Brand]