Name: Katie McClanahan
Shop: BlackStar Jewelry Company
Website: http://www.etsy.com/shop/BlackStar
Blog: http://blackstarjewelry.blogspot.com/
Location: middle Tennessee
What do you make, and how are your products environmentally-friendly?
I make jewelry, mostly comprised of vintage elements and thrifted finds.  These bits and pieces are already here, waiting to be used, so why not use them?

I see a lot of handmade goodies listing “ecofelt” as a material, and while I knew ecofelt comes from plastic bottles, I wanted to learn a little bit more. So, using the trusty internet, I did a bit of digging.
Kunin, an eco felt supplier, lists their fabrics as being made of eco-fi (formerly ecospun). Here’s [...]

I am a terrible knitter. I lack patience, so I wind up with a drawer full of half-finished projects. However, I am a bit of a closet yarn addict, which is probably one of the other reasons behind all those half-finished projects. I see a new yarn and I want to start something new. And [...]