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Green Your Holidays:: Night Owl Paper Goods

November 19, 2009 8

It is time to start writing those holiday cards, just 22 days until Hanukkah starts and 36 days until Christmas. There are so many wonderful and Eco friendly options available and I want to start sharing some of my favorites. Night Owl Paper Goods makes some lovely cards printed on sustainably harvested Eco friendly birch. They also come with recycled kraft envelopes. Night Owl Paper Goods sent me a package of cards a few weeks back and we love them. Eben picked out one that he especially adores and requested that he recieve it as a birthday card. These cards are adorable and Earth friendly. I love the design, the colors and the concept. Fabulous.

Guess what? They also make the sweetest plushie owls you have ever seen. Eben would fall to pieces to find one of these little guys in his stocking this year. I would love, love, love to have one of my own. We have a major thing for owls in our home, but who doesn’t? Owls are simply lovely little creatures. {Don’t you just want to hug Harper or Samuel? and doesn’t Felix look like he is up to no good?}

What type of holiday cards will you be sending this year?

Don’t you think Night Owl Paper Goods is lovely, lovely, lovely?
XO.

DIY:: Print Your Own Recycled Holiday Tags.

November 19, 2009 6

Do you have a stack of leftover scrap paper in your office? I know, I do. Wouldn’t it be great if you could recycle your scrap paper into super cute gift tags for the holidays?


These free printable holiday tags from Delight.com are well, delightful. I love the colors and the designs and will be printing some for my holiday gifts and you can too. Just click here and print away.

Do you use holiday tags?

Enjoy.

Green Your Holiday:: Gimme S’mores

November 19, 2009 8

Are you having a holiday dinner party or social? Wouldn’t these S’mores kits be perfect little thank you gifts for your guests? These would also make lovely gifts for your children to give to their friends or teachers. Who doesn’t love chocolate, graham crackers and marshmallows? Right?

What do you think?

Photo via Twig and Thistle.

XO.

Earth Friendly Etsy: Chasing Lightning Bugs Recycled Paper Giveaway

November 19, 2009 47

If you want to see a giddy girl, be at my mailbox when I receive a handwritten letter or elegant invitation in the mail. I love them, you will hear me squeal in delight. The look and feel of a letter or invitation that someone took time to craft and write is so special to me. I have kept every letter and every card that I have ever received. I do not think it is necessary or Earth friendly to send a letter for every little thing, but if you want to tell someone something that you think they will want to have forever or are sending an invitation for a wedding or anniversary, I think a handwritten letter is the best option. Unfortunately, I can not tell you the last time that I received a handwritten letter. I still write thank you notes and send handwritten letters but possibly I am a dying breed. I have tried to instill this in my son Eben by having him write thank you notes for birthdays, holidays and special occasions. He doesn’t find it as lovely as I do. Ha!

Growing up I dreamed of a pen pal, but wasn’t sure how to get one since I didn’t have a cousin or friend that lived far away. Maybe as an adult, I will receive a beautifully written and elegantly crafted letter from a pen pal and my wish will come true. If I do receive a letter, I will be sure to mail a letter back in one of these fab envelopes made by Annette at Chasing Lightning Bugs.

Annette has traveled the world, read many books and received a BFA in painting. All of this has inspired the envelopes that she crafts using old, worn and no longer viable encyclopedias, atlases and maps and other found objects. She has beautiful envelopes that would be perfect for your pen pal, anniversary party or wedding invitation.

Annette lives in a beautiful little stone house with a huge garden full of lavender and crab apples trees on Lake Ontario in Kingston, Canada. She lives her life full of love and happiness on a beach full of beach glass, pebbles and peace for as far as the eye can see. Her studio is full of paintings, cans of brushes, jars of beach glass and piles of books. Annette lives in her beautiful paradise with her lovely husband and Great Dane Edgar.

Have you written a letter lately? Annette at Chasing Lightning Bugs has been so lovely to offer ONE of my lovely readers a set of handmade envelopes. If you win, please remember to use the envelopes to send someone you love a beautiful handwritten letter that they will cherish forever.
How To Enter

1. Subscribe to Sweet Greens (if you haven’t already) and click confirm in the email confirmation that you will receive from FeedBurner.

2. Visit Chasing Lightning Bugs and leave me a comment telling me who you would write a letter to.

Additional Entries
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Rules for Entry

  • Please leave a way for me to contact you if you win.
  • Contest ends August 5th @ 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.

UPDATE:: Winner is #26, Cindi. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who participated. I had a lot of fun reading who you would write your letters to.

Earth Friendly Etsy: Sew to Speak Giveaway

November 18, 2009 60

Since we have been talking about stocking stuffers, I thought it would be nice if this week’s Earth Friendly Etsy Shop offered a lovely item that you could stuff in the stocking of someone you love. I also wanted something that would be perfect for the crafter’s and seamstress’ out there. {I love to sew and have been working on my own craft.} I wanted something cute, organic, fun and creative. With that said, I found Sew to Speak and was immediately smitten.

Sew to Speak is owned and operated by Brittany in . Brittany is a fabulously talented seamstress who makes the sweetest shirts that you have seen. Brittany’s shirts are made using 100% organic cotton which makes them Eco friendly, good for you and lushly soft. Brittany’s designs are inspired by sewing and quilting which has always surrounded her life. Both Brittany’s mother and grandmother are master seamstresses who create the most lovely quilts. When Brittany was growing up, her grandmother made most of her beautiful clothes. How lucky is that?

To create her beautiful and whimsy shirts, Brittany starts by hand drawing the designs and then transferring them to her computer to add the text. She then creates the screen for the printing of the shirts and prints each by hand.

Do you have a crafter or a seamstress on your holiday shopping list? If so, wouldn’t they love to open a lovely little gift from Sew to Speak?

Brittany has been so lovely to offer ONE of my readers a Sew Happy Shirt, it has a picture of a Singer Featherweight on it, any seamstress’ dream machine! How much fun is that? How to Enter

** Visit Sew to Speak and leave me a comment telling me which shirt design is your fave?

Additional Entries
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The winner will be announced December 2nd.

*UPDATE:: WINNER:: #3 Peach Rainbow. Thank you to everyone who entered.

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