Summer's winding down, and it's time to sharpen those pencils! While Americans have spent less on school supplies this year, the average family still spends about $550. Instead of shopping at a big box store, why not support some independent crafters and get a few of your back to school supplies in green to boot?

Bag It

Need to tote your computer around? Check out this organic laptop sleeve from Multidimensionality (to the right)! She knits the bag with organic cotton yarn, and it's got organic cotton and bamboo batting to keep your laptop safe and sound!

Keep those pens and pencils together in style with Rohmer's awesome owl pencil case (picured above)! She stamps the organic cotton canvas with her own, handmade owl stamp. Whoot! Whoot!

We're totally digging the Mama's Messenger Bag from seller Little Mary Moo. The denim bag's beautiful flap closure is made from Pippijoe's organic hemp and cotton blend.

For lunchtime, check out my handmade, reusable lunch bags that Matt wrote about not too long ago.

Take Note

These hand printed Eco-Binders from Urban Posture are rocking our socks (on the left)! The binders are 100% recycled and 97% post consumer waste. Not only that, they are completely recyclable. They do all of their printing with water-based inks and have a bunch of beautiful binder designs to choose from.

Seller Kismet Creations has some lovely little recycled notebooks! She hand tears all of the paper and hand binds each 108-page notebook.

Have you already picked up some notebooks, but maybe they're on the boring side? Pepperberry & Co. has you covered (literally!) with these beautiful organic cotton and linen notebook covers.

Have you picked up any handmade, eco-friendly back to school supplies? Tell us about them in the comments!