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Earth Friendly Etsy: Modernality Organic Pillow Giveaway

November 29, 2010 91


It’s my favorite time of year, Fall. And comes with it, my favorite holiday of all, Halloween. I love Halloween because it is so much fun to decorate our house with all of our lovely Halloween things and to make our yard spooky. I love to think up fun Halloween costumes for my family and spending the time to make them. Every year we have so much fun as a family making new decorations for our home and it is the perfect way to be creative while upcycling and recycling. We are going to start decorating for Halloween next week. Do you decorate for Halloween? Have you started? If not, this week’s Earth Friendly Etsy Shop:: Modernality will put you in the Halloween spirit.

Modernality is a sweet shop owned by Tara in Salt Lake City, Utah. {Woo Hoo! I am also a Salt Lake City girl.} Modernality is a fab shop full of lovely pillows and wall hangings for your home, not only for Halloween, but anytime of the year. Modernality’s pillows and wall hangings are made using 100% Eco friendly felt that is made from recycled plastic water bottles which becomes a soft and durable felt fabric. Modernality’s pillows aren’t only Eco friendly, they are fabulous. I love the designs and the colors that Tara puts together.
Tara received a sewing machine as a gift last Christmas, it was only then that she started to make her lovely line of pillows. She decided this would be a perfect opportunity for her to start her own shop that would allow her to stay at home with her newborn son. Tara finds inspiration all around her and uses these inspirations to design her lovely pillows. Tara wants everyone to know that you can achieve anything if you work hard enough at it and that you can start crafting at any age, she started at 27. This has given me new inspiration to start sewing again and am actually feeling excited about it. My fave items from Modernality’s shop are the Pac-Man pillows. They remind me of my childhood and are so charming. I think Eben would love them as well and the ghost pillow that is the giveaway item this week because I love the design and orange is my fave color.
Tara @ Modernality has been a dear to offer ONE of my readers a lovely 16 x 16 ghost pillow just in time for Halloween.

How to Enter

1. Subscribe to Sweet Greens (if you haven’t already) and confirm the subscription in the email from FeedBurner.
2. Visit Modernality and tell me which item would cheer up your home.
**BONUS ENTRY**
Leave me a comment with your favorite Halloween or Fall tradition.
Additional Entries
please leave a comment for each that you do.
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Rules for Entry
* Please leave a way for me to contact you if you win. You do not need to leave your email address if don’t wish to share it. Just make sure to check back at the bottom of this post after the contest ends to see if you won.
* Contest ends October 7th @ 12am EST. Winner will be chosen at random using a random number generator and will be announced the following day. (I will announce the winner, if I do not hear from you within 72 business hours, I will pick another winner.)
* You must leave a comment telling me which item you love in order to qualify.
Good Luck and Enjoy!
** UPDATE: WINNER:: #47 ilaybalilay. Thank you to everyone who entered and left a comment about their favorite Halloween tradition. I had a lot of fun reading them.

#2 – Holiday Giveaway Week 2010: Green Toys Fire Truck

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The second giveaway today is from the fantastic children’s toy company: Green Toys. One lucky reader will receive a bright red fire truck that will look adorable parked underneath the holiday tree.
Won’t your little fire fighter have a blast putting out 3-alarm fires and rescuing kitties from tree with the world’s greenest emergency vehicle from Green Toys? Green Toys are so special because they are constructed using 100% recycled plastic milk containers – saving energy and reducing greenhouse gases.
Green Toys collection also includes fun tugboats, dish, dining and tea sets, blocks, jump ropes, gardening kits, stackers, tool sets and other big trucks. You can find something for every little one on your holiday gift list!

I love that Green Toys are toys that were meant to be played with! They are rugged, sturdy, and free from BPA, PVC, or phthalates – making these toys that you will love to see your child playing with.

Skip over to Green Toys and find something for your little one, then leave a comment below. You only have 1 week to enter – tell your friends and family so they don’t miss out on the fun!

– The winner is Colleen. Congratulations and thank you to everyone for playing.

#1 – Holiday Giveaway Week 2010: Flor Fez Rug

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Welcome to Sweet Greens 2010 Holiday Giveaway Week. My first giveaway is a generous one from FLOR. One lucky winner will enjoy a 5×7 FLOR Fez Rug that you can design yourself – worth $100.

