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#3 – The 12 Day of Etsy: Fly Art Center: 3 FLY Art Kits

December 8, 2010 1
♫♪ On the third day of Etsy, my true love gave to me three FLY Art Kits, two recycled ice skate ornaments and something that will make me look pretty. ♪♫
Giveaway number three is from FLY Art Center. One lucky reader will win a set of three FLY Art Kits. FLY Art Kits are fantastic! Eben and I received a SWAY Mobile Kit, ROLL Marble Chute Kit and GROWL Imaginary Animal Kit and we had a blast with all three.

Each box contains reclaimed and repurposed materials that are ready for action. The SWAY Mobile Kit comes with everything that you need to create a unique mobile to hang above your bed. The ROLL Marble Kit is like having a roller coaster in your living room. And the GROWL Imaginary Animal Kit comes with fun wooden shapes, stickers and fuzzy fake fur to create your own creatures!

FLY Art Kits would make THE perfect holiday or birthday gift and they are such a great bargain too! I love that the kits do NOT come with any type of instructions – you create the project the way that your brain thinks the project should be created. There is no right or wrong, just fun! These would also be great for those long winter days inside!

ROLL, SWAY or GROWL your way over to FLY Art Center and pick up a box of holiday fun. Then leave a comment below! You have 1 week to enter – please tell you friends and family so they don’t miss out on the fun.

P.S. Remember that Sweet Greens 2010 Holiday Giveaway Week is still up and running, so jump over there and leave a comment or two!

– Jengd is the winner! Thank you for playing.

Green Your Holidays: 6 Eco Friendly Holiday Tree Alternatives

December 8, 2010 0

For many families the start of the holiday season is marked with choosing a holiday tree. Each holiday season more than 25 million coniferous trees are cut and sold as holiday decorations. Although, the holiday tree is an important symbol of the holidays, it can be a hard choose to make when considering the environment.

It can take up to 15 years to grow a holiday tree that will be used for about a month. Many holiday tree farms use large amounts of pesticides and fertilizers which pollute the waterways, land and poison wildlife. Then after the holiday season, these trees usually disposed of in our local landfills.
You do have options when it comes to choosing a holiday tree and many of those choices can be friendly to the environment – and beautiful in your home too. Jump over to Cascadian Farm for my top 6 favorite holiday tree alternatives.

#2 – The 12 Days of Etsy : Recycled Parts: Ice Skate Ornaments

December 7, 2010 1

♪♫ On the second day of Etsy, my true love gave to me two recycled ice skate ornaments and something that will make me look pretty. ♪♫

One lovely reader will receive their choice of two pairs of skate ornaments from Recycled Parts. Recycled Parts is owned by Jennifer Jagger in Olympia, Washington. Jennifer has been handcrafting ornaments from recycled materials for the past couple of years.

Jennifer’s goal is to take items that would normally be tossed into the trash and use them again – to create something beautiful and unique. Each of her handmade felt ornaments are crafted from 100% post consumer waste recycled plastic bottle felt. And are filled with certified organic cotton, with a recycled steel paper clip for the “blades”.

Jennifer also has an adorable assortment of recycled ornaments made from bicycle inner tubes and hemp! Fantastic!

Jump over to Recycled Parts and pick up something pretty to decorate your holiday tree, then leave a comment below. You have 1 week to enter – please tell you friends and family so they don’t miss out on the fun!

* Remember you also have time to enter my 25 Holiday Giveaways from last week, click here.

– The winner is Michelle. Thank you for playing.

Green Holiday Gift Idea For Kids: Your Vintage Toys

December 7, 2010 0

I was one of those children who took really good care of my toys. In fact – most of the toys that I had as a child that were super important to me, I still have to this day. I always wondered if my own children would be interested in the toys that I saved all of these years. So each year, I try to remember to pick one think from my trunk that I think Eben would treasure too and give it to his as a holiday gift.

Last year, the mister and I introduced Eben to Gremlins, he loved it – especially Gizmo. That is when I remembered the huge trunk in our guest room, full of toys from my past. Among the treasures a mint 1984 Gizmo. I decided to add it to Eben’s holiday gifts – and to my surprise it was the one thing that he was still carrying around several weeks later. He kept asking me, “How old is this Gizmo again, Mom?” Ha.

Do you have treasures from your past that you dig out to give to your children?
Do you find that sharing these prized possessions brings you closer to your child?
If not, do you buy gifts for your children that remind you of your childhood?

P.S. This years gift from my trunk is going to be my large collection of PEZ dispensers!

# 1 – The 12 Days of Etsy: Ginger Hollow: Wearable Art

December 6, 2010 2
♪♫ On the 1st Day of Etsy, my true love gave to me, something that will make me look pretty. ♪♫

The 1st Day of Etsy brings one lucky reader a $50 gift certificate to Ginger Hollow. Ginger Hollow is full of wearable and decor-able art, one of a kind treasures and vintage reconstructions.

With a generous $50 you could pick something sweet for your sister and still have enough money to pick something quirky for yourself. Or you could pick a pretty ring for your mother, something lovely for the holiday tree and something simple for your bestie.

Whatever you choose – you will know that it will be Eco friendly, vintage and fabulous. Rush over to Ginger Hollow and see how many ways you could spend $50 and pick up a gift or two for this holiday season. Then leave a comment below. You have 1 week to enter – please tell your friends and family so they don’t miss out on the fun!

– The winner is Elena. Thank you for playing.

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