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Calling All Earth Friendly Etsy Shops

December 18, 2009 2

Do you have an Earth friendly Etsy Shop? Does your shop recycle something old into something fabulous? Do you make Eco friendly goodies that you want to tell the world about? Would you like to be featured on Sweet Greens? If so, please email me at hellojennielyon@gmail.com and tell me about your Earth friendly shop. What makes it Earth friendly? Why do you do what you do? I am looking for fabulous shops to feature in my weekly Earth friendly Etsy segments for the coming year and would love, love, love to hear about yours? Remember each feature includes a giveaway, so please tell me about the item that you would like to giveaway as well. This is an excellent opportunity to get your Earth friendly Etsy shop featured to a large community of people who love, love, love all things Eco friendly and handmade. But hurry, my Earth Friendly Etsy slots are very, very popular and will fill quickly.

Have a lovely day.

photo via my favorite Etsy shop Chakra Pennywhistle.

Earth Friendly Etsy: Willow Creek Sparrow Black Crow Giveaway

December 12, 2009 71

We did it! We spent all day last Sunday decorating the inside and outside of our home for Halloween. We decided to get an early start on it, because Jayson’s lovely brother and nephew are coming this Friday to stay with us for a long weekend. Jayson’s brother’s son is the same age as Eben so we thought it would be fun to have everything decorated before they arrived. My favorite Halloween decorations are the ones that we made ourselves or picked up at vintage stores. Have you started your Halloween decorating? Need a little inspiration?

This week’s Earth friendly Etsy shop is Willow Creek Sparrow. Willow Creek Sparrow is a lovely little shop full vintage and handmade goodies. Willow Creek Sparrow is owned by Laurie and her two lovely daughters. All three of them love to shop their local flea markets, thrift stores, estate sales, trunk shows, antique and vintage boutiques and their shop is a collection of all of their wonderful finds. My favorite items at Willow Creek Sparrow are things for the holidays. I am in love with their upcycled pillows, bags and other decorations, with my absolutely favorite being the Love Potion #9 Witch.

Laurie & her daughters @ Willow Creek Sparrow have been so sweet to offer TWO of my readers a Love Potion #9 and lovely little crow. You heard right, we will have TWO winners this week. Yay! Love Potion #9 is a sweet little handmade & upcycled 19″ tall witch. She is perched upon a wooden base, complete with her flowing plaid skirt, love potion #9 necklace and her best friend the crow. The lovely little crow is handmade from an upcycled wool sweater. He has a lovely key and heart necklace, button eyes and is perched upon his wooden stand. He would look so lovely as the centerpiece in your dining room.

How to Enter

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2. Visit Willow Creek Sparrow and leave me a comment telling me which item you love, love, love. leave another comment

**BONUS ENTRY:: Leave me a comment with your favorite Halloween decoration.

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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 14th @ 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.

A big thank you to Willow Creek Sparrow and Good Luck and Enjoy.

**UPDATE:: WINNERS:: #17 Jen won the little witch and #61 Anne J won the little crow. Thank you for leaving your comments, it was a lot of fun to read about your fave Halloween decorations.

On the 5th Day of Etsy… Recycled Alphabet Pillow Giveaway

December 11, 2009 59

♫ my true love gave to me, 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 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’s Etsy Shop include:

The Tiny Birds Who doesn’t want a sweet little bird perched on the mantle?

The Owl Pillows You know how I feel about Owls, right?

The Origami Mobile It’s Origami, do I need to say more?

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’s Etsy Shop and leave a comment telling me what item you love, love, love.

{One comment per person please.}

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

**UPDATE: WINNER: #22 BlackCatMima. Thank you to everyone who participated.

On the 4th Day of Etsy… Upcycled Heart Christmas Ornaments Giveaway

December 10, 2009 38

♫ my true love gave to me, a handful of upcycled heart felts, ♫ three lovely reclaimed wooden handcrafts, ♫ Two Calling Handmade Upcycled Bird Ornaments, ♫ and a stocking made from men’s recycled suits. ♫

Giveaway number four is a set of Upcycled Heart Felts {$16} from Sewn Natural. These would be perfect for your child to hang on the holiday tree or to give as a gift to someone who recently had a baby or has small children. You could even keep them for yourself and hang them on your own tree.

Sewn Natural is my favorite Etsy shop when it comes to organic baby and toddler items. Sewn Natural is a collection of Eco friendly baby and toddler blankets, quilts, toys, dresses, kids’ messenger and sleep bags, holiday items and much, much more. All of Sewn Naturals collection is made with all natural, organic and rescued upcycled fibers. The collection pairs sustainable Eco design with mod offbeat style. Fab, fab, fab. This lovely Mother and Daughter team creates the most wonderful children’s products that I have seen. Her use of simple modern lines and fabulous colors will make you and your little ones smile. Take a look around Sewn Natural and I believe that you will see something that you will fall in love with. Sewn Natural would be the perfect place to purchase a one of a kind baby shower gift or a lovely holiday gift for the little ones in your life.

Eben saw the organic stuffed dog while I was drooling, I mean browsing the sight and told me that he would call him Olive and would sleep with him every night. {I have to agree, I would snuggle with him too.}

I also think the gnome upcycled baby dolls are delightful.

Who wouldn’t cuddle up in an organic baby quilt?

Do you also remember that I love, love, love the children’s messenger bags? Lovely, no?

A very lovely thank you to Sewn Natural for hosting this fab giveaway.

How to Win

* You have until December 16th at 12 pm EST to enter this giveaway.

* Visit Sewn Natural and leave a comment telling me what item you love, love, love. One comment per person please.

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

*UPDATE: WINNER:: #4 Janil. Thank you to everyone who played.

7 Green Stocking Stuffers for Eco-Friendly Kids

December 10, 2009 3

All of Eben’s stocking stuffer shopping is completed, wrapped and either sitting under our holiday tree or resting in his dreidel bag. Here are some of the things that he will find waiting for him to unwrap this year.

+ Bubble and Bee Organics Coconut and Lime Lip Balm $3.59

+ Calvin and Hobbes Comic Books: that I scoured our local thrift for and found 10 of them for 50¢ each. It took me all year to find a stack of them, but I did it.