Showing posts with label living green. Show all posts
Showing posts with label living green. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Pantyhose

Your Wardrobe

Eyeglass Cleaners

One pair of pantyhose with a run can save you from ever having to purchase disposable eyeglass cleaners again.

Pantyhose are lint free and have enough of an abrasive surface to clean without scratching.

Cut a pair of pantyhose which you can no longer wear into small squares and stash them where you can easily grab them to clean your eyeglasses and sunglasses. Stash a few in your purse, in a desk drawer, in your automobile glove compartment ... I'm a bit obsessive so I store them inside snack-size baggies but you could use recycled envelopes as well.

Hair Scrunchies
Cut strips horizontally across the leg of a pair of pantyhose to create hair scrunchies. The thicker you make the strip the less stretch the scrunchie will have, so you might want to vary the thickness of the tubes you cut so that you have a variety of scrunchies. The beauty part of this is that depending on your hair color you may have scrunchies that will blend in with your hair.

Headbands
Use the method above but cut the tubes about half an inch thick, but you'll have to experiment a bit to see what works with your pantyhose and your head. These should be able to stretch large enough to serve as headbands.

Around the House


Computer Screen Cleaner
You can also use them to clean your computer screen and the glass or acrylic in your picture frames.

Place used pantyhose squares in a mesh lingerie bag, wash and re-use them over and over again.

Find Lost Items
Cut away the foot section of a pair of old pantyhose and slip your vacuum hose inside. Turn on the vacuum and run it over the area where you lot your earring, beads, etc. Small items will be sucked right onto the surface of the pantyhose but won't be sucked into the vacuum.

First Aid
Cut the legs from a pair of old pantyhose and stash them in your first aid kit to use as a turniquet or in place of an ace bandage.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Tips for Organizing Craft Projects Using Recycled Items

I don't like to buy even more stuff to organize my stuff so I try to use things I already have on hand, like:

  • old cookie sheets to which I glue recycled tin cans to hold craft supplies
  • shoe cubbies are great for storing fabric, small projects, shoe boxes with crafts items or craft projects in them ...
  • shoe boxes hold one project each - and the lid serves as a tray for working on the project
  •  small boxes are great for organizing inside a larger space such as a drawer
Prettify your new craft organizers by covering with any of the following leftover items:
  • wallpaper
  • fabric
  • tissue paper
  • paper bag that has a pretty design
  • gift wrap
  • newspaper
  • magazine pages
  • comics
  • outdated or tattered map
  • one of your kids art projects
  • or paint it
Protect your design by coatiing with a clear protectant such as Modge Podge, Elmers glue, or varnish.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Living Green Resources for the Home

This page will be updated frequently as I run across green living resources in my travels, reading and Internet surfing.

Bathroom

EcoTools is the place to go to recycle your used beauty products and tools.

Paris Presents has a line of bath and cosmetic accessories that are eco-friendly and use sustainable resources in their construction. Yeah PP!

Wolof Prayer Mat Hamper is handmade from millet and bound with strips of recylced plastic from prayer mats. But even better than what this hamper is constructed from is that the organization that coordinates this project employs women from the Wolof tribe, guaranteeing them a fair wage and the chance to gain independence.

Garden

 

Home

Recycle Bank allows you to earn points by using their recycling service for electronics, for supporting greener electricity and you get credit if your city uses them for their recycling program. Check it out, it may just put a few extra "greens" in your pocket.

Echos Voice calls itself an Environmental Science and Artsy Blog. This is not an "arts and crafts" site. The products shown here are created by multi-media artists. All items here are created from recycled, repurposed and natural materials.

Other Lab - fun projects using recyclable materials. Instructions are in cartoon form. Go to the Howtoons section.

Kitchen

 

Parties

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