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Karen's Eco Creations

Upcycled Journals by Ecokaren

January 27, 2010

I’ve been procrastinating listing items on Etsy in fear of….well, actually listing them.
That is one part of selling on Etsy I dislike.
I need a little elf that can take pictures, write descriptions, edit, upload, edit, tweak,……you get the picture……while I’m sleeping.
Anyway, here is just a few of the items I’ve been able to upload on [...]

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Clearance Sale on EcoKaren

December 18, 2009

I am having a clearance sale on all items in my Etsy shop to make room for a new line of products in 2010. I am trying to streamline the shop into a more cohesive structure – a business plan that has been on the back burner since the summer – better late than never, [...]

Custom Orders – Upcycled Pillow Cases and Utensil Pouch

September 15, 2009

As you have might have guessed, unexpected trip to upstate for a marathon, back-to-school, school trips, and start of another busy sports season left me with no time to make anything for my shop.
But as fate would have it, (crafting God wanted me to get back to crafting, I guess) I received two custom orders [...]

Eco Spa Giveaway

August 14, 2009

The deadline for Eco Spa Giveaway ends Tomorrow, August 15, 2009 at 11:59 PM EST.
Enter to win this Eco Spa Package. Go here to enter.
It includes:

ecokaren’s Organic Washcloth
ecokaren’s Reusable Makeup Remover Pad
ecokaren’s flaxseed/lavender filled eye mask
ecogeneration’s Vintage Bath Tub Soap Dish
Happy Goat’s Soap in lavender
Greensprings0’s Organic Lavender Rose Lotion [...]

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What to give teachers?

June 1, 2009

If you are like me, I always like to give something special to teachers this time of the year. I give home baked goods for the Holidays but I give them a little something personal at the end of the year without depleting my bank account. Thinking of personal presents for teachers whom I don’t [...]

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Furoshiki

April 1, 2009

No…..it’s not sushi. But the idea does come from Japan. Furoshiki is a cloth that can be used to wrap all sorts of gifts and bags. It is a wonderful way of not using plastic to carry things and saving gift wrapping paper. Watch this video and learn how to wrap gifts and make [...]

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Birds Nest Magnets are nominated

March 11, 2009

The plastic bottle cap birds nest magnets are nominated by kimquinndotcom for the Eco Etsy Team’s blog.

It’s always exciting when someone recognizes your work but these magnets are special to me because these magnets were one of the first items I started to sell when I opened my Etsy shop. Since then, I made soap [...]

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Coffee Cup Sweater

February 4, 2009

You know how I try to bring my commuter mug to buy coffee whenever I
can? That’s because paper cups are wasteful but also because they are too hot to hold. But I really have something against those paper wrappers because they add more to waste. Did you know that those sleeves can add up [...]

sniffle, sniffle, cough, cough, dinosaurs???

January 13, 2009

I got the bug. The bugs found me. I was trying real hard to stay away from them but they found me. So, there goes the week. I’ll be in bed, resting, feeling sorry for myself and anxious that my work will accumulate and I won’t get anything done. But I’ve been thinking about finishing [...]

Trying to keep warm

December 21, 2008

Are you snowed in? It sounds like there’s snow all over the place….even in the Northwest where it rains all the time! Do you think global warming has anything to do with this severe weather? Read this and this.

Well, in trying to keep warm, I kept myself busy by knitting up a storm (no pun [...]

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