We’ve all heard the notion that the air inside our homes is more polluted than the air outside. Um, gross but how can that be? Last time I checked, no one was driving a car or operating heavy machinery in my living room. If outside air truly is less polluted, how do we improve indoor […]
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5 Awesome Eco-Friendly Valentine’s Day Gifts
Seems we just finished Christmas and now Valentine’s Day is in full swing. Bring on the eco-friendly Valentine’s Day gift ideas! In fact, when I was at Target finishing up my Christmas shopping a few days before Christmas, they already had boxes of Valentine’s Day things stacked to the side and ready to be moved […]
5 Fantastic Ways to Use Old Greeting Cards [that won’t make you pull your hair out]
Who doesn’t like to get a greeting card? I don’t know about you but when I open my mailbox and see something other than catalogs, junk mail, and bills, I get pretty excited! Greeting cards mean someone is thinking of me, little old me, it makes my heart happy! Feel free to send me a […]
Non-Toxic Gifts For Babies
The first Christmas we had with our son, he was closing in on 1 year old and so close to walking so we decided to forgo the regular tree and get a table top tree to keep his hands off EVERYTHING! The sparkle, shine and bright colors of all the ornaments are really more […]
13 Totally Awesome Tween Girl Gifts Under $25
How am I already shopping for tween girl gifts? Holiday shopping was so much easier when the kids were younger. I could get them books, toys, clothes, anything and they’d be happy. Now that we’ve hit the tween years and technology is all consuming in our daily lives, choosing gifts that don’t involve a screen […]
Not All Produce Needs a Plastic Bag, I Promise.
When you grocery shop, does all your produce go in plastic produce bags? Stop The Madness, Please! Every time I go grocery shopping I see someone putting bananas in plastic produce bags. My earth loving heart can’t take it. Why on earth do bananas need to go in a plastic bag? They’re already attached together […]
6 Gifts for Environmentally Conscious Hostesses
It’s that time of year, time to stock up on hostess gifts for all the parties and gatherings you’ll be attending this holiday season. From Thanksgiving through New Year’s, parties and gatherings will be nonstop so take the time now to prepare. More often than not these days, people are concerned with product ingredients and […]
13 Ways to Use Pumpkins after Halloween
Halloween is like the Thursday Night Football game of the holiday season. There’s a big lead up to it because it’s the first official holiday of the ‘holiday season’. If you have kids, you will probably go to a pumpkin farm of some kind and spend hours trying to find “the perfect pumpkin” to carve. […]
Easy Ways to Reduce Food Waste at Home
Homemade spaghetti sauce and there’s just a bit left in the pot. Don’t throw it away, freeze it for later. Food waste is such a problem in our country and it’s costing us gazillions of dollars every year! Well, that might be an overstatement but you catch my drift. You may remember I talked about […]
5 Easy Upcycled Halloween Decorations You Can Make Without Hitting The Store First
Halloween comes every 365 days, that’s a fact! Except maybe in a Leap Year but that’s too much math for me. Why is it, I can’t ever plan far enough in advance to actually get some nice Halloween decor items and not be scrambling at the last minute. I’ve never been one to put […]