TangleClub October Update

We are currently in the midst of a beautiful Indian Summer here, so in keeping with the summer spirit, I am offering TangleClub members a slightly out-of-season Leftover Lavender cross stitch project, designed to use up the leftovers from your lavender harvest as well as your leftover off-cuts of embroidery threads.  This pattern is from [...]

SPECIAL OFFER: Free envelope seals with your order!

I know that TangleCrafts customers love all things postal, so I know that you will also love these super-cool envelope seals, upcycled from old book pages (‘giving tattered paperbacks new life’) from Craftgasm. The next 5 people to place an order for $10+ (before shipping) in the TangleCrafts Etsy Store will receive with their order [...]

Printing changes & clearance offer

Until now, I have printed, folded & bound all my zines at home, to order.  I love the process of handmaking, from start to finish, however, the more orders I receive, the less time becomes available to develop new ideas and work on new projects, and depending on outside circumstances, it is sometimes easy to [...]

Books grow on trees

In my last post, I mentioned how much I love books & reading.  It is one of my greatest pleasures.  But I do feel a measure of guilt, because as we all know, books are made from paper, which in turn comes from trees.  So my conscience was eased ever so slightly, when I stumbled [...]

Does anyone have any leftover lavender?

The reason I ask is, I’ve just added a new mini zine to my Etsy store that is absolutely packed with project suggestions for your leftovers.  The zine is printed on recycled paper embedded with real lavender flowers, and will show you how to make lavender sugar, tea, incense sticks, infused oils and more!  Cunningly [...]

Totally loving these looms!

Don’t tell Corey – I’ve been looking at new looms, again… These ones are so cool, though – handmade out of poplar wood, and designed specifically for earth-friendly rug-weaving with rags or plastic bags.   Check out the Boyd Hollow Designs Etsy Store.  You can get 6 different sizes, from mobile phone size (not shown [...]

Morsbags – how cool? (Guerilla eco-bag making!)

Working through my stack of Croq zine back issues (not quite finished, yet!) I found a great article about Morsbags.  This zine was published in 2007, but I checked it out, and the Morsbags site is still very much alive & kicking – & in fact, still growing.  I wanted to post about the concept [...]

Homegrown Crafts

How cute is this logo?  Check out Leafcutter Designs for a wide range of mostly miniature homegrown ideas.  Re-purposing, recycling, self-sufficiency, and d.i.y. are the concepts that many contemporary crafts are building on, and this logo is just the perfect companion!  You can buy a rubber stamp, or a label to sew into handmade clothes, [...]