As a kid growing up in the 80’s, I loved to skateboard. I still remember my hot pink panther board – it was my favorite thing! To this day whenever we pass the skate park, I have to stop and reminisce – hoping that Eben will take up skateboarding, soon!
When I came across Seven Ply, named after the seven layers of a skateboard deck, I freaked out. Seven Ply transforms old, broken, beat-up skateboard decks into Earth friendly jewelry and accessories that are fun and one of a kind. The designer and owner Lynn is married to a skateboarder and raising a little skateboarder, Elijah Hurricane. Lynn motto is that she is turning thrash’n into fashion. Her product line includes bangle bracelets, necklaces, studs, belt buckles, earrings, and pocket mirrors. The graphics and colors are amazing and the end product is rad. If you grew up in the 80’s or love skateboarding or both, Seven Ply is for you.
Seven Ply has been amazing to offer ONE of my readers a super fun bangle bracelet.
To Enter:
Visit Seven Ply and then complete the form below to enter to win!
Contest ends May 6th @ 12am EST. Winner will be chosen at random using a random number generator and will be announced the following day.
Our pets explore the world around them with their mouths -they walk outside through pesticides and chemicals without the protection of shoes. Then, they clean themselves with their tongues and chew on toys that contain heavy metals, chemical dyes and plasticizers. Not good. What can you do?
For starters, your pet doesn’t need tons of different chew toys. Replace your pets chew toys with a couple toys made with organic and chemical free materials. The “Purrfect“ place to purchase pet toys is Purrfect Play. Purrfect Play has a great selection of fun and durable pet products that are organic and all natural. The toys are so durable and washable that you will only need a couple. This is great for the Earth and great for your wallet. Purrfect Play is owned and operated by Pam Wheelock. Pam designs all of her fabulous pet products out of her home in Indiana. All of her products are made out of organic, chemical free and fair trade materials. Purrfect Play is a member of Green America, Co-op America and Organic Trade Association.
My favorite and my Lilly’s (my bulldog) favorite is the organic cotton tug. I love that the tug is made from organic cotton that comes from a great U.S. company that sends it’s organic cotton t-shirt remnants to Purrect Play. Lilly loves that the tug is durable (she loves to rip toys apart) and she also loves to chew and play tug of war.
Pam is offering ONE of my lucky readers and your best friend the choice between a Tug Toy or Catnip Snake.
To Enter:
Please visit Purrfect Play and sign up for Pam’s newsletter, which is full of great ideas for your pet, then leave a comment below.
Contest will end on May 14th and the winner will be announced the next day.
A lot of you have been asking me for more fab vegetarian and vegan dishes. Well, meet my newest blog obession fresh365. Fresh365 is an amazing blog devoted to seasonal, organic and local vegetarian and vegan meals. The creator Erin is from Boston and is inspired by food, photography, travel and style. She hopes you will find inspiration at fresh365 to taste new foods, explore unique places and share simple recipes and laughs with family and friends. Make the most out of every day and take life for what it has to offer. {How lovely is that?} Erin has been so lovely to allow me to feature some of her fab recipes here on Sweet Greens. Visit fresh365, the photography alone will have you drooling. Here is something yummy for the weekend.
Tomato Panzanella
Ingredients::
Croutons::
3 c Italian bread cut or torn into 1” pieces
olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
Salad::
4 large tomatoes cut into wedges
14-oz can artichoke hearts, drained and coarsely chopped
*1 c pitted kalamata olives, coarsely chopped
1/2 c coarsely chopped fresh basil leaves
3 T coarsely chopped fresh mint
Dressing::
1/3 c olive oil
1/4 c white wine vinegar
1 large garlic clove, minced
1/2 t salt
1/4 t pepper
Directions::
Place the bread on a baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Broil 2-4 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from oven, and transfer to a large bowl. Add the tomatoes, artichokes, olives and basil. Toss to combine.In a small bowl, combine all dressing ingredients. Stir well, and drizzle over the salad. Toss, and season to taste with salt and pepper. (Dish can be prepared ahead of time, with croutons added just before serving).
*substitution: 15.5-oz can cannelloni beans, drained and rinsed
I love when jewelry is more than just a beautiful bauble that looks fabulous when I am wearing it. I find jewelry that is attached to a memory of a particular event or person to be even more fantastic. I have a nesting necklace that the mister and Eben bought me one year for Mother’s Day. It has two swirls of metals, one yellow gold and one white gold that fit perfectly together. The large white gold swirl symbolizes the mother and snuggling in to it is another swirl of yellow gold that symbolizes the child. This is a piece of jewelry that I cherish and every time I wear it reminds me of my beautiful son.
The Pretty Peacock is a jewelry design company created by Ana Talukder Simpson that focuses on this deep connection. Ana started designing the type of jewelry that she does because of her need to have special poems that her husband wrote to her while they were dating with her at all times. She wanted to immortalize his words onto something that she could carry with her, a tangible memory of that time in their lives, a little treasure that was deeply personal to her.
The Pretty Peacock’s Good Karma Collection is fun and personalized jewelry made from eco-friendly fine silver that has been reclaimmed from the tech industry. Since most precious metals require harmful mining to procure, reclaimed fine silver does not which saves the environment from several ailments such as surface scars, element depletion and by keeping toxic by-products that leach into our water and soil from doing so. The Good Karma Collection consists of several different types of jewelry, my favorite being The Dream Woven Sculpture pendant.
Now that you have seen this great line of jewelry, don’t you feel like you deserve some good karma?
Ana has been so lovely to offer ONE of my lovely readers a Good Karma Sparklettes.
You can also shop at The Pretty Peacock and enter coupon code GREEN to receive 10% off your purchase, now through August 20th.
How to Enter
1. Subscribe to Sweet Greens (if you haven’t already) and click confirm in the email confirmation that you receive from FeedBurner.
2. Visit The Pretty Peacock and tell me which Good Karma Sparklettes you will choose if you win.
Additional Entries
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Rules for Entry
Please leave a way for me to contact you if you win.
Contest ends August 21st @ 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:: Bella #11 Congratulations! Thanks again to everyone who entered.
Mr. Sweet Greens and myself are celebrating our 10 year wedding Anniversary today. I can not believe that we have been married for this long, it seems just like yesterday that we said, “I do.” I have been very fortunate to not only find a loving and wonderful husband and father, but my best friend. It is lovely to be married to someone who shares your ideals, dreams, challenges and accomplishments. Our marriage is simply, the most fun that I have ever had in my life and I look forward to many, many more wedding Anniversaries together.
We have a lovely evening in planned, Jayson is doing all the cooking {naturally} and I will be in charge of the ambiance.
Happy 10 years Mr. Sweet Greens.
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