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On the 11th Day of Etsy… Recycled Baby Bib Giveaway

December 21, 2009 24

♫ my true love gave to me a fantastic recycled baby bib, a lovely pair of recycled earrings, a beautiful pair of handmade shoes, a couple of sweet little cases, fabulous natural skin care, a beautiful organic double v shirt, a fab alphabet pillow made from recycled suits, ♫ a handful of sweet upcycled heart felts, ♫ three lovely reclaimed wooden handcrafts, ♫ two calling handmade upcycled bird ornaments, ♫ and a fantastic stocking made from men’s recycled suits. ♫

Giveaway number eleven is for the wee little ones on your holiday shopping list. An adorable recycled hand printed bib from Strand Redesign. The winner will have their choice of bib, but my personal fave is Mrs. Cow in Orange. {Orange is my fave color.}

Strand Redesign is owned by Unni Strand, who lives in Norwa. Unni is 36 years old and works as a teacher instructing art and design. Unni has a particular passion for textile and also has a background in weaving. Unni says, ‘She lives in a grey house, has two children, and grows her own vegetables.’ Lovely, no? The best part is Unni’s number one rule which is when she makes her designs she uses recycled materials as much as possible. She finds her fabrics at flea markets then brings them home and washes, hand prints and turns them into new, fabulous usable items that you will love.

I also love, love, love:

A lovely thank you to Strand Redesign for hosting this fab giveaway.

How to Win
* You have until December 29th 12 am EST to enter this giveaway.

* Visit Strand Redesign and leave me a comment telling me which item you would love to wear.One comment per person please.

Additional Entries**** Please help me spread the word about Sweet Greens’ 12 Days of Etsy by sharing it twitter, facebook, kirtsy, your blog or any other social website that you use. I would greatly appreciate it! {Please leave a separate comment for each thing that you do.}

Are you wondering what the 12 Days of Etsy are, read about it here.
*UPDATE: WINNER:: #10 Phoenix. Yay! Congratulations and thank you to everyone who entered.

7 Simple Steps To Green Your Home In 2010

December 21, 2009 4

Have you been looking for simple ways to green your home in 2010? Visit my blog at Cascadian Farm and check out my 7 Simple Steps to Green Your Home in 2010, you will find simple ways to green every area of your home for the new year. It really is easy to start going green and if you follow these 7 simple steps, you will be there in no time. If you visit my Cascadian Farm blog, please leave me a comment telling me what you think.

How will you green your home in 2010?

I Want To Make Vegan Tiny Gingerbread Houses

December 21, 2009 4

Oh my! Have you seen the tiny gingerbread houses perched on cocoa mugs at Not Martha. Are these ridiculously cute or what? I love, love, love them. Eben and I will be out of town for the remainder of the holiday season, but next year we are definitely making these cuties – vegan versions of course!

What do you think?

Have A Lovely Green Weekend

December 18, 2009 4

Hello, Friends.  How was your week? If you celebrate Hanukkah – did you have a nice time? Are you excited for Solstice and Christmas? Have you finished your holiday shopping? Did you purchase or give green gifts? Did you use green gift wrap? Questions, questions, questions.

My weekend starts early today at noon with Eben’s class holiday party, complete with games of dreidel and pass the present, a recycled white elephant book party and s’mores making. (Eben’s teacher brings everything to make s’mores including canned heat to melt the marshmallows.) How fabulous is that? The holiday party will be followed by a viewing of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, popcorn and a holiday sing a long. Whew! That is a lot for one afternoon, no?

Tonight will begin by lighting the last candle of Hanukkah and enjoying another fabulous meal together, followed by Hanukkah stories, Eben’s last night of present opening and another round of Super Mario Brothers on Wii. Eben and I will be in Utah spending time with our entire family for the holidays. (I will update you on all the fun Utah happenings while we are there.) Unfortunately, the mister has to work and will be staying home. Boo.

What are your weekend plans?

P.S. Have you entered to win all of the goodies in The 12 Days of Etsy? There are still a lot of goodies up for grabs.

On The 10th Day Of Etsy… Recycled Earrings Giveaway

December 18, 2009 66

♫ my true love gave to me a a lovely pair of recycled earrings, a beautiful pair of handmade shoes, a couple of sweet little cases, fabulous natural skin care, a beautiful organic double v shirt, a fab alphabet pillow made from recycled suits, ♫ a handful of sweet upcycled heart felts, ♫ three lovely reclaimed wooden handcrafts, ♫ two calling handmade upcycled bird ornaments, ♫ and a fantastic stocking made from men’s recycled suits. ♫

Giveaway number ten is a lovely pair of antiqued copper earrings made from remnants that were headed for the trash. These lovely little earrings are etched, cut and antiqued by a family of four Tracy, Matt, Emily and Matthew Prince from Stepping Stones Etsy Shop. Each family member at Stepping Stones brings creative and humor to the shop. I love, love, love this. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to work everyday with your entire family? Another lovely feature, they are also member’s of Team Eco Etsy.

Tracy has been collecting sea glass and stones since she was a little girl. She and her family do everything that they can to clean up the Earth and create less waste. Tracy has recently started metal smithing and collects the scrap metal that her classmates would usual throw away. She takes this scrap metal and makes things, such as the lovely pair of earrings that are up for grabs. Stepping Stones also specializes in Sea art, just browse their shop and you will find jewelry made from sea glass, sea gems, rocks, pebbles and more. Fantastic. I think anything from Stepping Stones would make a lovely holiday gift.

A lovely thank you to Stepping Stones for hosting this fantastic giveaway.

How to Enter
  • You have until December 29th 12 am EST to enter this giveaway.
  • Visit Stepping Stones and leave me a comment telling me which item you would love to wear.
  • One comment per person please.
Additional Entries
**** Please help me spread the word about Sweet Greens’ 12 Days of Etsy by sharing it Twitter, Facebook, Kirtsy, your blog or any other social website that you use. I would greatly appreciate it! {Please leave a separate comment for each thing that you do.}

Are you wondering what the 12 Days of Etsy are, read about it here.

*UPDATE: WINNER:: #60 Anne J. Thanks again to everyone who entered. 

XO
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