Articles tagged “Jewelry”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

How to Reuse Concert Bracelets By Elizabeth Seward IN Fashion & Beauty Nov 4 2008 Concerts are kind of my thing. I'm a musician, most of my friends are musicians, I live in NYC, and there's always something exciting going on. I love the energy of live concerts. There's something really intimate to me about being in a room with live music and I predict that concerts will always be a part of my life. + READ MORE

5 Reuses for: Metal Bottle Caps By Sheila Shaigany IN Home & Garden Oct 27 2008 Sunday my boyfriend invites his buddies over to watch college football and drink beer. The only time I step foot in the living room is to make sure that everyone recycles their beer bottles. Unfortunately, dozens of bottle caps are inevitably left behind each time. + READ MORE

4 Ways to Reuse Your Guitar Picks By Elizabeth Seward IN Work & Connect Oct 10 2008 Musicians aren't always the best when it comes down to reusing materials. After all, we can't put our old strings back onto our guitars nor can we still strum with old picks once they are worn down. The other day, I saw a necklace that was absolutely beautiful. It was a choker that had a few tiers to it and the colors were marvelous. + READ MORE

Greenvention: The Wearable, Reusable Coffee Cuff By Brian Merchant IN Fashion & Beauty Oct 2 2008 It's a cuff that slips around your to-go cup of joe when you're satisfying a caffeine craving, and an elegant earth-toned bracelet to wear around town when you're not! Innovations like the Coffee Cuffs made by Bentwood are the best kind of Greenventions: they're made eco-friendly, they fulfill a huge demand, they're reusable, they're clever and inventive—and they just plain look sharp. + READ MORE

Turn #6 Plastic into Colorful Charms for Jewelry By Blythe Copeland IN Fashion & Beauty Sep 25 2008 In a perfect world, we'd all use a whole lot less plastic: we'd bring our own Tupperware for takeout, our own Thermos for coffee, and our own canvas bags every time we went to the grocery store. But in this not-nearly-perfect world, sometimes we forget to do some (or all) of these things. And while you can recycle the cup from the coffee shop and the bag from the supermarket, those #6 plastic containers pose a bigger problem: they're rarely accepted by curbside recycling programs, and not even all community centers take them. + READ MORE

The Necklace Challenge: Make a Necklace While Buying Nothing By Team Planet Green IN Fashion & Beauty Sep 2 2008 I like: necklaces. I dislike: paying way too much for them when I can make them myself. I challenged myself yesterday to make a necklace that I love without buying anything at all. I searched around my home to get some ideas. I looked for items that I wasn't using any longer. I looked for items that meant something to me so that I could be sure I'd really love the necklace. + READ MORE

Make Awesome Wine Cork Jewelry By Elizabeth Seward IN Fashion & Beauty Sep 2 2008 Until recently, I thought that the only good way to reuse wine bottle corks was to collect them for ages and to, eventually, craft a giant bulletin board out of them. While that idea is neat and very functional if you do have the stamina to collect these things forEVER, there are actually some more immediate ways to old wine corks you've got laying around...one or two at a time. What am I talking about? Jewelry, of course. + READ MORE

Make Jewelry From Your Old Shoes By Elizabeth Seward IN Fashion & Beauty Aug 29 2008 Nothing pains me more than having to dispose of old shoes that are too worn down to pass onto anyone else. It's so much easier to part ways with shoes when I know that a friend, or local thrift store, can use the shoes. So what do we do with the shoes that we've worn to the bone? For the most part, they're not equipped to be waste. Thinking of alternative uses for these shoes is something I've been working on lately and I finally came up with something: Jewelry + READ MORE

Old Shirts Make Great Accessories By Elizabeth Seward IN Fashion & Beauty Aug 5 2008 The debate over what to do with old shirts is a long one.Tie these strips along your head or neck and you’re set with a totally unique scarf or head band. + READ MORE

5 Reuses for: Watches By Natalie Cook IN Fashion & Beauty Aug 1 2008 Move it from your wrist to your wall. Who says you need an enormous wall mounted clock in your petite pad? Create the illusion of more space by putting up small wall décor. Start with hanging band-less watches in strategic places around the house. + READ MORE

Make Your Own Recycled Jewelry! By Elizabeth Seward IN Fashion & Beauty Jul 27 2008 Whether you love funky and chunky jewelry or simple and subtle jewelry, there's no reason why you can't take a few notes from this whole recycled jewelry fad and make some yourself. Items that can form beads: Lots of items can be folded and molded to make bead-like shapes that can be strung onto almost... + READ MORE

The Future of Anti-Gravitational Energy and Flight By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Jul 19 2008 The show Mean Green Machines has shown us some of the latest helicopter technologies, and while we have come a long way over the past 40 years since the Bell 206, some would say that we haven't come far enough.The Meissner effect, one such phenomenon that this research has focused on in the past, is the phenomenon when... + READ MORE

Gentle and Genuine Anti-Greenie Rebuttals By Leslie Billera IN Food & Health Jun 11 2008 Let's hope that more people know how to recycle than how to spell it! Believe it or not, a car that isn't tuned properly produces 10-15 times more pollution than a properly tuned up car! + READ MORE

With This Green, I Thee Wed By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Jun 10 2008 When Rachelle married Ed, she didn't know she was promising herself to not only the wedded life but also the green life. There are earth-friendly wedding dresses, organically grown flowers, recycled-paper invitations, green gift registries, and the list goes on. + READ MORE

Ask Summer Rayne: What Is Fair Trade Fashion? By Summer Rayne Oakes IN Fashion & Beauty Apr 9 2008 What exactly is fair-trade fashion?A fair-trade label also ensures that artisans receive long-term trading agreements, living wages, fair working conditions, and, often, reinvestment back in their community through education and other facilities.People Tree, a label based out of the U.K. and Japan, really helped put the + READ MORE

Immortalize Your Child's Doodle in Recycled Silver By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 26 2008 Wear your child's artistic masterpiece around your neck with one of Maize Hutton's personalized tags made from fine recycled silver.All you have to do is upload a scan or your tiny Van Gogh's artwork-for best results, Hutton recommends using a black Sharpie pen and keeping the doodle as simple as possible-pony up $95,... + READ MORE

Convert a Vintage Brooch into a Necklace By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Feb 12 2008 If you're not a pin person, you can convert gorgeous heirloom gems into wearable necklaces with the use of an inexpensive brooch converter.Available in silver- or gold-tone, and in both horizontal and vertical alignments, these little doodads are primed and ready to be slipped onto your vintage bling and then threaded... + READ MORE

Rent Jewelery, Accessories Online By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Jan 2 2008 That ice may look nice, but its equally eye-popping price could also put a sizable dent in your bank account.A polished golden ring from Versace, crafted from five stacked rings bedecked in solid encrusted rhinestones, for instance, can be yours for $30 per week-or $24 if you sign up for the site's frequent-renter... + READ MORE

Meet Change Makers Tim Ingle and David Rhode of Ingle & Rhode, The Ethical Jeweller By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Dec 27 2007 Today, we're going to meet David Rhode and Tim Ingle from London.Change Makers is series of interviews with people famous and obscure, who answer questions about how they are creating a more sustainable world through their work and personal lives. + READ MORE

Polish Your Silverware, Jewelry With Household Basics By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Nov 28 2007 As you're readying your heirloom silverware for prime time this holiday season, hold off on spending your hard-earned legal tender on toxic store-bought tarnish removers. Vinegar: For corrosion caused by salt or food (such as eggs, onions, and peas, which react with silver), place your item in a mixture of 2 cups of... + READ MORE