Craftcycle: 100+ Earth-Friendly Projects and Ideas for Everyday Living [Paperback]

Heidi Boyd (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2, 2009

Recycle, Reuse, Recraft!

Craftcycle is the creative crafter's way to recycling and reusing everyday items destined for the trash or recycling bin. Discover ways to recycle pages of your favorite magazines into a decorative bowl or trash bucket, to reuse scrap wood to build a beautiful birdhouse, or recraft broken china and glass into a mosaic flower pot, and more!

• Transform throw-away materials into treasures with over 40 step-by-step craft projects
• Construct larger eco-friendly projects for a greener home
• Think green all year round with tips and ideas for every season
• Relax, unwind and unplug with numerous activities powered only by you
• Tempt your taste buds with delicious recipes using seasonal ingredients

Craftcycle explores ways to get the most out of every season while impacting the environment the least. With all these great ideas there is no better time to Craftcycle your way into a greener life!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Heidi Boyd is the author of seven North Light craft books, including Soft + Simple Knits for Kids as well as the successful Simply Beautiful series. She brings her simple and pretty approach to green crafting, plus the knowledge of her architect husband, who is certified in sustainable building practices.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books (September 2, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600613047
• ISBN-13: 978-1600613043
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Heidi Boyd is the author of twelve craft books with North Light Books, most notably the Simply Beautiful series. She crafts at the dining room table where she can keep an eye on the family and dash out the door for the next carpool. Her goal is to make sophisticated design approachable for and easy for all. She has a fine art degree and got her start in professional crafting as a contributor to Better Homes and Gardens books and magazines. Heidi and her husband Jon and their three children actively enjoy the natural beauty of their midcoast Maine home.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Turning trash into useful art, September 19, 2009

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lauren Mofford - See all my reviews

This review is from: Craftcycle: 100+ Earth-Friendly Projects and Ideas for Everyday Living (Paperback)

Heidi Boyd has once again created a craft book that is both inspiring and hip. She gives ideas of what to do with all that stuff we've been saving such as old albums and obsolete CDs. She demonstrates how to turn a favorite old sweater into warm felted mittens. Our over packaged and cluttered homes become a source of materials for these craft projects. Some examples include using plastic toy soldiers to make snack bowls and old slides to create a lampshade. Take that collection of plastic bags in the kitchen to make a tote that can be used again and again at the Farmer's Market. This book also offers construction projects and ideas towards living a green life.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars start something right away, January 8, 2010

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L. Parish (Beaver Dam, Wisconsin United States) - See all my reviews
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The day after I got the book I showed it to my daughter and we cleaned out my cupboard of old material and sheets and she started making the laundry basket that day. Fun and easy stuff. Nice pictures and good directions. Something for everyone.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good little recycle book, January 14, 2011

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Ellen Knowles (Fort Worth, TX) - See all my reviews
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The projects in this book are easy to do and make great family projects if you are interested in teaching your kids to "re-purpose" items rather than throw them away. I was amused to see the bag that is made from used chip bags (front cover) - these were selling like hotcakes in Mexico last fall. I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I saw so many women buying them - after all, how many chip bags have you thrown in the trash?