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Recycled Fallera

by Filthy Rebena
Rosa Montesa, an industrial designer from Valencia, Spain, in her 50s, proposed an idea to her mother: Why not work together to make a dress for the traditional Valencian Fallas celebration? She wanted to collaborate to make something, but not in a conventional way. She wanted to do it her way, and her way was […]
Posted in Clothing, Costume, creative, Creative Recycling, Dress, Eco Clothing, eco-friendly, Fallera, Fashion, Festival, Gown, New Life, Plastic, Reciclado Creativo, recycled, Recycled Materials, Rosa Montesa, Sustainability, sustainable, Traditional, Valencian Fallas

Seedy Valentine

by Filthy Rebena
How pleasantly surprised I was this morning while browsing my favorite sustainable news source, Feelgood Style.  If you’re a sucker for wildflowers and sustainability – you’ll love this DIY Valentine.  If you aren’t familiar with seed paper, allow me to getcha up to date. Seed paper is a special paper is handmade by using post-consumer materials.  The […]
Posted in alternative, Arts, blender, consumer, Craft, Crafting a Green World, craftingagreenworld, creative, DIY, Eco, eco-friendly, environment, Feelgood Style, Green, Men, plants, post-consumer materials, Recycle, Scott Meeks, Seed Paper, Sustainability, sustainable, Valentine, Valentine's Day, Waste, wildflowers, Women

Local Mother’s Day

by Filthy Rebena
Show your Momma some love by shopping local this Mother’s Day.  By shifting just a portion of your spending, you can help create more jobs, a stronger economy and build a better community here in Toronto.  So take a short peruse through these charming Mother’s Day gifts from our favorite Toronto Etsy Shops. Local Father-Daughter […]
Posted in Aleks, Art, Bag, Bath, beads, Bear, Beauty, bouquet, Card, Cat's Cradle, ceramic dish, Chic, Coco And Bear, Craft, creative, Farm, Farmhouse, Find, flowers, Green, Grizzly, Hand Craft, handmade, HandmadeByRovena, Heart's Haven, jewelry, John Irving, Kostimusha, Leather, Local, Masher, Mom, Momma, Mother's Day, necklace, nostalgic, Novel, Organic, Paper, Potato, Potatoe, Rovena, Scrub, Seaweed, Setting Free the Bears!, Shabby, Shop, Skin, soap, statement, style, The Basic Elements, thrift, toronto, Tote, Totebag, Una, Uncategorized, Vegan, Vintage, Whistle And Work

Bling or Blasphemy?

by Filthy Rebena
What do you think of when you see crosses?  A lot of designers just want to grab a cross and flip it sideways — making the cross into a creative, beautiful piece of jewelry.  How about those upside down crosses that you see on t-shirts?  The prudes call it shallowness vanity.  The easily offended call it […]
Posted in antler, bones, Christian, Clothing, crazy, creative, Cross, cross trend, crosses, cute, Fashion, Floral, full moon, horn, jewelry, Mississauga, Mystic, religious, roses, satanist, shallow, thrift, toronto, trend, Tshirt, Uncategorized, vanity, Vintage