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In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and a few of us crafties decided to pull together and do something to celebrate! Did you know that we spend $4.2 billion per year on art supplies (!) (pdf) and many of them are toxic and harmful to the environment. Instead of buying new, let's pledge to make April a Craft Destash Month! Together, we can have a really big impact on the environment and on our own wallets.
For the entire month of the April, let's pledge not to buy any new craft materials, tools or supplies for the April Stash Bust!
Many of us have ginormous stashes with many fun and creative projects waiting to be born. So, we also pledge to make at least one project from our stash using only what we have on hand. For motivation and to show how you can use and repurpose what you already have on had, we'll have a round up of exciting destash tutorials from:
- Scoutiegirl.com
- craftleftovers.com
- dollarstorecrafts.com
- cosaverde.com
- craftingagreenworld.com
- glueandglitter.com
- swap-bot.com
And to encourage you to do the same we will be hosting an April Stash Bust contest!
To enter, take the Stash Bust pledge to not buy any new materials, tools or supplies for the month of April. Place the awesome April Stash Bust badge (created by Liz at cosa verde) on your website or blog (found below). Create a project from your stash using only what you have on hand. Submit your finished project detailing the stash materials you used with a link to your finished project by Earth Day, April 22nd. A team of crack judges from x, x and x (to be revealed) will review the projects and choose a winner.
Submit your finished project detailing the stash materials you used with a link to your finished project by Earth Day, April 22nd to the April Stash Bust Flickr Group.
You can also enter the Stashbusting Blog Carnival here. (On that page, click on the "submit an article" near the bottom of the page).
Roundup Post and winner announced on or about April 30th.
So what could you win?!
A lucky creative type will receive:
- "Alabama Stitch Book" by Natalie Chanin from Swap-bot.com
- A one year showcase on cosa verde for your repurposed & eco-friendly crafts
- A one year membership from Hello Craft
- A cup glove kit from Glue and Glitter
- A mini box set of volume 2 of Craft Leftovers zine (issues 1-4) from Craft Leftovers
- A Modeling Chocolate kit from Dollarstorecrafts.com
Other April Stash Bust Events:
- Super Secret Stashbusting Challenge: 10 lucky crafters will be chosen to craft with a super secret envelope of goodies from dollarstorecrafts.com [click here to apply by April 5th]
- April Stash Bust craft supply swap at Swap-bot
- Stashbusting Blog Carnival: submit what you made from your stash here.
Participating? Here are an array of buttons for you to choose from:
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| A larger/resizable button: |
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| 125 x 125: |
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| A Medium Box (300x250): |
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I can’t the button to show up with the html code (I have blogger). Is anyone else having a problem with it?
@Kim, I tested the code on Blogger (add a gadget, then choose html/javascript) & for some reason Blogger inserted some weird code at the beginning of the URLs (that started with a blogger URL), and then some weird code at the end of the URL (after the “/stash/” so I had to delete the weirdness and then it showed up. Hope that helps!
I checked my code and it looks the same but mine also won’t show up? I too am using blogger.
[...] For the entire month of the April, we are pledging not to buy any new craft materials, tools or supplies for the April Stash Bust! [...]
[...] For the entire month of the April, let’s pledge not to buy any new craft materials, tools or supplies for the April Stash Bust! [...]
I don’t have time to fix it right now, but it’s the quotes in the code – WordPress turns them into smart quotes. When you paste the code into Blogger, go through and replace every set of quotes (“) – just retype them in. That should fix it.
I’ll try to fix my code later if I can.
Okay, I fixed it! Should work in Blogger now!
I definitely want to participate! I will be posting the badge on my blog.
[...] Bust challenge?? I love the idea of using what you have instead of buying new! If you haven’t taken the pledge and snagged a badge yet, you can head over and do that at Dollar Store [...]
[...] For the entire month of the April, let’s pledge not to buy any new craft materials, tools or supplies for the April Stash Bust! [...]
[...] For the entire month of the April, let’s pledge not to buy any new craft materials, tools or supplies for the April Stash Bust! [...]
I’m in!
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Yay! I just posted about the pillow I made from my stash & scraps!
http://candacetodd.blogspot.com/2010/04/april-stash-bust-diamond-scrap-pillow.html
I’m In!
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This is great! I added the button and I am off to create!
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Awesome, I will have to join in!!!!
have made the plege and posted your button!
Great idea for Earth Day!
Where do we send our links when we have our projects posted?
@Amanda, you can post a link here or email me.
Excellent! This was my plan for the spring, anyway — good to de-stash with others to keep me motivated!
count me in! here’s my stash buster:
http://jikits.blogspot.com/2010/04/when-life-gives-you-lemons.html
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I will give it a go
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I made a confession on my blog. One craft item I bought was for a gift, the other was intended to be a book for my daughter, but after reading through it, I discovered it is not very kid friendly.
Feel free to read about my shame, and the tutorial that cam out of it at my blog.
http://kaotickrafter.blogspot.com/2010/04/dont-judge-book-by-its-cover.html
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Will there be one for June? I *really* want to do this!
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