Author Archive | Jennie Lyon

Hello, Friends! I hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving, I want to thank you for all of your support in 2013, I really appreciate all of you!

As a thank you, I am hosting my annual Holiday Giveaway Week starting December 2nd with over $2000 in prizes up for grabs, subscribe now you won’t want to miss it!

I will also be hosting a pop-up giveaway or two on  Sweet Greens Facebook page and Twitter next week – so join us over there if you haven’t already.

Here is a sneak peek of the giveaways that will start on Monday:

• A Room Makeover with FLOR Carpet Tiles!
• Shiny Baubles for the Special Gal in Your Life!
• A Beautiful Children’s Book Collection!
• Organic Meats, Cheeses + Dairy Items for Your Refrigerator!
• A Generous Basket of Natural Green Cleaners!
• A HUGE Lovely Cookbook Collection!
• All of Your Holiday Cards from Paper Culture!
• Luxurious Handbags from PELCOR and Underground Chic!

I think you will really enjoy all of the sustainable, natural, organic and eco-friendly goodness that will be coming your way.

Happy Holidays!

xo,
Sweet Greens

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December 1st is right around the corner! Are you ready for the countdown to the holidays? We usually have two types of advent calendars in our home each year. One calendar that focuses on a simple eco-friendly activity that we can do together each day and a second where we open a wrapped holiday book from our collection and read it together. Both of these advents are super easy and don’t require us to purchase anything new. Yet, they are both very special activities that we look forward to all year.

I have been looking for new ways to present the advent calendars this year. I have compiled a list of my top 7 favorites, all of which you can make using upcycled, eco-friendly or even recycled materials.

— I think number four would be fun for a couple – you could use organic wines!

Does your family celebrate with an advent calendar? Which kind?

1: Brown Paper Stars 2: Brown Paper Bags 3: Wine Bottles 4: White Paper Bags 5: Brown Paper Bags 6: Paper Trees 7: Wrapped Gifts and Brown Paper Bags

This Thanksgiving has been very low key and laid back – we slept in until 10 a.m.! We are having the mister’s father and girlfriend for dinner – so there will be only 5 of us. Our guest won’t arrive until 4 p.m. – giving us plenty of time to leisurely cook, clean and decorate, it has been a lovely morning.

I hope you have a laid back, lovely Thanksgiving and enjoy the long weekend with your family. I will see you back here tomorrow – I will be announcing the line-up for the 2013 Sweet Greens Holiday Giveaway Week! They are pretty amazing!

xo,
Sweet Greens

Tonight is the 1st night of Hanukkah – Hooray! It’s also the first time since 1888 that Hanukkah will be celebrated on Thanksgiving Day. If you celebrate Hanukkah, I hope you have something special planned for each of the eight lovely nights with your family and friends! I bet some of you will have latkes on your Thanksgiving table.

Happy Hanukkah!

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