It’s my favorite time of year.  Thanksgiving is this week and Christmas is right around the corner.  Friday I’ll start cranking the holiday tunes and putting up decorations.  So it’s time to start talking gifts!  I thought I’d ease into things this week with look at some great stocking stuffers that are eco-friendly and just [...]

I couldn’t hold out any longer.  It’s Christmastime in blog land! This week I’m highlighting some eco-friendly Christmas tree options.  Because don’t we need to be planting more trees?  Not chopping down perfectly good ones so that they can dry up in our house, become the dog’s “fire hydrant” and pose a giant fire hazard?  [...]

I know it’s already the second week of November, which probably means it’s time to switch gears (back?) and start talking about Christmas and gift guides, etc.  But I really LOVE fall and Thanksgiving and anything made of pumpkin and I feel like this time of year is so fleeting that I just want to [...]

After featuring some of the amazing sustainable gift wrap and packaging options out there last week I realized I had gotten ahead of myself by a holiday or two.  So this week I’m backing things up a bit.  And being that I’m not much of a halloween person (I was permanently scarred by the Pee [...]

With the Holidays just around the corner (that’s right, you can’t deny it anymore!) I thought it would be fun to start featuring some of the many sustainable Holiday related items (packaging, decor, etc.) and gift ideas.  This week we’ll kick it off with some amazingly creative and eco-friendly gift wrap products available.  And don’t [...]

1. Ally Moon – Trudy Print
I discovered Ally Moon through the last Modern Economy sale.  I ordered one of their sample prints at an amazing price with little regard to it’s “green” status, it was just so CUTE!  But much to my delight, when it arrived in my mailbox the original illustration had been reprinted [...]

When I think back about my own wedding there are two things I would’ve changed had I known then what I know now.  The first is hire a dj.  As generous as my friend was to hook up his iPod to a speaker system, pro djs know how to get people up out of their [...]