Julie Green
Julie Green is owner, operator, designer, sales staff, and head of the shipping department at Up Up Creative, an eco-friendly paper goods shop specializing in what she likes to call “sweet-but-sap-free” greetings, wedding invitations, gifts, and more. Catch a glimpse behind the scenes of this in-sourced printing company by following her on up up, the blog.
Creating boldness out of blight
Ah, ornj. That’s all I really need to say. Except maybe for this: holy crap I love this shop. Handmade in Detroit by artist/designer David Chock, these orange (ha! ornj! get it?) bags are made of reused construction fencing salvaged from actual work sites. “Creating boldness out of blight” indeed. This one (the “tote sit”) [...]
About the Author
Julie Green is owner, operator, designer, sales staff, and head of the shipping department at Up Up Creative, an eco-friendly paper goods shop specializing in what she likes to call “sweet-but-sap-free” greetings, wedding invitations, gifts, and more. Catch a glimpse behind the scenes of this in-sourced printing company by following her on up up, the blog.
how to wear fleece & not look like a snow bunny
Ever since having kids, my winter wardrobe has turned into a machine-wash-only abyss of monotonous fleece pullovers and cotton/acrylic sweaters. For real. It’s as much of a bummer as it sounds. But please… handwash only? All those tags in my old clothes might as well read “please store me someplace safe until your children are [...]
About the Author
Julie Green is owner, operator, designer, sales staff, and head of the shipping department at Up Up Creative, an eco-friendly paper goods shop specializing in what she likes to call “sweet-but-sap-free” greetings, wedding invitations, gifts, and more. Catch a glimpse behind the scenes of this in-sourced printing company by following her on up up, the blog.
michael phelps, a little black dress, and ecodesign
This little column of mine here, “Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine,” is a column about the ways in which creativity and ecological concerns intersect. I’m interested in the ways in which designers, artists, and makers impose constraints on themselves when they choose to be eco-friendly, and I’m interested in the ways in which these constraints promote real [...]
About the Author
Julie Green is owner, operator, designer, sales staff, and head of the shipping department at Up Up Creative, an eco-friendly paper goods shop specializing in what she likes to call “sweet-but-sap-free” greetings, wedding invitations, gifts, and more. Catch a glimpse behind the scenes of this in-sourced printing company by following her on up up, the blog.
eco through & through – tortilla girl
I’ve got Tortilla Girl on the brain today, and it’s not because I’m hungry and not because I’m wishing I lived in France. It’s because in my not-on-SG life I’m gnawing on a really tough question about that little hyphen in eco-business. That seemingly simple little line representing the intersection of trying to make money [...]
About the Author
Julie Green is owner, operator, designer, sales staff, and head of the shipping department at Up Up Creative, an eco-friendly paper goods shop specializing in what she likes to call “sweet-but-sap-free” greetings, wedding invitations, gifts, and more. Catch a glimpse behind the scenes of this in-sourced printing company by following her on up up, the blog.
how to spark an attraction
You know that old cliche about how sometimes you might see someone and not be particularly attracted to that person, but then you get to know said possibly-unattractive person and because you grow to like him or her so much your attraction grows and somehow that person now seems very, very attractive to you? Insert [...]
About the Author
Julie Green is owner, operator, designer, sales staff, and head of the shipping department at Up Up Creative, an eco-friendly paper goods shop specializing in what she likes to call “sweet-but-sap-free” greetings, wedding invitations, gifts, and more. Catch a glimpse behind the scenes of this in-sourced printing company by following her on up up, the blog.
