Please join me in welcoming Sweet Greens’ newest sponsor: Tiny Prints. Tiny Prints has a collection of high quality, fashionable products including stationary, invitations, announcements, greeting cards, photo books, calendars and gifts.
Tiny Prints is a Bay Area Certified green business that uses Luxurious Eco Friendly paper with beautiful designs. What was started by three friends with big dreams and a passion for beautiful paper – has quickly grown into a booming online retailer with fabulous designs for every occasion.
There is still time to order your Halloween cards. I wish that I was having a Halloween party this year. If I were, I would order the Crow’s Nest Invitations. And wouldn’t this Sparrow Surprise – Persimmon card be perfect for an older child? Eben would get a kick out of this Night Watcher card – he loves owls.
And don’t forget the winter holidays are right around the corner – rush over to Tiny Prints to order your chic holiday cards in an assortment of fun designs, beautiful colors and sweet layouts – that will fit any budget!
A huge thank you to Tiny Prints for sponsoring Sweet greens. Would you like to learn more about becoming a sponsor? If so, please click here.
The mister keeps telling me that he is going to build us a house in the woods. I recently told him about a cob house that I had seen – he was intrigued. A cob house? Yes, cob is a centuries-old method of building with earth, straw, and other natural fibers. The cob is mixed by foot and applied in globs (a.k.a. cobs). Cob homes can be very creative because building with cob is so free form – think of a hobbit house. You can make arches and niches quite easily and the finished product looks so organic. Plus, it dovetails seamlessly with the other eco-friendly tactics we use to keep our carbon footprint down, such as utilizing different types of reusable bags and recycling. With a cob house, our efforts would be even more helpful to the planet!
I thought it would be fun to find an Earth Friendly Etsy shop that takes a found object that has no use anymore and upcycles it into something fantastic.
Debby Arem Designs has a collection of “geekery” jewelry and office products called three ring circuits (3RC). Three ring circuits is a line of recycled circuit board products that takes “found objects” and transforms them into something fun, unique and useful. The collection consists of jewelry, clipboards, key chains, magnets, bookmarks, picture frames, sun catchers and clocks.
Three ring circuits currently has several of their repurposed green office products on permanent exhibit at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry as part of their Smart Home 2009 Exhibit. Very cool. This exhibit is sponsored by WIRED magazine, and includes Three ring circuits pencil boxes, a circuit board clock, a mouse pad and several clipboards, all of these items are made using recycled circuit boards.
Your children would delight in a fab circuit board clipboard for back to school. These are very cool and will definitely be a conversation starter, which is always perfect for breaking the ice on the first day of school.
Debby Arem Designs has been so lovely to offer ONE of my readers a Recycled Circuit Board Clipboard.
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1. Subscribe to Sweet Greens (if you haven’t already) and confirm the subscription in the email that you receive from FeedBurner. 2 . Visit Debby Arem Designs and leave me a comment telling me which item you would love to have.
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Please leave a way for me to contact you if you win.
Contest ends August 26th @ 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:: Tom Tuttle from Tacoma #26. Congratulations and thank you again to everyone who entered.
I have a passion for only using products in my home that are non-toxic and eco-friendly. In fact, the first thing my family did when we decided we wanted to live a greener lifestyle – we ditched the toxic products. It is a simple step that has a huge impact on both the health of the environment and the health of my family. I have given you the health rundown of using green cleaners before here, but just to refresh, check this out:
The air inside most homes is 2-5x more polluted than the air outside.
Almost 70% of streams sampled in 2002 contained chemicals from household cleaning products.
10% of toxic exposures reported to the U.S. Poison Control Centers are related to cleaning products directly touching the skin or being ingested.
Most conventional cleaning products come in non-recyclable containers.
Recently, I had the pleasure of being introduced to ecoSTORE. ecoSTORE is a New Zealand based company that offers plant-based and mineral-based household cleaning products, that are free of toxic chemicals and will help you reduce your carbon footprint. “No Nasty Chemicals” is the foundation that ecoSTORE is built on – doesn’t that just sum it up? Check out their ingredient list and you will find this is true.
I have reviewed some of ecoSTORE’s products and have been very impressed. I love that their products are ultra-concentrated, so you only have to use a little to do a big job and all of their packaging is 100% recyclable and compact. I am really enjoying the front loader laundry powder – which I was surprised works when using only a tiny amount. Also, the Lemongrass soap is amazing, the smell will win you over as well as it’s wonderful creamy feel. Would you like to try some for yourself? ecoSTORE is offering ONE of my lovely readers a $25 gift card. They are also offering free shipping on all orders over $25 so this will be amazing giveaway.
Contest ends May 15th @ 12am EST. Winner will be chosen at random using a random number generator and will be announced the following day. * Update: Winner:: Lindsay. Congratulations.
Today’s giveaway is for our preschool friends, because they need some back to school fun too. Growing up, I was a tomboy and I loved to play with my trucks in the sandbox. We had a giant sandbox in the backyard where all of my huge metal dump trucks and diggers lived. I remember spending countless hours outside with my little sister, playing with those trucks. Thinking back I do remember those huge trucks being terribly heavy with some sharp edges. Not to mention they were hard to maneuver and rusted in the rain.
I recently found a fabulous eco-friendly toy company called Sprig Toys. Sprig Toys is an eco-friendly company dedicated to making the best toys the right way. Sprig Toys makes the greatest kids toys that will keep your little ones active and the planet healthy. The design is fabulous, (think double duty) and Sprig Toy’s business practices and product quality are fantastic. Sprig Toys are made with Sprigwood™ which is a durable bio-composite material made from recycled wood and reclaimed plastic. One of the best parts for me, Sprig Toys is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, my town. Woo Hoo!
I received the Sprig Hollow Series to review and it is adorable. The Bee and Butterfly characters are delightful as well as interchangeable, which only adds to the fun. This series would be tons of fun for your preschooler because it is equipped with detachable tools and everything is water resistant. I love the chunky design of the vehicles, fun colors and that the vehicles have double duties. Not only can you drive or fly the vehicles around the garden, but each vehicle has a tool built in to it. The sand truck has a removable sand shovel and the heli–scoopter has a removable scoop. The series also comes with a garden pot and wildflower seeds. It is a fabulous set that will bring hours and hours of fun inside or outside for your little ones. Everything comes apart and lays completely flat, which is perfect for storage and for travel. I really can’t think of a more fun way for a preschooler to enjoy after school time, than playing with their Sprig Hollow play set in the garden with nature all around them.
Would you love to have a Sprig Hollow play set for your preschooler? Now you can, Sprig Hollow is offering ONE of my wonderful readers a Sprig Hollow play set complete with farm truck, barn, characters, scoops, shovels, garden pot and wildflower seeds. Retail Value $29.99. What a great back to school toy for your little one.
Bonus: All Sweet Greens Facebook Fans have a chance to win a separate Sprig Hollow Farm truck, Bee Character, Beehive and Flower Sand Sifter. Visit Sweet Greens Facebook Fan Page for more information.
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Rules for Entry
Please leave a way for me to contact you if you win.
Contest ends August 24st @ 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.
UPDATE: WINNER:: #12 daer0n, Congratulations and thank you to everyone who entered.
