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Vintage Toy Car Collection from Ko Verzuu

September 27, 2010 0
I love this vintage toy collection from Ko Verzuu for ADO that I wrote about on Inhabitots. They are bright, vintage and wood – my favorite characteristics for children’s toys. The best part is the story behind the brand, read more about it here.
Have you started collections for your children?
What type of collections?

Does Your Life Grow Like Your Garden?

September 27, 2010 0

Can you guess what a favorite hobby amongst those to make it to see 100 years of age is? If you guessed gardening, then you are correct. Studies have shown that gardeners experience much less heart disease than their non gardening counterparts. It may have a lot to do with the amount of exercise and level of discipline and patience that is required to be a good gardener. Either way, this really motivates me to get my hands in the soil and soon.

What do you think?
Do you personal know someone who has lived a long healthy life and who also gardens?

Writing Is A Struggle Against Silence: Eco-Friendly Journal Giveaway

September 26, 2010 32
One of my favorite pass times is journaling – there is something about curling up in my favorite spot with an amazing cup of tea, great music, and a journal and my thoughts. I can and have spent hours transcribing my thoughts.

I recently found a fabulous shop called Vickerey in my neighboring town of Boulder. Vickerey’s products are luxurious in a conscious-living way. I am especially enamored with the Rhodia and Eco Lokta journals. The Rhodia journals are perfect for jotting down your thoughts and are made from 100% sustainable forests. I use my Rhodia journal everyday to write down and keep track of my daily thoughts and ideas. The Eco Lokta journals are fabulous. They are handmade in Nepal from the Daphne Cannabina bush, which grows naturally in the Himalayas at 6500-9500 feet and is a completely sustainable plant. These journals are larger and look amazing displayed in my bookcase.

Vickerey also carries a huge assortment of women’s and men’s organic apparel. They have a wonderful Yoga shop and bath and spa collection.

I have a fabulous set of miniature Kathmandu Journals to give to ONE of my lovely readers. These little gems have 96 pages (48 sheets) of natural colored, acid-free Lokta paper with a sturdy hard cover that is hand dyed.

To ENTER:

Visit Vickerey’s online store and tell me your favorite product, come back to Sweet Greens and
do ONE of the following and then leave me a comment telling me which one you did.

Contest ends April 17th @ 12 am EST. Winner will be chosen at random and announced the following day.

Good Luck! 

* Update: Winner:: Debbie K. Congratulations.

Earth Friendly Etsy: Chakra Pennywhistle Organic Textile Giveaway

September 25, 2010 96

Back for another addition of Earth Friendly Etsy is one of my favorite Etsy shops Chakra Pennywhistle. You will remember Chakra Pennywhistle as the adorable circle the date patch that debuted on Sweet Greens back in April. You will also remember that Chakra Pennywhistle is a beautiful collection that Rikkianne has created by creating something new out of something old.

Rikkianne is a mother to a beautiful little girl named Mia who shares her mother’s love for thrifting and finding beautiful things – a fellow thrifter, be still my heart. Rikkianne is very passionate about doing her part to create a sustainable future and she does so by using Eco-friendly and vintage materials. She really enjoys using natural materials and one of her favorite quotes about organic farming really sums this up. “Organic farming is rediscovering old techniques and applying them with a new plough” by Rhea Pepper.

This week I want to showcase Chakra Pennywhistle’s Organic Collection. The Organic Collection is a fabulous pillow collection that consists of original hand drawn designs printed on organic cotton twill. Each pillow is stuffed with raw organic cotton and sewn with organic cotton thread. The designs are so lovely, you will want one of each. My favorites are the little modern birds and tulips.

Again, Rikkianne @ Chakra Pennywhistle has been super lovely to offer ONE of my readers a dainty, simple, handmade Tassel Pillow. This is a sweet accent pillow size 12″ wide by 6″ tall. Stay tuned, Rikkianne @ Chakra Pennywhistle will be a special Earth friendly guest blogger on Sweet Greens in the near future. {giggles}

How To Enter
 
1. Subscribe to Sweet Greens (if you haven’t already) and confirm the subscription in the email from FeedBurner.

2. Visit Chakra Pennywhistle and leave me a comment with your favorite pillow design.

Additional Entries
1 entry for each of the below things that you do

Rules for Entry

  • Please leave a way for me to contact you if you win.
  • Contest ends August 12th @ 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:: Sarah #86 Congratulations!

Have a Lovely Weekend + A Few Green Things

September 24, 2010 0

Hello Everyone. How was your week? We are getting ready to leave early this morning for Key West. We are going to be camping at Bahia Honda State Park for a three day weekend getaway. Bahia Honda offers some of the best snorkeling and white sand beach combing in Florida – I can’t wait. Eben is excited to snorkel at the Looe Key National Marie Sanctuary, where we will be able to see Elkhorn and massive Star coral – hopefully a sea turtle or two! We also plan on renting Paddle Boards (doesn’t it look fun?) and relaxing for the entire weekend.

How about you, what are your weekend plans?

While I pack my snorkeling gear, here are a few green things that I have been wanting to share with you:

– This reminded me to take a time for the little things and I smiled.
– Have you seen this week in pictures, it is fantastic!
– I love to watch the rain hit the ocean.
– Could you live in a tiny apartment?
– OMGoodness, handfuls of baby owls? Yes please.
– Do you like Turquoise and Red together?

Have an amazing weekend, I can hardly wait to see you on Monday.

xo,
Sweet Greens

ps: If you haven’t already, don’t forget to enter the La Alicia handbag giveaway.

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