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.
quirky + green = earth cadets
Grounded and responsible. An apt tagline for eco-committed company Earth Cadets, and yet somehow insanely midguided. Sure, the company’s mission is “to provide every Earth Cadet with their own uniquely designed and hand screen printed tote bag.” And sure the tote bags are hand-screen printed and made from 80% Ecotec™ – a blended cotton yarn [...]
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.
reduce, reuse, reimagine: score three
Lately on SG and elsewhere, Tara has been asking some interesting questions about where, when, and why we don’t buy handmade, pointing to the fact that even the most hardcore handmade shoppers all shop for mass-produced goods. And the thing is, that’s one of the biggest challenges I face as an eco-friendly designer: how to [...]
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.
take a second look: photographic billboards by Karyn Olivier
A comment someone made on my reduce, reuse, reimagine post from last week (on knitting needle jewelry) got me thinking about the idea of repurposing and, specifically, whether simply using something in a different way than it was intended to be used is an eco-friendly thing or if an item must have outworn its “workability” [...]
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.
knitting needle jewelry :: reduce reuse reimagine
Jewelry made from upcycled, recycled, or otherwise repurposed materials is a lot like, well, let’s say it’s a lot like any other jewelry: there’s some good, a good deal more bad, and some very very ugly. Any of us who owned a wire jewelry-making set as a kid knows that it’s not like it’s super [...]
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.
Catbeds and Suitcases – surprise by design
If it’s true that creativity requires constraints, that our ideas are only able to get outside a box by first having been forced inside one, then it seems true that eco-creators are already one constraint ahead of the game, right? True as that may be, it’s definitely as true that simply using recycled or repurposed [...]
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.
