CRAYONS DE COULEURS
I collect old broken crayons from various Chicago schools and repurpose them into beautiful new crayons. Great for little hands. I also print and make each box.
20% of all crayon sales will go towards purchasing art materials for Deborah's Place.
http://www.deborahsplace.org/
Price - $20
Thank you to parents and teachers of the following schools for donating their old crayons:
Oscar Mayer Magnet Elementary School
Drummond Elementary School
Francis Xavier Ward
The Catherine Cook School
20% of all crayon sales will go towards purchasing art materials for Deborah's Place.
http://www.deborahsplace.org/
Price - $20
Thank you to parents and teachers of the following schools for donating their old crayons:
Oscar Mayer Magnet Elementary School
Drummond Elementary School
Francis Xavier Ward
The Catherine Cook School
NECK WARMERS
Beautiful and cozy hand knit neck warmers. I use 100% virgin wool or 50% alpaca/50% wool yarn and tagua nut buttons*. Yarn colors below; button colors vary.
Price - $60
*Over recent years, with our increased focus and awareness of environmental issues, buttons made from the tagua nut are becoming popular again. The nuts, when dried, closely resemble ivory which is normally obtained from elephant's tusk. The nuts can be carved, polished and dyed to produce wonderful, unusual buttons. In addition, the buttons come from a totally renewable source. The tagua palm continues to produce nuts year after year, a mature tree producing about 50 pounds of nuts a year.
Using tagua nuts for buttons and other adornments also brings important trade into countries like Equador. The tagua nut, which grows in the rain forest, is a sustainable natural resource. This means that the valuable rain forest is not harmed in the cultivation and harvesting of this material. It allows the people who inhabit the rain forest to engage in profitable trade without destroying their lands.
Price - $60
*Over recent years, with our increased focus and awareness of environmental issues, buttons made from the tagua nut are becoming popular again. The nuts, when dried, closely resemble ivory which is normally obtained from elephant's tusk. The nuts can be carved, polished and dyed to produce wonderful, unusual buttons. In addition, the buttons come from a totally renewable source. The tagua palm continues to produce nuts year after year, a mature tree producing about 50 pounds of nuts a year.
Using tagua nuts for buttons and other adornments also brings important trade into countries like Equador. The tagua nut, which grows in the rain forest, is a sustainable natural resource. This means that the valuable rain forest is not harmed in the cultivation and harvesting of this material. It allows the people who inhabit the rain forest to engage in profitable trade without destroying their lands.
color: pluto
color: ash
color: capers
color: spruce
color: urchin
RECYCLED SWEATER ARM WARMERS
I find old wool sweaters in thrift stores, wash them in hot water and throw them in the dryer (to felt them and get them super clean). I then cut them up and sew them into arm warmers. Great to wear with a t-shirt!
Color combinations and textures vary.
Price - $25
Color combinations and textures vary.
Price - $25
FELT BABY SHOES
These little shoes are for the brand new baby in your life.
Price - $20
Price - $20
PAPER WALLETS
Out of curiosity one day, I googled "how to make a paper wallet". And so, here they are. They are built like a bill-fold with two slots for credit cards. These are great as a gift card holder.
Price - $10
Price - $10
