Our Favorite Hanukkah Stories.

Since Hanukkah starts tonight, I thought I would share some of my family’s favorite Hanukkah stories. Even if you aren’t Jewish, these stories are a ton of fun to read.

Dreidelcat {Eben’s all time favorite.}

Latkes, Latkes Good to Eat. {Great for the entire family.}

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins. {This is a new one for us that we just discovered this year.}

What are your favorite Hanukkah stories?

xo.

Find Sweet Greens @ Cascadian Farm

Today is very exciting for me. You may remember a few months ago, I mentioned that I would be blogging for Cascadian Farm. Well, the blog has gone live today. Woo Hoo! Please visit me at Cascadian Farm, read the blog, check out my organic feed and let me know what you think. I look forward to working with Cascadian Farm and think it will be another lovely way to reach others who share Sweet Greens passion for the environment. I look forward to seeing you there.

Have a lovely green day.

XO,
Sweet Greens.

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

♫ 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.

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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

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.

+ 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.

+ SkipBo $5 and Vintage Cards Games for Kids $11.99 who doesn’t love card games?

+ Smencils {Gourmet smelling recycled pencils} $14

What do you stuff in your child’s holiday stocking?

Perfect Stocking Stuffer:: Hammond’s Candies {Coupon Code}

Who doesn’t love to receive a little candy goodness as a holiday gift? If you are looking for the perfect candies to give this holiday season, look no further than Hammond’s Candies. I first discovered Hammond’s Candies when we were holiday shopping at our favorite little local kitchen store. They had a huge display of Hammond’s Candies all natural candy canes in galvanized bins. The candy canes were different types of unique flavors that I had never seen for a candy cane before, such as, Pomegranate, Pear, and Cranberry. Since Eben is a huge fan of Pomegranate I picked one up to stuff in his holiday stocking. Then I received a large and lovely package of goodies from Hammond’s Candies and was blown away again by the lovely flavors, styles and packaging of their other fabulous all natural goodies.
We received and are enjoying::

An assortment of All Natural Gourmet Candy Canes {These look fabulous hanging out of a holiday stocking or from a large holiday tree.}

All Natural Mini Ribbons {Which immediately reminded me of my grandmother and made me smile.}

Super Sweet Pillow Jar Sets {These look adorable sitting on my living room coffee table and wouldn’t these make lovely hostess gifts?}

Twist Lolli Ornaments {Who doesn’t want to hang candies on the holiday tree?}

I think Hammond’s Candies will make your holiday sweet and yummy. Hammond’s Candies is offering all Sweet Greens readers 5% off your total order, just enter coupon code ‘RETURN2009’ at checkout. A huge thank you to Hammond’s Candies for all of the goodies.

What type of candy do you enjoy during the holidays?

XO.