Everything you own has a story, but how often is the story evident? Green Barrel Designs’ hand-crafted works both …
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5 Easy Pieces: Starting Your Sustainable Wardrobe
Are you coveting sustainably designed Stella McCartneys or Linda Loudermilks? Well, me too…but then reality hits. …
Japanese Eco-Gifting: It's A Wrap
Japanese culture has no need for wrapping paper, so why should we? We have to applaud any way of preventing all that glo…
Daily Delivery of Beauty
I think there’s a reason so many of us long to make an extended visit to the south of France or the valleys of Tus…
Pure Reflections with Kirei Frames
Kirei is a Japanese word for clean, pure and truthful. It’s also the name of a material called Kirei Board. The ma…
Ikat Indulgence
Fabric is my life. When I met Ikat it was a match made in heaven (if not on J-date). My exotic wiring can’t get en…
Wicked Witch of the Eco-Skies
As a fresh college graduate in the 90s, I liked nothing better than reminding people that I was an "Independent Wom…
Getting Crafty with Soda Cans
Soda can design has translated to gutters, sidewalks and beaches strewn with pull tabs – until now. Pull-tabs from…