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Earth Friendly Etsy: Willow Creek Sparrow Black Crow Giveaway

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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
1. Subscribe to Sweet Greens (if you haven’t already) and click confirm in the email you receive from FeedBurner. {leave one comment}

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.

Fab Green Find:: To Go Ware {Coupon Code!}

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My least favorite part of going out to dinner is feeling like I have too finish the entire meal because I don’t want to use the to go packaging that the restaurant offers. Luckily, Northern Colorado is pretty Eco friendly, so most of our fave restaurants have to go boxes that are either recyclable or compostable. My problem though, is that to go boxes are still well, to go boxes and they have to be disposed of, in one way or another, all of which are not Eco friendly. We live in a to-go culture so innovative products that provide an Earth friendly solution is what the world needs.

I recently found To-Go Ware. To-Go Ware is a fab line of reusable food and beverage containers that allow you to take your meal to go without the waste. How fabulous is that? To-Go Ware’s founder, Stephanie Bernstein, was a college student in 1997 at the University of Michigan when she was inspired by her fellow college students who diligently carried their reusable coffee mugs around with them. She believed that you could encourage people to expand this practice and use more durable and reusable containers for the on the go convenience.

To-Go Ware offers a wide assortment of reusable containers, so you are sure to find what would work best for your family. To-Go Ware’s collection includes food carriers, utensils, carrying bags and beverage carriers. The stainless steel products are 200 grade stainless steel. To-Go Ware is committed to participating in creating sustainable, local economies.

We received the To-Go Ware 2 Tier Stainless Steel Action Pack which includes a 2 Tier Stainless Steel Tiffin Set, a sidekick, a Bamboo utensil set and a sling bag. I love that the sling bag is woven from cotton scraps collected from recycling sites throughout Ghaziabad, India, then dyed with natural dyes, cut and sewn. The 2 Tier Stainless Steel Tiffin Set is perfect for our family of three because we don’t usually have that much leftover when we go out to dinner. We liked how everything fits and locks inside the tiffins and the sidekick is perfect for leftover sauces or dressing. Jayson liked that the sling bag kept everything warm until we were able to get home to put the leftovers in the refrigerator. Jayson also likes to use the To-Go Ware 2 Tier Action Pack to take his lunch to work because it holds a lot of food and is easy to use, not to mention is is really cool looking.

Do you want to take your dinner to go in a To-Go Ware Tiffin Set. You can receive 20% off with the coupon code SWEET20. The coupon code is valid from today through October 31st.

What do you think of To-Go Ware?

Enjoy.

Have a Lovely Green Weekend + Happy Hanukkah!

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Hello, Friends!

What are your plans this weekend? Tonight, we will be celebrating the 1st Night of Hanukkah. Mr. Sweet Greens is making Cabbage Rolls and Latkes for dinner. Eben and I can not wait, we love, love, love Latkes. The night will be filled with the light from the menorah, Hanukkah stories, dreidel playing and present opening. {I think we will refrain from any candy eating. Last night, we went to Mr. Sweet Greens’ company holiday party and every year they have a “Sweets Tent.” Yes, you heard me correct. This is an actual large outdoor tent that is filled with sweets. Eben and I had our fill of Gingerbread Men, Licorice Ropes, Cinnamon Bears, Bubble Gum Balls, Chocolate Covered Marshmallows, Cookies, Fudge, Gum Drops, Lollipops, Rice Crispy Treats and many, many other goodies. My goodness, they even had a chocolate fountain. We are in short, a little sugared out.}

Saturday day will be devoted to doggie biscuit making {because dogs need Hanukkah presents too} and cookie baking. In the evening after the 2nd night of festivities and lights, we are going to the theatre to see “The Secret Garden.” Eben is unfamiliar with the story, but since he loves to garden is very intrigued, and has wondered a loud what is so “secret” about this garden.

Sunday, will be spent together, enjoying each other’s company. We are going to have Mr. Sweet Greens German Pancake and Mimosa’s brunch in the morning, a Wii {Super Mario Brothers} Competition in the afternoon and another festive night of lights in the evening. Fun, fun, fun.

While you are here at Sweet Greens, don’t forget to enter to win the first 5 Days of Etsy. ♫ Up for grabs is 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. ♫ Remember there are 12 days in all with tons of fun Earth friendly and handmade items up for grabs.

What are your lovely weekend plans? or Hannukah plans?

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

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♫ 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.

Cascadian Farm Holiday Links.

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Have you checked out Cascadian Farm’s Organic Feed? This week is all about great holiday links from great greenies all over. Sweet Greens is honored to have made the list. Yay! Check it out and let me know what you think.

XO.
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