Fave+Recycling+Bloggers

[|http://junkmailgemsblog.blogsp][|ot.com/] This is a very cool blog featuring products made out of -- you guessed it! -- junk mail :-)

 [] Stefani Girard is the editor for recycled crafts as craft gossip.com. She has her own blogs as well (below)...

 **[|Recycled Crafts] Editor**: **Stefanie Girard** Stefanie Girard has been “cutting up” and re-purposing stuff since she learned to use scissors. She has a degree in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute. She has authored 4 jewelry making book/kits for Walter Foster Publishing in addition to her latest book; Sweater Surgery: How to Make New Things With Old Sweaters for Quarry Books. Originally from Connecticut she move to California and worked in the entertainment industry first as a set decorator and prop master specializing in kid’s TV and then moved into producing How-to TV shows including Knitty Gritty, DIY Jewelry Making, Simply Quilts, Sew Much More and Embellish This! for HGTV and The DIY Networks. Along the way she designed hundreds of craft projects for industry clients including The Walt Disney Company, Wrights, Westrim Crafts, Blue Moon Beads, Plaid Enterprises and the JoAnn and Michaels craft stores. Currently she is Craft Marketing Specialist for the Quayside Publishing Group and writes their blog-[] and her own []


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This is a link to the very cool Kathy Cano-Murillo, the Crafty Chica... []
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 [] Yes, this one offers very cool instructions for purses made out of candy wrappers, potato chip bags and pop tops. Now, this is for personal use only -- as designer Mylinda Angler notes, "I am offering these instructions, free but that doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want with them. Feel free to tell people about my page and share with others. However, make sure people know that it’s my original work. And don’t use it to make money. If you do want to use my page, let me know. Preferably ask, not tell."