Have you heard of FLOR? If not, you are in for a treat. FLOR makes carpet tiles that are thick, soft and luxurious. You can configure the squares into any shape or size to create a custom rug that fits your home and style. If I were the winner, I would design a bright multicolored rug for my family room.

The FLOR Fez rug is made using 80% post-consumer recycled content and each tile of Fez diverts 7 plastic bottles from entering a landfill. Fantastic!

Fez is a luxuriously thick felt – soft and smooth. And with Flor’s easy to use design center and choice of 6 beautiful colors, it is a snap to order your rug – you will have it in time to snuggle up on during your family holiday movie night.

Jump over to FLOR and check out the fantastic Eco friendly options and leave a comment below. You only have 1 week to enter – tell your friends and family so they don’t miss out!

Geekmum is the winner! Thank you to everyone for playing.

Welcome to Sweet Greens 2010 Holiday Giveaway Week

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Welcome to Sweet Greens 2010 Holiday Giveaway Week. Starting today, there will be FIVE giveaways each day November 29-December 3 for a total of TWENTY FIVE fantastic holiday giveaways. The prizes equal more than $1500 total, so you won’t want to miss this. You will find something for everyone on your holiday shopping list! You can subscribe to Sweet Greens now, so you won’t miss a single giveaway!

These prizes are not only Earth friendly, they are lovely and fabulous. Included in these lovely giveaways is jewelry and accessories from Novica and The Hemptress. Lovely things for babies from Zutano, Apple Park, Colour Blocks, and Speesees. Fab things for your home from Flor, Paperwork, Greentainer, EcoZuZu, and Essentia. Fun gifts for the kids from Green Toys, miYim, Stubby Pencil Studio and Rain Tees. Things to pamper yourself or someone you love from Lotus Pad, Dr. Alkaitis Holistic Organic Skin Food, Stem Organics, She Essential Beauty and Tilvee. Fun for family time from The Family Dinner. Paper goodies from Red Stamp and Yellow Owl Studio.

Please help me spread the word about Sweet Greens 2010 Holiday Giveaway Week. Please tell all of your friends and family about it. This is my holiday gift to all of you my lovely readers. The Giveaways will run for 1 week from the day they are posted.

Stay tuned, the first giveaway will be up shortly!

Happy Holidays!
xo,
Sweet Greens

Green Nosh:: Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

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Whenever Eben has a day off of school, we plan on making something together in the afternoon. We may do arts and crafts, draw, paint or bake goodies. This week, we made sugar cookies and they tasted delicious and were fun to decorate. Baking with your children is always fun because you get to chit chat while mixing the ingredients and learn something new about each other.

Do you want to make some yummy sugar cookies with your little ones? These are also great for all of those upcoming holidays.

Here is what you will need::

Sugar Cookies
{Makes 2 dozen}

Ingredients:

* 2 Cups Organic Flour
* 1 Tsp Organic Baking Soda
* Pinch of Salt
* 1/2 Cup Smart Balance Butter Spread
* 3/4 Cup Organic Sugar
* 1 Tsp. Organic Vanilla extract
* 1 Organic Egg or egg replacer
* 1/2 Cup Organic Sour Cream {You cold also use soy milk}

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.

2. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and mix together. Cream the butter in a stand mixer then add sugar until well blended. Add vanilla and the egg and 1/2 of the flour mixture. Add the sour cream, remaining flour and a little more sour cream if necessary and mix on low/medium speed.

3. Form into round balls and then flatten with your palm onto the cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes and let cool on cooling rack for 2 minutes.


Icing::

Ingredients:
* 2 Cups Organic Powdered Sugar
* 1 Cup Organic Sour Cream
* 1 Tsp. Organic Vanilla Extract
* Organic Food Colorant

Directions::

Mix all ingredients together with a hand mixer. Once cookies have completely cooled, you can add icing and decorations. {We used a hodge podge of decorations that we had in our pantry.}

These cookies are super yummy and will keep for about a week in a covered container…they won’t last a week though, I guarantee it.

If you try this recipe, leave me a comment telling me what you thought.
xo.
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