Okay, so this is not necessarily a how-to step-by-step tutorial, but I just had to share!  It’s such an easy and great idea, you don’t need step-by-step directions.  Amy over at Ponder and Stitch went to the Thrift Store and found some old lonely drawers and re-purposed them into pretty display boxes!  I just love this idea so much.  Be sure to check out Amy and the rest of her Blog Post.

Isn’t this such a cute idea?!  A Little Hut was kind enough to share a great tutorial with beautiful images so you can do this at home!  I think it’s a great way for you to recycle and show off your creative skills all at once.  The best part, is that a beginner or an expert can enjoy doing this project.  Hey, it would be great for the kids!  This is not just for the Holidays either, you can change the colors and even use ribbon for Birthday, anniversary, wedding, and baby shower gifts! Check out the full tutorial here.

Image via A Little Hut

My husband was telling me that a friend of ours here in Colorado uses Eco-Baby Cloth Diaper Service for all of their diaper needs.  Before him telling me, I had never heard of such a service, but I’m in love with the idea!  Not only are you reducing waste in landfills, but you are guaranteed that your diapers are washed thoroughly and disinfected.  Best of all, you don’t actually have to do anything.  Pretty sweet deal! You can even set up a registry with them.

This is one of the cutest and easiest DIY for cardmaking!  Who says you only have to use paper when making cards!  This Quilted Notecard Tutorial is from Made.  It’s extremely easy to follow along with and it’s an inexpensive and green project!  This is a fabulous way to match the card to the handmade gift by using the same fabric.  Here is what you’ll need:

• Note cards or Card stock
• Scrap Fabric and thread
• Sewing machine
• Scissors for trimming

Be sure to visit Made for the complete tutorial!

• Next time you’re at the grocery store, take a list and grab a basket instead of a cart.  You’ll buy less, avoid impulse buys, spend less, and burn more calories!
• Don’t toss the sterile cotton from the tops of vitamin or pill bottles – save it for cosmetics or first aid, and that’s one less purchase to make.
• Save all of the paper packaging that comes your way that can be used one more time before recycling.  Put it all in a central location so you can find what you need later.  Bubble wrap, corrugated cardboard, gift bags, cardboard from shirts and tights, tissue paper, etc. can all be used again for gift wrapping or arts and crafts time with the kids!
• Save paper by shrinking your margins to fit more words per page.

All of these tips are from Page-A-Day Calendar: www.pageaday.com and the image is from http://gopalshenoy.files.wordpress.com

Every year I go to Taos, New Mexico with my family on vacation.  I just love the sweet little shops they have in the Taos Plaza.  This past weekend was the Fiesta and the Plaza was full of life!  While shopping, we came across this store called At Home In Taos.  As soon as you walk in you feel so cozy and comfortable.  The store has a hodgepodge of everything from handmade ceramic buttons to home decor.  While there, I came across this purse made from soda can tabs!  Talk about upcycling!  At $26.95, I thought it was a little steep, but finally gave in and it’s the “greenest” purse that I own!  I just love it and I’m so happy that I bought it.  I’m not sure if Two’s Company actually made this or not, but the tag on the purse said Two’s Company.  On the back of the tag it says this:

“Keep tabs on the environment while making a statement with this eye-catching conversation piece.  Artfully hand crocheted using nylon thread and soda pull-tabs, this stylish ‘eco-chic’ product takes recycling to the next level by raising the awareness of environmental preservation.  With the purchase of each bag, we will make a donation to an eco-friendly organization.  Spot clean only.  Wipe with a cloth.”

“Earth Day is the first completely international and universal holiday that the world has ever known.  Every other holiday was tied to one place, or some political or special event.  This day is tied to Earth itself, and to the place of Earth in the whole solar system.”

– Anthropologist Margaret Mead, 1977

I stumbled upon this blog post on the b-line this morning and thought that many of you would love it as much as I do!  It’s a DIY pet pouch that you can make and attach to your pups collar to hold things like your house key, a doggy-poo bag, etc. so you don’t have to carry it if you don’t have pockets.  I’m sure you can alter the size a tad to fit your lifestyle.  I don’t recommend ever putting a cell phone in a pouch around your dogs neck though.  It could be terrifying if it rang or vibrated while attached to them!  We don’t want our puppy-pals to be stressed out!  I think this is a fab project and it doesn’t seem to take much time at all. To make it a Green project, use some scrap fabric that you have laying around.  For example, an old t-shirt or old pair of funky PJ pants.

I just heard of this cause called Soles4Souls and it’s absolutely awesome!  Instead of throwing away your gently used shoes and taking up unnecessary landfill space, donate them to Soles4Souls and make a difference in someone else’s life!  What a great thing!  You get rid of unwanted shoes… perhaps to make room for new ones, and people who really need shoes get them! Let’s help eachother out. Celebs like Scarlett Johansson are jumping on board too!  It’s always nice to see people giving when they can.

I found this quote by Biologist E. O. Wilson in my Green Daily Calendar and thought I would share it with all of you!  Let me know what you think!

“Destroying rain forest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.”

Put that in your back pocket!!