Category Archives: recycling

Reducing Our Impact

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Lynda

Yesterday I watched OWN’s Super Soul Sunday which showed a documentary,  “No Impact Man,”  about New York City residents Colin Beavan, his wife, and daughter who spent a year working to decrease their impact on the environment. This included no … Continue reading →

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Krylon Dual Paint – craft organizer/work shoes shelf

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Lynda

The kind folks at Krylon sent me several cans of their new paint, Dual, which is paint and primer. No need to prime anymore. Yeah! Since I’m trying to break out of my traditional mauves and teals, I thought true … Continue reading →

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Organizing The Craft Stuff

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Lynda

Back in December I started organizing my craft/woman cave. I shared back then what I found when going through all of the sewing boxes in the basement. Now I thought I’d show you a bit of how I organized the … Continue reading →

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Craft Fair Finds

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Lynda

Yesterday, Dave and I went to one of my favorite craft fairs here in our town of Newburgh. It’s put on by the local women’s group and held at the local high school. I really like this fair because even … Continue reading →

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Sewing and Recycling

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Lynda

I’ve been doing a little sewing here at Happy Acres the past couple of weeks. I recycled some of my old material from my quilting days for these projects. We’ve been in dire need of some new potholders since the … Continue reading →

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Strathmore Visual Journaling

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Lynda

We just completed Workshop One of Strathmore’s Online Visual Journaling Series. This month’s topic has been Recycled Journal pages. We started creating with one page made from copies of previous journal pages we’ve created. Here is my original journal page … Continue reading →

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Making Paper Cloth

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Lynda

I’ve been wanting to do this since I purchased Kelli Perkins’ Stitch Alchemy many months ago. Since my craft room/woman cave is almost organized, I thought it was time to play a bit. What is paper cloth? It’s making a … Continue reading →

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My First Complete Art Journal

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Lynda

Those of you who know me, know that I’ve kept a journal since sixth grade and have taught numerous journal writing courses over the past eleven years online, in Chicago, Louisville, California and locally. Words in a blank journal or … Continue reading →

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Resist(ance) is not futile! Giveaway

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Lynda

Giveaway is closed. Congratulations to Darla Catalano from Lancaster, PA!  Stay tuned for more craft giveaways. I don’t care what the Borg said (for all of your Star Trek fans), resist is not futile. In fact it’s fun and quite … Continue reading →

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Print and Stamp Lab Review and Giveaway

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Lynda

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO Bethany who won this great book. Stay tuned for more craft book giveaways! I love books that are mini workshops. This book is one of those. When I received this book, I just had … Continue reading →

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