What are your plans this weekend? Tonight, we will be celebrating the 1st Night of Hanukkah. Mr. Sweet Greens is making Cabbage Rolls and Latkes for dinner. Eben and I can not wait, we love, love, love Latkes. The night will be filled with the light from the menorah, Hanukkah stories, dreidel playing and present opening. {I think we will refrain from any candy eating. Last night, we went to Mr. Sweet Greens’ company holiday party and every year they have a “Sweets Tent.” Yes, you heard me correct. This is an actual large outdoor tent that is filled with sweets. Eben and I had our fill of Gingerbread Men, Licorice Ropes, Cinnamon Bears, Bubble Gum Balls, Chocolate Covered Marshmallows, Cookies, Fudge, Gum Drops, Lollipops, Rice Crispy Treats and many, many other goodies. My goodness, they even had a chocolate fountain. We are in short, a little sugared out.}
Saturday day will be devoted to doggie biscuit making {because dogs need Hanukkah presents too} and cookie baking. In the evening after the 2nd night of festivities and lights, we are going to the theatre to see “The Secret Garden.” Eben is unfamiliar with the story, but since he loves to garden is very intrigued, and has wondered a loud what is so “secret” about this garden.
Sunday, will be spent together, enjoying each other’s company. We are going to have Mr. Sweet Greens German Pancake and Mimosa’s brunch in the morning, a Wii {Super Mario Brothers} Competition in the afternoon and another festive night of lights in the evening. Fun, fun, fun.
While you are here at Sweet Greens, don’t forget to enter to win the first 5 Days of Etsy. ♫ Up for grabs is 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. ♫ Remember there are 12 days in all with tons of fun Earth friendly and handmade items up for grabs.
What are your lovely weekend plans? or Hannukah plans?
♫ my true love gave to me, a fab alphabet pillow made from recycled suits, ♫ a handful of sweet upcycledheart felts, ♫ three lovely reclaimed wooden handcrafts, ♫ two calling handmade upcycledbird ornaments, ♫ and a fantastic stocking made from men’s recycled suits. ♫
Giveaway number five is a lovely, lovely custom alphabet pillow from Hilary Cosgrove. Hilary’s pillows are made from fabulous recycled suit jackets. She does a fantastic job of searching out and finding the most lovely and unique suit jackets, some will have buttons, some will have a pocket. You will also find retro awesome tweeds, herringbones and checks in her collection of fabrics to choose from. Either way, you will get a fabulous pillow that will be cherished for generations to come. Since Hilary has tons of suit fabrics to choose from in an array of colors and fabrics, you will have a hard time deciding on a fabric. Once you do, Hilary makes all of her lovely pillows by hand and can make all letters. Wouldn’t it be perfect to give someone their initials as a holiday gift this year? I can picture these pillows adorning my sofa, bed, overstuffed and wooden chairs, can’t you?
Hilary has sewn and crafted since she was a child. You will see her attention to detail and fabulous personality show through in her work. Hilary loves all textiles and textures and likes to try anything and everything that catches her fancy. {My kind of gal.} Some of my favorite items from Hilary Cosgrove’sEtsy Shop include:
The Tiny Birds Who doesn’t want a sweet little bird perched on the mantle?
A huge thank you to Hilary Cosgrove for hosting this sweet giveaway.
How to Win
* You have until December 17th at 12 pm EST to enter this giveaway. * Visit Hilary Cosgrove’sEtsy Shop and leave a comment telling me what item you love, love, love.
{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: #22 BlackCatMima. Thank you to everyone who participated.
Have you checked out Cascadian Farm’s Organic Feed? This week is all about great holiday links from great greenies all over. Sweet Greens is honored to have made the list. Yay! Check it out and let me know what you think.
Since Hanukkah starts tonight, I thought I would share some of my family’s favorite Hanukkah stories. Even if you aren’t Jewish, these stories are a ton of fun to read.
Today is very exciting for me. You may remember a few months ago, I mentioned that I would be blogging for Cascadian Farm. Well, the blog has gone live today. Woo Hoo! Please visit me at Cascadian Farm, read the blog, check out my organic feed and let me know what you think. I look forward to working with Cascadian Farm and think it will be another lovely way to reach others who share Sweet Greens passion for the environment. I look forward to seeing you there.
